 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; Best of 2010 Orbital Comics in London have included There's No Time Like The Present in their highly selective and otherwise tasteful Best of 2010 list. My comic is in there with the likes of The Walking Dead and Bulletproof Coffin. Tom says, "The strength of Paul Rainey’s ‘There’s Time Like The Present’ lies in it’s ability to juxtapose relatable personal drama with lofty cosmic science concepts". Copies of all thirteen parts are still available to buy from the shop section of my website or directly from Orbital.
Orbital Comics like my work enough to have invited me to take part in an event in their shop with Paul Cornell on Saturday February 19th. Paul is a highly regarded writer whose work includes Captain Britain, Action Comics and episodes of Doctor Who. Details can be found on Orbital's website and I'll remind you here nearer to the time.
Paul B. Rainey 13/01/11 TNTLTP Extras At the end of last year, I had the honour of contributing to the That’s Novel exhibition curated by Paul Gravett. The theme was graphic novels and for it I produced four exclusive pages which are supposed to work as extras to There's No Time Like The Present. Now that the exhibition is finished, I'm happy to post them to my website. Please click the image below so you can navigate your way through the four strips. I hope you enjoy them.
Paul B. Rainey 05/01/11 Updates A couple of updates for you. Firstly, SFX magazine's Comic Heroes features a review of BASTARDS 2, the high quality small press anthology to which I have contributed. Matthew Badham says the book had him laughing out loud. "Dr Kyle, a Doctor Who/Jeremy Kyle mash-up, is a tour de force." I still have some copies of BASTARDS 2 available for sale in The Shop. It costs £10, which includes postage to the UK. If you order it now, you should receive it by Christmas... 2011.
Secondly, Rob Jackson features There's No Time Like The Present on his best of the year list. "Now this 13 part series is finished I am definitely putting it on my best comics of the year list. It's great." All parts are still available and can be ordered from The Shop. Paul B. Rainey 18/12/10 Comica Comiket As part of this years Comica Festival, as well as taking part in the That’s Novel comic art exhibition, I will be exhibiting at the Comiket Independent Comics Fair taking place on Sunday. I will be sharing my table space with Spandex's Martin Eden. Comiket will be taking place at The Royal National Hotel between midday and 5 PM, so if you're in the area please pop by and say hello. Comica is run by highly respected comics authority Paul Gravett who recently included There's No Time Like The Present in his seven entry long Great Comics Now List. Paul wrote, "There's No Time Like The Present stands quietly, unassumingly, as one of the most intriguing and affecting long-form British graphic novels in recent years." Read the full review here.
Paul B. Rainey 04/11/10 TNTLTP Upadtes I have some There's No Time Like The Present updates for you. Firstly, Paul Gravett, the curator of the That’s Novel exhibition, recently wrote about it here. There's more information about the exhibition along with a sample of one of the pieces I drew exclusively for it. Secondly, TNTLTP was name checked in the latest Utter Shambles comedy podcast hosted by Robin Ince and Josie Long. They were talking to Mark Gatiss about some of their favourite films, TV shows and actors when my name and the Ultranet are mentioned. I was out walking and listening to the show on my ipod and I was so surprised to hear my work mentioned in this context that I laughed into the face of a passing woman. The podcast can be downloaded for free from here. Finally, as well as being able to buy the entire series of TNTLTP from the website shop, it also available from the following real world venues - GOSH, Orbital and the London Print Studio in London, OK Comics in Leeds, Nostalgia and Comics in Birmingham, Worlds Apart in Liverpool and Forbidden Planet in Manchester.
Paul B. Rainey 30/10/10 Comica; That's Novel The centrepiece of this years Comica Comic festival is the That’s Novel exhibition taking place at the London Print Studio. The theme is Graphic Novels and on display is up to date work from some of the best creators working in comics today including Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), The Pleece Brothers (The Great Unwashed) and David Quantick (Louis Wain). I’m very proud to be able to tell you that I will also be displaying art from There’s No Time Like The Present as part of the exhibition. I have also produced four pieces of artwork spinning out of my strip exclusively for the show. Go here to learn more about the exhibition and this years Comica Festival including a full list of everyone taking part. That’s Novel runs from 22nd October to 18th December.
Paul B. Rainey 19/10/10 BICS 2010 Once again I am exhibiting this weekend at the British International Comic Show 2010. BICS must now be the county's largest comics event featuring publishers, creators and fans from both ends of the spectrum and everywhere in-between. I will be sharing table space with Peet Clack and selling copies of There's No Time Like The Present, Book of Lists and BASTARDS 2. If you're attending the event, please pop by and say hello.
Paul B. Rainey 13/10/10 TNTLTP 13 Reviewed Richard Bruton writes another astute review of the final issue of There's No Time Like The Present for the vital Forbidden Planet Blog and provides an overview of the series as a whole. "That was quite lovely and a perfect way to finish." Read the review here. Copies of the entire series are available to buy from The Shop.
Paul B. Rainey 17/09/10 TNTLTP 13 Roll-Out The Roll-Out of the final part of There's No Time Like The Present continues this week. Copies are already available to buy from GOSH in Central London and OK Comics in Leeds, the main two outlets to support the 'project' since its beginning. Strange as it may seem now that the strip is finished, every part is now also available from Nostalgia and Comics in Birmingham, Worlds Apart in Liverpool, Forbidden Planet in Manchester and Orbital in London. All of these outlets are also selling copies of Book of Lists. There's been a lot of positive coverage of the conclusion to There's No Time Like The Present. Forbidden Planet blog mentions it here, Down the Tubes here, Rob Jackson here and Rol Hirst writes a review here. If you don't live near to any of the stores mentioned above, then all copies can be purchased from my website shop here.
Paul B. Rainey 03/08/10 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.
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