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There's No Time Like The Present is the long
comic strip or 'graphic novel' I have been working on since September
2005. The opening 39 pages can read on-line starting
here Meanwhile, I have been serialising the strip since I began drawing it in 28 paged comics. So far, the first ten parts of this are available for sale. To purchase any of these comics and other items by myself, please visit the shop to order using paypal or email me for details of alternative methods of payment. Each issue costs between £2.50 and £3.00, which includes postage and packing to the UK. For non-UK residents, an extra pound is charged to cover the price of the extra postage.
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Did you know that the character of Cliff is inspired by a real person? Meet The Real Cliff here. Baffled by any of the cultural references that appear in There's No Time Like The Present? Then why not visit and contribute to The Glossary here Interested in sampling There's No Time Like The Present but don't want to spend money on ordering any copies incase it's rubbish? Then read the opening 39 pages online for free here. TNTLTP 13 is go Go GO! The final episode of There's No Time Like The Present is now available. Part 13 is the super-sized (well, a little bit longer than usual) conclusion to the long comic strip, or 'graphic novel', I started work on in September 2004. Because of its length, part 13 costs £3.25, but if you order from me using the Paypal button below, that price includes post and packing to the UK. (International customers, please visit The Shop.)
Paul B. Rainey 20/07/10 TNTLTP Finished I drew the final page to my long comic strip, or graphic novel, There's No Time Like The Present on Tuesday. After six years of obsessive work, I have finished the biggest project of my life so far. I am currently going through the process of getting the final issue, part 13, ready for the printers so that it's available for sale at this years Caption. In the meantime, here's the black and white artwork for the cover.
Paul B. Rainey 02/07/10 TNTLTP 300 When I started work on There's No Time Like The Present in 2004, although I had a clear idea of the overall story, I didn't imagine that that it would run for this long. Recently, however, I drew the 300th page! Page 300 will appear in the final issue of TNTLTP available in a few weeks time. In the meantime, here's a panel from it to tide you over.
Paul B. Rainey 04/06/10 MCM Expo This weekend I am exhibiting with my table buddy Peet Clack (or 'Clackers' as he's now known) at London's MCM Expo. I will be selling all twelve parts so far of There's No Time Like The Present as well as copies of my actual reality diary strip collection, Book of Lists. If you're attending the event then please pop by our table and say hello. I will be easy to recognise because, once again, I will be partaking in the activity of 'cosplay' and dressed up as one of my own creations from Book of Lists.
Paul B. Rainey 26/05/10 TNTLTP 12 Reviewed Richard Bruton reviewed the latest part of There's No Time Like The Present over at the start of the weekend on the Forbidden Planet Blog. "It’s genuinely a pleasure to be able to say that (unless issue 13 is unbelievably awful – which is highly unlikely) this sci fi soap opera with it’s varied and unusual, non-stereotypical cast of characters lives up to every bit of early promise it showed." All twelve issues so far can be bought from my Shop, GOSH in Central London and OK Comics in Leeds. Also, there's been some lovely coverage of the end of the 2000 AD Prog Slog Blog on the Forbidden Planet Blog, Down The Tubes and Pete Ashton's website.
Paul B. Rainey 17/05/10 2000 AD Prog Slog Blog to End In November 2006, after an impetuous ill-thought out bid on eBay, I won the first 1188 programmes of 2000 AD. Rather than just have them sit piled up in my bedroom collecting dust tormenting me about how much money I had spent on them, I decided I was obliged to read them all. I thought, rather than just read them why not blog about the experience too. So, I started the 2000 AD Prog Slog Blog where I review every other issue of the Galaxy’s greatest comic and many of it’s associated publications. Well, after three and a half years of thrill power intensity turning my mind into a boggled mess and over 700 entries , the blog is due to come to it’s intended conclusion this weekend. Of course, I would like to tell you how proud I am to have got this far but there’s a part of me that feels ashamed at having used up so much time on a project which, let’s face it, is obsessive and stupid. All I can say for certain is, ‘it’s been emotional’ and ‘thank God it’s over’. If you ever read 2000 AD when you were younger or have an interest in the blog then you can read all entries so far here. The final prog is scheduled to be reviewed early tomorrow evening while the farewell entry will appear sometime over the weekend. Finally, if you’re one of those people who think that the 2000 AD Prog Slog Blog should continue then you will be pleased to know that David Page is picking up where I will be leaving off on his blog.
