APRIL 2008
LATE NEWS. Simone will be signing FLUFFY at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Newcastle this Saturday 3rd of May 1-2 pm. She will also be talking about FLUFFY at the Hexham Literature Festival alongside Bryan Talbot from 5-6 pm.
CAUTION. a new story by Simone is now in the GALLERY.
MORE. We've added a few more of Tom's illustrations for the THE GUARDIAN Saturday Review to the GALLERY: scroll to the bottom of THIS selection. The (black and white, ballpen-and-a-little-tippex on paper) originals can usually be purchased for £100 including VAT and UK postage, email Tom if you want one.
TRIP. Tom will be artist-in-residence at the FUMETTO festival from 12th to 20th April. He will be exhibiting in the foyer of HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF and creating new work throughout the fesival.
PRINT. Tom is also working on a new print with EARLY GRIFFIN PRESS have a peek at the proofs here.
MARCH 2008
MAILING LIST. We've had some more problems with our mailing list. If you're on it but didn't receive a newsletter recently then please email tgauld@hotmail.com, sorry.
COVER. Tom has drawn the cover for NICKELODEON MAGAZINE's comic book, you can see it and some preparatory sketches in the GALLERY.
FEBRUARY 2008
EXHIBIT. Our comics are featured in D.I.Y. at the NORWICH ARTS CENTRE from 4th February to 22nd March.
STICKERS. Simone has created a range of cards and stickers for MOO. See them here.
DECEMBER 2007
STOCKISTS. Here is an updated list of our stockists. Please note that they may not have all our titles in stock.
Bolton
FIRECATCHER BOOKS Hospital Rd, Bromley Cross, BL7 9PZBrighton
THE PERMANENT BOOKSHOP 20 Bedford Place BN1 2PT
Bristol
HERE 108 Stokes Croft BS1 3RUEdinburgh
ANALOGUE 102 West Bow EH1 2HHFalmouth
JAM 32 High Street TR11 2AD
Leeds
TRAVELLING MAN 7-11 Corn Exchange LS1 7BR
OK COMICS, 19 Thorntons Arcade, LS1 6LQ
London
CROCKATT AND POWELL 119 Lower Marsh SE1 7AE
THE DESIGN MUSEUM Shad Thames SE1 2YD
F-ART, 24 Cheshire Street E2 6EH
GOSH! 39 Great Russell Street WC1B 3NZ
ICA BOOKSHOP The Mall SW1H 5AY
MAGMA 117 Clerkenwell Road EC1R 5BY
MAGMA 8 Earlham Street WC2H 9RY
PLAYLOUNGE 19 Beak St W1F 9RF
TATE BRITAIN Millbank SW1P 4RG
TATE MODERN Bankside SE1 9TG
Manchester
MAGMA 22 Oldham St, Northern Quarter M1 1JN
Nottingham
PAGE45 9 Market Street NG1 6HYWhitstable
FRANK, 65 Harbour Street, CT5 1AGBelgium
TROPISME LIBRAIRES 11 Galerie des Princes, BruxellesSpain
EL GARAGE Vallfogona 19, BarcelonaU.S.A.
BUENAVENTURA PRESS
FAMILY
NOVEMBER 2007
GAME. Simone has created a new board game called QUICK! PUT THE KETTLE ON. The game comes folded into a packet and includes cut-out characters and dice. It costs £5 and is available in our COMICS STORE and direct from Simone.
EXHIBIT. Tom has a new six page comic strip in TOY COMIX a new exhibition at LES ARTS DECORATIFS, 107 Rue de Rivoli, 75001, Paris. The show rus from mid November until March 2008.
OCTOBER 2007
STICKERS. Simone has created some stickers for print company MOO. See them here.
OUT NOW. THE THREE MUSKETEERS with a wraparound cover and flaps illustrated by Tom.
AUCTION. Simone has a painted envelope in the PUSHING THE ENVELOPE auction in aid of the NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST. The auction ends 19th October.
SEPTEMBER 2007
ROCK! Tom has designed a poster for the ZXZW festival, you can see it in Tillburg, Holland and photographed here. It's also in the GALLERY with some of Tom's other recent illustrations. As always the previous exhibition has been added to the gallery ARCHIVE.
