Events
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Glas ow HIE Chiew-Siah Tei \‘l'atcrstonc's. l53 157 Sauchichall Strcct. 332 0105. 6.30 8pm. Launch ol‘ thc tlcbut now] by Malaysian author ('hicyy-Siah 'I'ci. Uri/c Hui (if/.z'uping lit/it's. which was longlistctl for the .\lan Asian l.ilcrary l’ri/c 3007.
FREE Ewan Morrison Bordcrs
Books. ()8 Buchanan Strcct. 333 77()(). 7pm. ('atch thc ‘cniditc purycyor ol' lilth’ (so-called al‘tcr his dcbul hunch of short storics. 'I'hc lust [funk )im Raul) signing his latest novel. Distance. Scc Last Word. pagc Ill-1.
Edinburgh
FREE In a Different Light Scottish Poctry Library. 5 ('richton‘s ('losc. ('anongalc. 557 2870. l'ntil Sat l‘) Jul. Mon Fri llarn 6pm: Sat I 5pm. An cxhibition of ncyy works cxploring short phrascs. comprising hand-bound books. cards and scrccn-prints from Julic Johnstonc’s lisscncc Prcs's imprint.
Edinburgh
Reading Group: Nothing but The Poem Scottish l’octry Library. 5 ('richton‘s (lose. (‘anongatc. 557 2876. 6.30 8pm. £5 (£3). Rcmoying thc
Ewan Morrison
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Steven Erikson \N'atcrstonc‘s. I74 Argylc Strcct. 248 481-1. 6.30 8pm. £3 rcdccmablc against purchase. Fantasy \yritcr Stcycn lirikson appcars to promote 'Iitll I/u' [IUIIIN/S.‘ .Url/(lfml Bunk oft/1c I‘ul/cn Bk 8.
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Fl Allan Wright and Jack McLean \Vatcrslonc‘s. I53 l57 Sauchichall Strcct. 332 9105. 6.30 8pm. Launch of thc phi)tographcr/yyritcr duo's book of‘ Scottish landmarks and landscajws.
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FR Ray Evans and Wendy Miller Bor‘tlcrs’ Books. 98 Buchanan Strcct. 233 77()(). 7pm. Rcadings and book signings by thcsc t\\‘o pocts.
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Comics
THRILLER/SUPER VILLIAN
MARK MILLAR 8: JG JONES Wanted
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As yet another comics- based blockbuster hits the big screen. Titan brings us this timely repackaged re-release.
Wanted was written by one of the comics world's leading lights. Scotland's own Mark Millar. a creator owned series for Top Cow rather than the big two. And no wonder. it's far too edgy for either Marvel or DC With its high octane. blood-splattered action. It's a highly depraved tale of a secret cabal of degenerate super villains who rule the world from the shadows. This shocking truth reveals itself to shit-eating nobody Wesley Gibson. who takes to the death. murder and filth of his new life like a duck to water.
The fast shooting, low morals and smart black humour make this the Fight Club of comics (but exaggerated to the power of ten). all played out in dynamic. lurid colour courtesy of JG Jones sharp illustrations. (Henry Northmore)
NON - FICTION r BIOG BOB LEVIN
Most Outrageous (Fantagraphicsl 0.00
Looking for a suitable subject for the follow-up to his book The Pirates
and the Mouse — a
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wickedly funny account of a gang of comic book creators who satirised themselves into court with the Disney Corporation. Bob Levin chanced upon the late Hustler magazine cartoonist Dwaine Tinsley. Like Levin's previous book. Most Outrageous concerns a conflict between the rebellious counterculture and the repressive system, in this case between the man who created the pervert cartoon character Chester the Molester for Larry Flynt‘s notorious skin mag and the California authorities who used them as evidence when they put Tinsley on trial for the alleged sexual abuse of his daughter. Like The Pirates . . . the author's sympathies are with the vrctimised individual. Nevertheless. Levin's account of Tinsley's trial is exhaustively investigated and scrupulously documented. That attention to the details of what is indeed a shocking subject combined with wise-ass commentary makes Most Outrageous a great read. (Miles Fielder)
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MARK EVANIER Kirby: King of Comics (Abrams) mo
As befits a book about the man who reinvented comics with the most dynamic artwork the medium had ever seen. friend and colleague Mark Evanier‘s biography/critical commentary is a large format coffee table hardback full of big and beautiful illustrations. Beginning wrth Kirby's early work in Manhattan cartooning sweatshops at the tail end of the Depression era. Evanier covers Kirby's fruitful collaborations with Joe SimOn (with whom he created Captain America). his even more
successful creative partnership with Stan Lee in the 19603 (which produced The Fantastic Four. The X-Men. Thor. The Hulk et al), his unhappy switch to DC Comics in the 19705 (which nevertheless resulted in the mind- blowing Fourth Wor/d stories). and Kirby's final years working for independents and in TV in the 1980s
Evanier does a pretty good job of explaining just how — and how far — Kirby pushed the envelope. and doesn't shy away from detailing how his workaholic subject was exploited and screwed over by his employers time and again. And Evanier, who's a comics historian and comic book writer. has a very readable style that‘s laced with a wry sense of humour. ‘Nuft said. (Miles Fielder)
MURDER MYSTERY JOHN WHALEN & MIKE HAWTHORNE The Un-Men:
Get Your Freak On (DC/Vertigo) O.
The Un-Men were deformed approximations of man brewed up with a mix of science and sorcery by Swamp Thing's arch- nemesis Anton Arcane back in 1972. They've cropped up several times through the years. and now launch their own monthly title (the first five issue are collected here). Now Iivrng out their lives in the town of Aberrance. populated entirely by freaks. It's a murder mystery story as 'the Ama7ing Gill Boy' is found dead. while the leaders of Aberrance don't want anything to jeopardise their new TV deal. Unfortunately it doesn't quite sit with the legacy of the Un-Men and the mystery never grabs you enough to care. (Henry Northmore)
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