Cartoonist, illustrator and Panic Coordinator to Breakfast television since 1992, Paul Rainey is all this and less. Why not take a mosey around this site and experience the joy of his comic strip work? Or visit any or all of his other sites for more of the same sort of thing, which are as follows... There's No Time Like The Present I started work on There's no Time Like the Present, or TNTLTP for short, in September 2004. This is my long comic strip, or "graphic novel", which I am currently serialising in printed form. So far, six parts are available and can be ordered from the shop section of the site. The first thirty seven pages of the story can be read here for free.
Dear Robert and Partner Leon has trouble with his neighbours. My entry into the 2007 Graphic Short Story prize recently printed as an actual reality comic containing "extras". Visit The Shop to buy a copy using Paypal or contact me for other payment methods.
Book of Lists Currently on hiatus, Book of Lists is my diary strip where events are ordered by category rather than in their linier occurrence. It ran between the start of 2003 and was paused at the end of 2006. There are over forty completed comic strip lists there for you to read.
2000 AD Prog Slog Blog One day in 1977, I bought the first issue of 2000 AD. Thirty years later, I bought it again along with most of the following eleven hundred in a moment of madness in an eBay auction. Obviously, this would be a total waste of money if I didn't read them all. Why not record the experience of reading twenty years worth of comics in a contracted period of time, I thought. Thus was born, the 2000 AD Prog Slog Blog. "if you're experiencing Scrotnig withdrawal, Paul Rainey's excellent Prog Slog blog does exactly what it says on the tin" - The Guardian Film Blog Some comic strips that I have drawn in recent years can be read here also... Some sci-fi joke strips, just for fun.
He's a mouse and he's a vampire. what more do you need to know about Mouseferatu?
Will somebody please answer the phone? Go here for Cat Man
West Enders, being a thinly disguised satire of BBC soap, East Enders. From late 2003.
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Secret Sketch I came across this doodle over the weekend that I did of Mr. Fantastic in an old sketch book a couple of years ago. I thought I would share it with you because I like it and incase that scene occurs in the the comic Secret Invasion that Marvel are currently publishing.
Paul Rainey 21/09/08 Value Pack Sketch 2 Here's another of my Value Pack sketches. I think I miss drawing Kelly because quite a few of them seem to feature her.
Paul Rainey 19/09/08 Value Pack Sketch 1 When I exhibit at shows, I usually have "value packs" of There's No Time Like The Present for sale. These are runs of issues bundled together at a slightly cheaper price than when bought individually. The packs also contain an original sketch. Most of these sketches are lost to me as they now belong to someone else, but I still have some in my possession so I thought I would make them available here over time for you to look at.
Paul Rainey 13/09/08 TNTLTP Part 8 Status Report Just so you know, I am currently at the halfway point through drawing part 8 of There's No Time Like The Present. This means that the end of year publication deadline promised in part 7 is still on. In the meantime, here's a panel from part 8 carefully chosen so as not to suggest too much about the plot.
Paul Rainey 10/09/08 Out Take You might recognise this panel from There's No Time Like The Present part 7 which I decided to redraw. Originally, I drew Beth wearing a bra despite her appearances in earlier panels suggesting that she wasn't wearing one under her dress. Just before going to print, I realised that being embarrassed at drawing bare breasts was ridiculous and redrew it. Anyway, here's the self conscious original.
Paul Rainey 06/09/08 Party Pieces At last weekend’s Low Energy Day (another success), I got the following comics by Francesca Cassavetti; Stuff, Paris Break, A Very Nasty Solitary Habit and Party Pieces. Francesca’s comics, or at least these, recount stories from her life in a lively, engaging, funny, affirming and affecting way. Visit her website to see samples of her work for yourself.