YOUTUBE. The video for the single VISIT FROM THE DEAD DOG by Ed Harcourt which Tom created with excellent animators Dirty UK is back on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqTjYZHNtMg
LINKS. Here is an updated list of some of our favourite artists and websites:
Achewood
Adhouse
Atlantic Press
Adam Baumgold
Brighten the corners
Buenaventura Press
Bodega Distribution
Peter Blegvad
Mark Boutavant
Brodsky and Utkin
Matt Broersma
Jeffrey Brown
Dick Bruna
Ivan Brunetti
Bugpowder
Bulb Comics
Mark Burrier
Scott C
Genevieve Castree
Jordan Crane
Comics Reporter
Double Fine Comics
The Drama
Drawn
Drawn and Quarterly
Editions de l’an 2
Fantagaraphics
Jason Ford
Scott Garrett
Jochen Gerner
Edward Gorey
Gosh
Paul Gravett
John Hankiewicz
Heart
Paul Hornschemeier
Kevin Huizenga
Benoit Jacques
Jason
Adrian Johnson
King Mini
Ben Katchor
Loopland
Magma
Katherina Manolessou
Jim McBride
McSweeneys
Napa Books
Anders Nilsen
Gary Northfield
The Onion
Gary Panter
Paperrad
Pocko
John Porcellino
Redstone Press
Ron Rege jr
Jonothan Rosen
Dave Shelton
David Shrigley
Shynola
Souther Salazar
Studio AKA
Lewis Trondheim
Typocrat
USS Catastrophe
Sara Varon
Whitemoss Press
Chris Ware
Jim Woodring
AUGUST 2007
SOLD OUT. The third edition of GUARDIANS OF THE KINGDOM is now sold out. It will reprint next year. You can probably still get copies from our stockists.
JULY 2007
FLUFFY. If you haven't already got Simone's book FLUFFY you can currently buy it for £9.09 (30% off) from AMAZON. You can also pre-order THE THREE MUSKETEERS with a wraparound cover and flaps illustrated by Tom.
JUNE 2007
FAIR. We've got some books in HIT THE BOOKS a "fair for contemporary art in books and magazines"
on the 23rd of June at HESSENHUIS, Falconrui 53, Antwerp.
MAY 2007
GALLERY. We've posted three of Simone's Chip and Bean quizzes in the GALLERY, (they originally appeared in THE INDEPENDENT). As always, the previoux exhibition is now in the GALLERY ARCHIVE.
DESIGN. A small piece about the character design in Tom's INVASION appears in a new book CHARACTER DESIGN FOR GRAPHIC NOVELS which is available now.
APRIL 2007
ONE FOR ALL. Tom has created a cover for a new edition of THE THREE MUSKETEERS for Penguin Deluxe Classics. The book also features a back cover and two interior comic strips by Tom.
MARCH 2007
IN STOCK. HUNTER AND PAINTER is now available in shops, our COMICS STORE and at BUENAVENTURA PRESS.
MORE FLUFFY. If you haven't already got FLUFFY you can currently buy it for £7.79 (40% off) from AMAZON. You can also read a GUARDIAN interview with Simone here and a review of FLUFFY here.
FEBRUARY 2007
FLUFFY, CHIP, BEAN... Simone's graphic novel FLUFFY will be published by JONATHAN CAPE on the 15th of February. She also has a new comic quiz (featuring Chip and Bean) appearing weekly in THE INDEPENDENT's Sunday Review.
IN STOCK. 3 VERY SMALL COMICS VOLUME THREE is available in the COMICS STORE now.
ONLINE. We've posted the whole of 3 VERY SMALL COMICS VOLUME ONE in the GALLERY.
JANUARY 2007
EXHIBIT. Tom has a few pieces in WATCH THIS SPACE the first exhibition at THE ILLUSTRATION GALLERY in Stroud, from the 13th of January.
ANGOULEME. Tom will be at the FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL de la BANDE DESSINEE in Angouleme, France from the 26th to 29th January. He'll be at the BUENAVENTURA PRESS stall with new books to sell.
