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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...
Suicidal birds. Edible guitars. Licky dogs. Smelly saddles. Selective helloers. These are just some of the real events from my life which I have ordered into lists and then drawn up as comic strips. Now available to buy, Pbrainey's Book of Lists collects over fifty of the popular internet strips in actual reality book form. Copies can be ordered using the Paypal button below, or contact me here for alternative methods. 112 pages in full colour for £10.95. (Price includes post and packing to UK).
Financial Assistance is acknowledged from Arts Gateway MK. “Strangely compelling, funny, entertaining and honest” Comics International "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." Richard Bruton, Forbidden Planet Blog. "The Book of Lists is pbrainey’s voice, and it’s a good ‘un." The Roomyverse 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, eleven 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.
"expertly
crafted dialogue", "exquisite panel layout""I honestly can't recommend it enough."
Redeye Magazine 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 one-off gags in lovely black and white for you.
Like Doctor Who? Like The Jeremy Kyle Show? Like Doctor Who but don't like The Jeremy Kyle Show? Don't like Doctor Who but love The Jeremy Kyle Show? Don't like Doctor Who and don't like The Jeremy Kyle Show? Then you're going to love The Doctor Kyle Show.
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.
Other comics by the author
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Max and his Weevil 1
If you don't know what a weevil is, in this context at least, it's a race of aliens that live in the sewers underneath Cardiff in the Torchwood BBC TV show. I drew three of these strips recently as part of a pitch to a magazine. I'll post the other two here over the next week or two. Paul B. Rainey 08/02/10 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 PJANG 4 The fourth issue of one of my favourite comics at the moment, PJANG has just been released. It features three great new atmospheric and creepy strips written by Rol Hirst and drawn by Chris Askham, Ryan Taylor and Tony McGee. Copies cost just £1.75 and can be purchased from Rol's website here. Tell him I sent you.
Paul B. Rainey 28/01/10 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 Waterstone's Signing After the great success that was my Borders signing in October which later saw the administrators being called in and me not being paid (so far) for the stock I sold for them, I will be appearing in the Berkhamsted branch of Waterstone's this Tuesday between 10 AM and 4 PM signing copies of Book of Lists. I'm hoping to sell lots of copies to panicking last minute Christmas shoppers. I haven't been able to promote this signing at all so if you're in the area please pop by and say hello. I will appreciate the moral support.
Paul B. Rainey 20/12/09 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 Great Deeds Against the Dead The second issue and conclusion to Rob Jackson's Great Deeds Against the Dead is now available. It's even more creepy and surreal and good than the first issue. Copies can be purchased from Rob via his website.
Paul B. Rainey 12/12/09 The X-O Men
Paul B. Rainey 11/12/09 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 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. "A real call to arms for the UK scene, proving yet again, that it’s as strong as ever and getting stronger every year." 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."
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.
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Cover art and pinups are not included in the page count. 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.
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 Comic Recommendations I've been a little remiss here recently at making you aware of comics I like due mainly to shamelessly promoting my own work. However, I've recently read a couple of gems that I really think you should know about. First is Trouser Madness, the current comic by my occasional event partner Peet Clack. This is a collection of humour strips by the mighty Mister Clack which includes The League of Uselessly Complicated Superheroes, Road-Kill Recipes and The Chronic Ills of R T Hwaego. All Trouser Madness content is very funny, beautifully illustrated and comes in a fantastically designed package. Visit Peet's blog for more details.
The other comic that I wanted to mention is Spandex by Martin Eden. Martin describes Spandex as a superhero strip the likes of which you'll never have seen before and he's right. In it he explores the sexual dynamics between the cast and introduces some of the team's main villains, including as a 50' tall lesbian. Great strips, colourfully illustrated with some fun Smash Hits magazine styled extras and fantastic value for money; what more could you want? Visit the Spandex blog for details.
Paul B. Rainey 28/10/09 After the MCM Expo Well, that was a revelation. The MCM Expo took place over the weekend and I exhibited there for the first time. I was impressed by the youthful tone of the show and amazed by the percentage of attendees who engaged in ‘cosplay’ or, as I call it, ‘came along in fancy dress’. Still, it made travelling across London and finding the venue easy; I just followed the silver wigs. Both aurally and visually the expo was loud and I still feel, over a day later, as if my brain has been rolled flat, folded over and baked. If you’re unfamiliar with the MCM Expo, it’s a multi media entertainment event with an emphasis on anime, manga and computer games. There was a comic village in place and it was here that Peet Clack, my table buddy, and I exhibited along with many other creators. Lots of thanks to everyone who said hello and bought some comics from me. My personal highlight of the weekend was meeting uncompromising cartoonist Schmurgan Jonerhaff for the first time. It was a genuinely moving experience.
Paul B. Rainey 27/10/09 MCM Expo Thanks to everyone who attended my signing in Borders Milton Keynes last week and helped to make it a success, at least as far as I am concerned. My next event is at this weekend's London MCM Expo where I will be exhibiting with Trouser Madness' Peet Clack and selling copies of There's No Time Like The Present and Book of Lists. I should also have for sale, BASTARDS, the small press anthology put together by Francesca Cassavetti and featuring my strip Goddard and Prisk in print for the first time. This will be the first time that I am appearing at the MCM Expo but I hear from my self publishing friends that it's a very worthwhile event.
Paul B. Rainey 22/10/09 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 BASTARDS BASTARDS, British Artists Standing Tall And Reaching Distant Shores, is an anthology put together by Francesca Cassavetti and Dan Lester for this year's Angoulême international comic festival in France. It features the work of some of the best artists from the British small press scene at the moment including Francesca, Dan, Sean Azzopardi, Philip Spence and many others. My strip, Goddard and Prisk is in print there for the first time as well. BASTARDS should be available to buy in three weeks time, but in the meantime, I will have an advanced copy with me at BICS this weekend if you're interested in having a look at it.
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