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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.
Paul Rainey

Reviews
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There's No Time Like The Present is one of Paul Gravett's "top tips" as
mentioned in his book Great British Comics.
Parts 1 & 2:
"expertly
crafted dialogue", "exquisite panel layout"
Parts 2 & 3:"I honestly can't recommend it enough."
Redeye 5 Mar 06
Parts 1 to 3: "...a very good, very economical narrative." Dave Sim,
writer and artist of Cerebus.
Part 3:
"There’s
No Time Like The Present
could well be the Holy Grail of comics."
"...thrives on his wonderful
observation of people's thoughts, actions and interactions. An enjoyable
read." Comics International 189 Oct 05.
Parts 1 to 4: "Absolutely f*cking awesome!" Ilya, writer and artist of End
of the Century Club.
Part 4: "Good dialogue, humour and interesting characters make this
comic really work".
Comics International 194 Mar 06
"It’s
wonderfully drawn. It has rich characterisation. It’s funny and has an
intriguing plot. It’s domestic and naturalistic in its style, but it also
has a surreal science fiction edge. " Darryl Cunningham
"...you can thankfully pick up
all 8 issues in comic form, something I wholeheartedly recommend you do."
Richard Bruton,
Forbidden Planet Blog.
Copies are also available for purchase from...
Gosh
OK Comics
Forbidden Planet International
or directly from the
author.
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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 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.

Paul B. Rainey 07/01/10
Merry Christmas

Paul B. Rainey 23/12/09
TNTLTP 10 Review
Richard
Bruton writes a review of
There's No Time Like The Present
part 10 for the Forbidden Planet
blog. "To be honest to
start reading this mind bending time travel saga at issue 10 would just be
foolish. However, to sit down and read the whole thing in one go, all 10
issues is definitely worthwhile – it’s a great, complicated read – mixing
equal parts time travel mystery with an emotional, sentimental tale of
older folk – completely original stuff – but not something to dip into at
this point. You really do need to get all the issues so far to really
appreciate the story." The good news for you is that all ten parts so far
are still available from The Shop.

Paul B. Rainey 18/12/09
Another Book
of Lists Review
Many thanks to
Noel Curry for pointing
me in the direction of this Book of Lists
review on
The Roomyverse. "The
Book of Lists is pbrainey’s voice, and it’s a good ‘un." There is, of
course, much more here.
Richard Bruton
has also reviewed the
BASTARDS
anthology yesterday on the
Forbidden Planet Blog to
which I, along with many other from the self-press comics scene, have
contributed strips to. "It is, as you might expect from an anthology, a
bit of a mixed bag. But, it’s a mixed bag with rather a high ratio of hit
to miss."
Both Book of Lists and BASTARDS can be
purchased from The Shop using Paypal, or contact me
here for other methods of payment.

Paul B. Rainey 01/12/09
Book
of Lists Review
Richard Bruton
reviews
Book of Lists
on the excellent
Forbidden Planet blog today. "The Book Of Lists is a strange reading
experience, but it works rather well. Rainey’s confident and honest enough
to not hold back the details of his life that others may not want the
world seeing and by doing so he’s created something remarkably interesting
and engrossing. But most importantly, he’s a very funny writer who can
raise a smile on a great many of his pages."
If you're visiting here for the first time because of the review or have
decided that it's about time that you got a copy, Book of Lists can be
purchased from The Shop using Paypal for £10.95.
(Price includes postage to UK destinations.)

Paul B. Rainey 26/11/09
Thought Bubble
This
Saturday, I will be be selling copies of
Book of Lists
and There's No Time Like
The Present at my final comic
event of the year,
Thought Bubble
in Leeds. This is my first appearance at
Thought Bubble
but I have heard very good things about it. I will be sharing the table
with Martin Eden,
whose all gay superhero comic has been all over the mainstream press this
week. If you're in the Leeds area on Saturday then please pop by and say
hello. I'll be behind the large crowd of people queuing up to buy copies
of Martin's comic,
Spandex.

Paul B. Rainey 19/11/09
TNTLTP Hits 250
I
recently drew page 250 of my very long comic, or 'graphic novel',
There's No Time Like The Present,
which will appear in Part 11. Blimey! Normally, when I mention these event
pages here I like to reproduce a panel from it as a taster. However, every
panel from it is a spoiler. In fact, there are very few panels I've drawn
so far for part 11 that don't give events away in some way. So instead,
here's a panel from page 242.
PS -
Cover art and pinups are not included in the page count.
PPS - Part 11 of There's
Not Time Like The Present will be
out early 2010.
Paul B. Rainey 13/11/09
Pbrainey on the Radio
I'm on
on the radio again! This time talking to
Dickon Harris
mainly about Book of Lists
and partly about There's No
Time Like The Present. You can
listen to the show live on
Resonance 104.4 FM in London or
streamed here at 8 PM tonight. It will also be
podcasted here (I think).

Paul B. Rainey 12/11/09
Comica Comiket
As part of this
years
Comica event at
the London ICA there is
another
Comiket small press show. It's taking place this Sunday
November 8th and I will be there trying to sell copies of
There's No Time Like The Present
and Book of Lists.
Comiket will take place in the
Theatre on the ground floor between 1 PM and 6 PM. See you there,
hopefully.

Paul B. Rainey 05/11/09
BASTARDS is Go
The
BASTARDS anthology put together by
Francesca Cassavetti
and Dan Lester
made its premier at the
MCM Expo
and was my biggest selling item of the weekend.
BASTARDS is a 76 paged collection of comic strips by some of the best artists on
the small press scene including Francesca, Dan,
Sean Azzopardi,
Philip
Spence and many
others. It also features my strip
Goddard and Prisk
in print for the very first time. If you would like a copy then you can
order it from me using The Shop or the
Paypal
button below although be quick as I only have a few left. The price is £5
which includes post to UK destinations.

Paul B. Rainey 29/10/09
GO!
I am
the cover star of the
GO! entertainment section in
today’s
Citizen,
the newspaper Milton Keynes
residents have popped through their letterboxes every Thursday. (Although
mine often arrives on a Friday evening, sometimes on a Saturday morning
and, occasionally, not at all). This is the artwork I did for the cover.
Inside, journalist Sammy
Jones is writing a piece
promoting my
Borders signing this
Saturday. If you're a MK resident who can't wait until then to get a copy
of Book of Lists, then you can buy a copy now from the
Milton
Keynes Art Gallery,
Waterstone's
Midsummer Place, Milton Keynes or directly
from this website from The Shop.

Paul B. Rainey 08/10/09
Borders
Thanks
to everyone who made my presence at
BICS
last weekend a success for me. My next event
is this Saturday when I will be be signing copies of
Book of Lists
in the Milton Keynes
Borders store. This is the
first non-comic specific venue that I've attended to promote my work so
it's an unknown quantity to me. If you're in the area, please drop in and
say hello. They've got a good graphic novel section there, anyway. I will
be signing my comics between midday and 6 PM.

Paul B. Rainey 06/10/09
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