EMAIL CHANGE. We've stopped using our cabanon@f2s.com as it gets far too much spam. You can still email us at the addresses in the CONTACT shed.
DECEMBER 2006
CLOSED. Our COMICS STORE is now closed for Christmas. We'll be back on the 8th of January.
SOLD OUT. THE HAIRY MONSTER: A GUIDE is sold out and won't reprint in its current form. You can probably still get copies at MAGMA and BUENAVENTURA PRESS.
OUT NOW. Tom has contributed to BEASTS edited by Jacob Covey and published by FANTAGRAPHICS. It is available now.
NEXT. Simone's next book will be the graphic novel of FLUFFY and Tom's will be HUNTER AND PAINTER and THREE VERY SMALL COMICS Volume THREE all of which will be available early next year.
NOVEMBER 2006
NOW ON YOUTUBE. The video for the single VISIT FROM THE DEAD DOG by Ed Harcourt which Tom created with excellent animators Dirty UK is here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lDa9R_8NxHA
YET ANOTHER MONSTER. BODEGA have produced some tshirts with Tom's HAIRY MONSTER on them.
Buy them HERE
OCTOBER 2006
MEETING. Our "How we met" comic strip for the INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY has been put online by our lovely Danish publisher Steffen at ABENMALER, see it on their blog HERE.
UMBRELLA. Tom has a short comic strip in BEAT No.3: GYPSY DREAM BOOK published by his illustration agent HEART.
SEPTEMBER 2006
INDEPENDENT. We both have work in this weekend's comic special in the INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY (Sunday 1st October).
BID! Simone has produced an original artwork on an envelope for PUSHING THE ENVELOPE, an auction for the Nation Literacy Trust.
RABBIT. Tom has 2 french language pieces in LAPIN 35 from L'ASSOCIATION.
ANOTHER MONSTER. There is a print by Tom in the current issue of SPECIAL TEN.
AUGUST 2006
GARDEN. Tom is creating a new comic strip GARDENING, which will appear Monday to Thursday in the Guardian for 2 weeks from the 21st of August, in place of Steve Bell's IF.
CAVEMEN. Tom's next book will be HUNTER AND PAINTER and will be published by BUENAVENTURA PRESS in the winter. It is a slightly reworked version of the comic strip produced for the Guardian in 2004.
KRAMER. You can now order KRAMERS ERGOT 6 (which includes a 21 page story by Tom) from BUENAVENTURA PRESS.
JULY 2006
MOVING! Tom is moving studios and so our new postal address for orders and anything else is now:
Tom Gauld/Cabanon Press, Top Floor, 100 de Beauvoir Road, London, N1 4EN.UPDATE. Simone has updated simonelia.com with new images, prints and paintings for sale.
EXHIBIT. We both have work in the forthcoming group exhibition ART TREK at Galerie Mekanik, St Jacobsmarkt 73, Antwerp. The show runs from August 5th to 26th.
DAMNED. Tom will be selling our wares at PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED a self-publishing fair taking place on July 30th 2006, 2pm to 7pm at the Rochelle School, Club Row, London E2 - which is on Arnold Circus, Shoreditch
JUNE 2006
MONSTER. Tom has a new drawing in group exhibition LIONS, TIGERS, BEARS etc. at WOOTINI, Historic
Carr Mill, 200 North Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 27510. The show runs from 14th July to 14th September.
MAY 2006
EXHIBIT. We have new prints by Simone on display in the GALLERY. As always the previous exhibition is now in the GALLERY ARCHIVE
MOVIES. Tom has worked with animators Dirty UK to create a video for the single VISIT FROM THE DEAD DOG by Ed Harcourt. It should appear on Ed’s website at some point.
BACK. We now have copies of all four parts of FLUFFY in stock.
BEASTS. Tom has contributed to BEASTS edited by Jacob Covey and published by FANTAGRAPHICS. It should be available in August.
FEBRUARY 2006
EXHIBITIONS. Our exhibition continues to run at ANALOGUE you can some photos from the show HERE, we've also put some of the work in the GALLERY.