Paul Rainey 01/09/08 Low Energy Day London Underground Comics have organised their second festival of 2008 which, once again, takes place in Camden on this Saturday. I will will be exhibiting along with the who's who of the current small press scene. See you there, hopefully. Paul Rainey 27/08/08 There's No Time Like The Present part 7 Reviewed Craig Johnson writes an astute review of There’s No Time Like The Present part 7 for Comics Village. “…it's top quality, it's as moving, tragic and interesting as ever…”
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Necessary Monsters Here’s something else I picked up at this year’s Caption; Necessary Monsters by Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi. Once again, I feel I should have known of its existence before stumbling across it last weekend. I think I’ve been wandering around recently with my head inside a fish tank. This is a tonal change for Sean who draws Necessary Monsters. I love his (perhaps) semi autobiographical Twelve Hour Shift. Here, he’s delighted me by rising to the challenge of a genre switch to spy-horror like the professional he is. Goodbrey writes a creeping tale that suggests that supernatural dangers surround us all. Pages from the story seem to be being rolled out here.
Paul Rainey 16/08/08 The Dan Lester Mysteries Monkeys Might Puke’s Dan Lester, one of the funniest men in comics, has teamed up with cartoonist Oliver Lambden from Tales From the Flat to produce Marked for Death. This is the first in a planned series of The Dan Lester Mysteries which he writes for other artists to illustrate. Hopefully this won’t be the last time that Dan and Oliver work together. Copies of The Dan Lester Mysteries can be bought from here.
Paul Rainey 15/08/08 Rumble Strip Read my mini-review of Rumble Strip by Woodrow Phoenix here.
Paul Rainey 14/08/08 Dear Robert and Partner Review The first review that I’ve come across of my comic Dear Robert and Partner appears here at The Comics Village website. Craig Johnson writes, “the depth in the disparity of the tone between the words and the art, and the fact that we can all relate to noisy and nuisance neighbours, the desire for a quiet life and the understanding that rocking the boat just isn't "the done thing" means we can relate to this…”
Paul Rainey 11/08/08 Caption Timewarp 2008 Over the weekend, I attended this year's Caption event in Oxford. Read what I have to say about it at the news blog. Paul Rainey 11/08/08 There's No Time Like the Present 7 Reviews There have been a couple of reviews of There's No Time Like The Present on the internet recently. One by Andrew Cheverton here in which he says "Filled with excellent facial expression and moments of quiet detail, this is beginning to seem like a masterwork", and another by Rob Jackson here.
Paul Rainey 17/07/08 Comics & Zines Event Jimi Gherkin is currently in the process of organising the Comics and Zines event which is taking place this Saturday at The Plough on Museum Street in London. Thirty small press comic creators and zine publishers (hence the title) will be in attendance although, unfortunately, I can't make it this time. If you're in the vicinity, why not pop along and take a look.
Paul Rainey 16/07/08 Book of Lists Splash Panel Rollout You may remember that sometime last year I announced my intention to produce splash panels for all of the completed Book of Lists strips I have done. Well, at last, that process is complete. The final versions can be read in the Book of Lists section of the site.
Paul Rainey 08/07/08 PJANG 1 Issue one of PJANG (short for the Nick Cave lyric "Peaople Just Ain't No Good") is now available and I strongly recommend that you give it a go. You might remember Rol Hirst, PJANG's writer and publisher, as principle creator of long running nineties comic The Jock which he did mainly with artist Nigel Lowrey. Even if you don't, if doesn't matter. PJANG is a collection of short and utterly engaging strips all written by Rol and drawn by Tony McGee, Andrew Cheverton and Kelvin Green. From the heart breaking to the satirical to the down right cruel. You can order copies directly from Rol at his website here using Paypal for only £1.75 including post and packing. See, it's not even very much money.
Paul Rainey 03/07/08 Love Bomb 2 Review I came across this review of Love Bomb 2 at Comics Village while surfing the internet today. It's interesting to encounter a new review of work I did so long ago. Unfortunately, I have absolutely no copies left of it for sale, However, Swill the Alien, who made his first appearance in it, has his own one off comic still available for purchase from The Shop if you're interested.
Paul Rainey 18/06/08 A Music Paper and Amusing Paper A Music Paper and Amusing Paper are two different comics by Alistair Maceachern that collect together strips he's produced between 2005 and 2008. Published in tandem, they both feature humorous and astute observations on music fanzine publication and every day live, respectively. Alistair and I shared a table at No Bar Codes over the weekend and seeing his work for the first time I was impressed by, and a little bit envious of, the strength, originality and confidence of his art style. Visit Alistair’s website to see samples of his work and then contact him for information on how to get a hold of these comics.
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