Paul B. Rainey is quite possibly one of the nicest men in comics. He’ll talk Daleks to my son, he’ll talk comics to me, he gets on with everyone, is tremendously laidback, and yet if you read his famous Book of Lists (from www.bookoflists.co.uk) you can sense a simmering undercurrent of barely controlled rage at the vast array of injustices in life. Rather than getting all worked up about them, Rainey lets loose in comics form, his latest project being the multi-part series that is There’s No Time Like The Present.
Credits:
Writer/Artist: Paul B. Rainey. Ordering: Available from UK conventions or his website: http://www.bookoflists.co.uk/
There’s No Time Like The Present #5
Cliff rooms with Kelly – and fancies the socks off her. Kelly hates her job and seemingly fancies no-one in particular. Inspector Jive is a mad old coot who suffers a fit of conscience at just the wrong time. Barry is a hairy handed comics fan who’s just been to a prostitute and had sex for the first time ever. There’s this alien admiral from 1000 years into the future. The internet has evolved into the ultranet, and if you know the right people you can connect to future times and download next year’s episodes of Doctor Who before they’ve even been made. There’s a Dalek missing a wheel. A sudden time-jump that throws you for six. And a very, very rude word indeed.
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Everything’s been building over time, and although you really have no clear idea where the story is ultimately going to end up, you feel that Rainey has complete control and you trust him to get you there safely (even if the characters may not survive the trip unscathed).
It’s funny, it’s low key, it’s subtle, and it’s perhaps one of the best UK comics on the market at the moment.
Also Available:
Rainey has produced a number of other one-shots, The Book of Lists being a collection of themed one-panel strips along the lines of…
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…and…
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…as well as the superb one-shot, Telephone Thing. All are highly recommended.
Outro:
May 12th to 14th, 2007.
That’s the Bristol International Comic Expo 2007.
SBC will be there, talking and promoting UK Comics plus some special extras.
Wanna be there as one of our guests?
Stay tuned for more info, or write in and ask for details!
-- Craig.
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