GUIDE. Tom's new screenprint "The Hairy Monster, a guide" is in the COMICS STORE now.
JANUARY 2006
EXHIBITIONS. We'll both have new work in the exhibition advertised above at ANALOGUE, if you're nearby come along to the private view which we'll both be at. Tom also has work in forthcoming exhibition FINE LINE at Adam Baumgold, New York.
UFO. Tom has written a new 21 page story entitled 'Sample Collection Unit 413/R87.13' for excellent anthology KRAMERS ERGOT SIX due out in the summer.
GONE. Volume ONE of THREE VERY SMALL COMICS is now out of print.
TRIP. Tom will be attending the ANGOULEME COMICS FESTIVAL 2006 in France at the end of the month.
DECEMBER
CHRISTMAS ORDERS. Our mail order department will be on holiday from December 16th, any orders received after this will be fulfilled in January.
ARRIVED! Our new books are here. ROBOTS, MONSTERS Etc. and FLUFFY part 4 are in the COMICS STORE now. FLUFFY can also be ordered directly from Simone (simone@simonelia.com)for £6 and she is giving away a free Jesus comic with the first 30 orders.
GOING... Volume ONE of THREE VERY SMALL COMICS will go out of print at the end of the year. The work will be collected in another format at some point, but order now if you want the original.
NOVEMBER
LES GARDIENS DU ROYAUME. A French version of GUARDIANS OF THE KINGDOM and Tom's comic strip about EDWARD GOREY appear in the latest issue of BLACK.
NEW. The third edition of GUARDIANS OF THE KINGDOM (with a new cover) is available now.
ALMOST THERE. ROBOTS, MONSTERS Etc. will be available this month.
OCTOBER
FLUFFY FOUR. Soon.
NEW. There are some new items in the COMICS STORE.
DELAY. ROBOTS, MONSTERS Etc. has been delayed again (due to complex postcard-book binding issues) but will be definitely be available in November.
LITERATURE. Tom has drawn a robot for lovely website Ready Steady Book.
SEPTEMBER 2005
WATCH. Matt Abbiss's animated adaptation of Tom's comic INVASION will be shown on Channel 4 on Thursday 6th October at 7.55pm (just after the news). It can also be viewed online at the MESH website (look in the YEAR 05 FILMS section)
APOLOGY. Due to Tom's extended summer break we've been very slow in processing comic orders, but they will be fulfilled very soon. Sorry.
JESUS. The whole of Simone's comic is in the GALLERY now.
SOON. ROBOTS, MONSTERS Etc. has been slightly delayed and will now be available in late October. FLUFFY Part Four should be available around then too.
EXHIBIT. We've both got work in the exhibition PICTURES AND WORDS at MAGMA CLERKENWELL, 117-119 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1. It's on Monday to Saturday 10am - 7pm until the 29th of October.
BOOK. The book PICTURES AND WORDS is out now from LAURENCE KING in the UK and YALE in the US.
FESTIVAL. Tom will be exhibiting work at the Festival de Bande Dessinée de Haute-Normandie from the 30th of Septmber to the 2nd of October.
LOVAC I SLIKAR. Tom's strip HUNTER AND PAINTER appeared in the August edition of Croatian magazine QSTRIP, although it's a bit late to mention that now.
BEGGE TO. BOTH will be published in Danish soon by ABENMALER. Visit their website for details.
BOING. Tom has two stories in the forthcoming Finnish anthology GLÖMP 7.
JULY 2005
SUMMER. Our mail order department will be on holiday during August, any orders received will be fulfilled in early September. We now accept payment by PAYPAL.
FORTHCOMING. Tom's next book will be ROBOTS, MONSTERS Etc. a book of Postcards which should be available in September. Simone is working hard on FLUFFY Part Four.
TRANSLATION. Tom's work is featured in the latest issue of the Japanese magazine ILLUSTRATION. The article features a comlete version of INVASION kindly translated by Satoshi Kitamura. Watch out for forthcoming versions of CABANON PRESS works in Danish, Croation, Finnish and Animation.
