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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 six 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 £2.50, which includes postage and packing to the UK. For non-UK residents, a single issue including P&P costs £3.50.
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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. 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 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…”
Paul Rainey 21/08/08 More Part 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 Mini Reviews of TNTLTP 7 A couple of mini reviews for There's No Time Like The Present part 7 have started to appear. Rol Hirst has one on his blog and Factor Fiction Press on theirs. I'm still in the process of rolling out Part 7 and Dear Robert and Partner to retailers. In the meantime, you can order copies directly from here by visiting the Shop or by other methods. Contact me directly for details.
Paul Rainey 26/05/08 Part 7 is GO! Eighteen months in the making, Part 7 of There's No Time Like The Present is now GO! You can buy a copy directly from me using the Paypal button below (non UK residents, please visit The Shop for your button). Alternatively, you can contact me directly for details on how to order a copy via the post. It will be rolled out to retailers, such as OK Comics in Leeds and GOSH in London, over the next fortnight or so. I will also be selling copies at this year's Comics Expo event in Bristol on May 10th and 11th. If you're new to There's No Time Like The Present and feel a little bit interested then you can sample the opening pages for free here. If you like what you see then parts 1 to 6 are kept in print and can be ordered from The Shop. You can even subscribe if you want to ensure that you don't miss an issue (the free copy of Dear Robert and Partner offer is now closed, I'm afraid.)
Paul Rainey 04/05/08 Actual Version of Dear Robert I am currently putting the finishing touches to a printed version of my comic strip Dear Robert and Partner. The actual reality copy will include behind the scenes extras and a new colour cover. My intention, in addition to selling it from here and at events, is to send a free copy out to subscribers to There's No Time Like The Present with number seven to thank them for their patience between issues. I'll let you know when it's ready but, if you would like a free copy, now is a good time to go to the Shop and subscribe to TNTLTP before they are both available.
Paul Rainey 24/04/08 Part 7; Nearly there... Not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! Part 7 of There's No Time Like The Present is finished. Eighteen months in the making, part 7 took so long because of a couple of side projects and other distractions. It will be another fortnight or so before it is available to buy as I have the preparation and printing to do yet but, in the meantime, here is the cover in glorious black and white for you to look at.
Paul Rainey 12/04/08 pbrainey News Blog
Even long term visitors to this site might
be surprised to learn that I refer to this column in which you are reading
this entry from as the "News Section". Well, I do. Recently, however, my
attempt to enable visitors to set up a RSS feed to it proved
unsatisfactory so, as an alternative, I have started a
pbrainey news blog. Borderline Returns
Before
There's No Time Like The Present,
before
Book of Lists even, I drew a
strip called Comics 2040
for
Borderline.
Borderline
was a magazine about comics published in the
.pdf format at the start of the centaury and available for readers to
download for free (in general). Paul Rainey 25/3/08 Part 7 News! I'm ashamed to say that during 2007 progress on my long comic strip, or "graphic novel", There's No Time Like The Present has been slow. This has been down to other projects and not due to a loss of enthusiasm. The good news is that those projects are finished and I'm now back at work on TNTLTP with an enthusiasm equal to when I first started it. Below is a panel from Part 7 which will be out during the first quarter of 2008. Thank you for your patience.
Paul Rainey 28/11/07 TNTLTP in Colour
This is a panel from page 52 or, for those of you buying the serialisation. Part 3 Page 4. When Paul Gravett was putting together the book Great British Comics, he contacted me and asked if I would provide him with a coloured version of this page for inclusion. I was totally delighted, when months later, I saw it reproduced in the book when it was published. Yes, the actual size of the artwork might seem quite small but it is disproportionately large when you consider TNTLTP's role in the history of British comics...so far. You can see the whole page by clicking here. Paul Rainey 02/06/07 Midnight Fiction Review I came across this review of Part 6 of There's No Time Like The Present on the Midnight Fiction website. If you would like a copy then please visit the Shop section of the site. Paul Rainey 17/05/07 Redeye review In the recently released sixth issue of Redeye magazine, parts 4 to 6 of There's No Time Like The Present are reviewed. "The storytelling is never short of classic, simple storytelling coupled with sharp witty dialogue. I can't think of a better example of the quality to be found today in independent UK comics." Issues of There's No Time Like the Present can be ordered from the Shop section of this site.
Paul Rainey 20/03/07 Sim Ditty Comic writer, artist, creator and cartoonist Dave Sim has always been supportive of my comic work and There's No Time Like The Present in particular but I think that this might be the first time that he's gone public with it. Or as public as this. In case you're unaware of his work, Dave wrote, drew (with background artist Gerhard) and published all 300 issues of the monumental Cerebus between 1977 and 2004. Although Cerebus is now complete, he continues to have a presence in publications such as Following Cerebus and his Collected Letters. The fact that I consider self publishing as valid as I do and have any sort of discipline in cartooning at all, I put down almost entirely to him. Dave writes, "Paul is definitely in that category of doing a book that's so distinctive, no matter how long the wait is between issues." You can read the rest at his blog here.
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