Paul B. Rainey 13/05/10 TNTLTP 12 Update Copies of part 12 of There's No Time Like The Present are now available to buy from GOSH in Central London and OK Comics in Leeds. If you can't get to these great stores then, of course, they are still available from my online shop here. Rol Hirst has posted a review here describing it as "brain-meltingly wonderful" and Rob Jackson has one here. Rob also mentions me in an interview for The National Post arts section in answer to 'Who's the most under-appreciated comic artist working today?' Well, of course I am; it's just not for me to say, that's all.
Paul B. Rainey 05/05/10 UniComics This Saturday, I am exhibiting at the new Unicomics Festival taking place at The University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield. I will be sharing my table space with Peet Clack and Andrew Cheverton where I will be selling copies of Book of Lists and premiering part 12 of There's No Time Like The Present. Also, during the afternoon, I'm appearing on a panel about Autobiography in Comics. The event looks pretty good so if you're in the area please pop by and say hello.
Paul B. Rainey 21/04/10 TNTLTP 12 is go Go GO! Part 12 of my long comic, or 'graphic novel', There's No Time Like The Present is now available for sale for £2.50. This is the penultimate issue to years of hard, and not so hard, work. To buy a copy, please use the Paypal link below. Or contact me here for alternative methods of payment. To buy previous parts or if you're an international customer, then please visit The Shop. Price includes P&P to the UK.
Paul B. Rainey 17/04/10
Penultimate TNTLTP Nearly Here The penultimate part of There's No Time Like The Present is on its way to the printers and should be ready in time for the first Unicon event at the UniComics Festival taking place in Hatfield on April 24th. In the meantime, here's the finished cover for you to look at.
Paul B. Rainey 07/04/10 TNTLTP Part 11 Reviews I have had lots of positive feedback to to There's No Time Like The Present part 11 via email, post and reviews which I'm delighted by. Richard Bruton at the Forbidden Planet blog writes, "it’s a thoroughly entertaining, deliciously complicated and intriguingly staged bit of domesticated science fiction" while Rol Hirst says, "this book continues to surprise." The problem with quoting more from these reviews and talking about part 11 in general is that it's difficult to do without giving away any spoilers. So, if you haven't read the latest issue yet, my advice to you is to save the following two links somewhere and only go to them once you've read it. Copies can be bought from GOSH in Central London, OK Comics in Leeds or from me using Paypal via my Shop or the button below.
Forbidden Planet Blog
Paul B. Rainey 16/02/10 TNTLTP Part 11 is go, Go, GO! Part 11 of There's No Time Like The Present is back from the printers and now available for you to buy. The price is still £2.50 and, if you buy it from here, that includes post to UK destinations. (International readers, please add a pound). Use the Paypal button below or visit The Shop where all previous parts are also still available to buy or contact me here for details on alternative methods of payment.
Paul B. Rainey 02/02/10 TNTLTP Part 11 Update Part 11 of There's No Time Like The Present is currently on it's way to the printers and should, hopefully, be available in a couple of weeks. As a teaser, here's the coloured back page panel for your perusal.
Paul B. Rainey 20/01/10 TNTLTP End Confirmed For the last few weeks, I've been working on the ending to There's No Time Like The Present. Although I've always had a clear idea of the overall story, I've usually written it a scene at a time. However, because of the way it ends, I decided to write the rest of it up until the very final panel which I finished doing yesterday. It means I can now confirm to you that part 13 will be the last issue of the series. I apologise if you're one of the people I told that part 12 was definitely where it ends. My excuse is that I totally underestimated how much plot I had left to go. Now all I have to do is draw the bastard.
Paul B. Rainey 15/01/10 Best of 2009 The Forbidden Planet blog has been running a series of fun features where personalities from the British comics scene list their picks of 2009. No, I'm not one of the contributors (which I'm fine with, honestly) but I'm delighted to report that in today's entry Martin Spandex Eden includes Book of Lists as one of his three favourite books. Also, writer Rol Hirst recently placed Book of Lists as his second favourite comic of 2009 which is great as I have it on good authority he read a lot of them last year. Of course, as we all know, Book of Lists is ahead of its time and is so this decade.
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