EXHIBIT. We've put some new work in the GALLERY
LINKS. Here are some websites we like:
Adhouse Books
Matt Abbiss
Avodah Books
Brighten the Corners
Buenaventura Press
Bodega
Matt Brinkman
Matt Broesema
Ivan Brunetti
Bugpowder
Bulb Comics
Mark Burrier
The Comics Reporter
The Drama
Drawn
Drawn and Quarterly
Editions de l'an 2
Fantagraphics Books
Scott Garrett
Jochen Gerner
Benoit Jacques
Jason
Kevin H
The Holy Consumption
King Mini
Ben Katchor
Loopland
Magma
Jim McBride
McSweeney's
Napa Books
Noodoll
Gary Northfield
The Onion
Pocko
Redstone Press
Ron Rege Jr
Jonothan Rosen
Dave Shelton
David Shrigley
Studio AKA
Sugarpusher
USS Catastrophe
Sarah Varon
Whitemoss Press
Zembla
JUNE 2005
SHOW. Our comics are currently on show as part of EUROPEAN DESIGN at the Design Museum, Shad Thames, London, SE1 2YD.
BEAT. Tom has an illustration in the second issue of BEAT (Towered Cities and the Hum of Men) which is available in selected bookshops now.
WRITER. Tom has contributed a new two page comic strip to the issue 8 of ZEMBLA magazine, which is out now.
MAY 2005
MORE. GUARDIANS OF THE KINGDOM second edition is not actually sold out as previously stated. We found another box of them, apologies to anyone who ordered and was told we had none.
ART. We both have work in CATAPULTS AND HIGH JINX an exhibition of comics related prints at the London Print Studio, 425 Harrow Road, London, W10. The show runs from the 7th of May to the 2nd of July, Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am to 6pm.
APRIL 2005
OUT NOW. FLUFFY Part Three is out now.
BUY. BUENAVENTURA PRESS in the USA are now carrying THREE VERY SMALL COMICS Volumes One and Two and have some copies of GUARDIANS OF THE KINGDOM. They also have really lovely books and prints by a number of great comic artists.
BOOK. Tom has drawn the cover for a forthcoming book PICTURES AND WORDS: New Comic Art and Narrative Illustration. The image is in TOM'S SHED. He has also contributed to the A-Z issue of THE DRAMA Magazine.
MARCH 2005
ART. We've put some new work in the GALLERY and in SIMONE'S SHED.
IRON. Tom has produced a series of fifteen illustrations for a new edition of the children's book THE IRON MAN by Ted Hughes. It is published by FABER and is in shops now. The cover image and six of the illustrations are in the GALLERY.
FEBRUARY 2005
FLUFFY PART 3. The penultimate chapter of the FLUFFY series is set in Catania in Sicily, any hopes that Michael had of finding peace in the bosom of his family are quickly dashed. There
are plenty of family tensions and misunderstandings as well as a tender moment as Fluffy makes a profound realisation. Available late March, to pre-order email Simone.EXHIBIT. Tom has three pieces in the forthcoming exhibition WORDS IN PICTURES at the Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City which runs March 9th until April 2nd. He also has a new piece which forms part of the PRIMORDIAL INK: Frame by Frame showcase at The MATCH Bar (37-38 Margaret St, London W1) which runs 7th March to 2nd April (closed Sundays).
OUT. STURGEON WHITE MOSS 5 is out now and features a new story by Tom.
JANUARY 2005
TRIP. Simone and Tom wil both be attending the ANGOULEME COMICS FESTIVAL 2005 in France at the end of the month.
NICE. THREE VERY SMALL COMICS volume 2 has been reviewed and chosen as one of the year's Top 40 Comics on Tom Spurgeon's excellent COMICS REPORTER website.
CAVEMEN. Tom's comic strip HUNTER AND PAINTER is in the GALLERY now.
FLUFFY ET PAPA. parts One and Two will be published in French by Editions De L'an 2 which will be launched at the Angouleme Comic Festival in January.
INSTALLEZ-VOUS EN VILLE. BULB comics have published a French language version of MOVE TO THE CITY (a weekly comic strip which Tom drew for Timeout in 2002) in a beautiful 48 page book with screenprinted cover. UK customers can buy a copy from us for £10.
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