1st FACTS 2010 guest: Dave Gibbons

[Batman]

Will he be there both days?

[boomvavavoom]

yup

NEWSFLASH

Dave Gibbons will be sitting in the booth of "De Vliegende Hollander" (publisher The Flying Dutchman) where he will be signing the Dutch translation of "Martha Washington".

www.uitgeverijdevliegendehollander.nl/english.asp



"Martha Washington" will be coming out in the Dutch language in three parts, chronicling the birth, rise and death of Martha.

The story is set in a dystopian near-future where the United States have split into several extremist factions, and tells the story of Martha Washington, a young American girl from a public housing project called "The Green" (see Chicago's Cabrini-Green). The series starts with Martha's birth and sees her slowly grow up from someone struggling to break free of the public housing project, to being a war hero and major figure in deciding the fate of the United States.

The series was a mix of Frank Miller's typical action sequences as well as being a political satire of the United States and its major corporations. The series proved to be a huge success for Dark Horse and was one of the biggest selling independent comics of the time. Miller followed up Give Me Liberty with several sequels continuing the story. All of these sequels were drawn by Dave Gibbons and published by Dark Horse.

[grim]

so no commissions?
i assume it will also be possible to buy Watchmen and let him sign it?

[boomvavavoom]

Jul 22, 2010 10:37:39 GMT 1 grim said:

so no commissions?

where did you read that?
Still have to ask him about that!
That info will come later...

[mooner]

whooohhh.. nice nice nice..

[robertfoster]

Wow this will be the best FACTS in ages! Two great actors who I love and then this! Unlike most of you, I got to know him through the old game Beneath A Steel Sky which he worked on back in 1993 and I'll take the comic that came with the game to get it signed. I was crazy about his art style back then, before I had even heard of Watchmen.

[Mr. Facts]

Aug 7, 2010 20:19:13 GMT 1 robertfoster said:

Wow this will be the best FACTS in ages! Two great actors who I love and then this! Unlike most of you, I got to know him through the old game Beneath A Steel Sky which he worked on back in 1993 and I'll take the comic that came with the game to get it signed. I was crazy about his art style back then, before I had even heard of Watchmen.

Glad to know that you're happy. Welcome to this forum by the way.
I guess the line for Dave Gibbons will be the longest we will ever for an artist.

[grafunkel]

By the way, there is now a HUGE book collecting all of the "Martha Washington" books... a total of 600 pages!!!... drawn by Dave Gibbons and written by Frank Miller.



Check Amazon for a preview: www.amazon.com/Times-Martha-Washington-Twenty-First-Century/dp/1595824820/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282562189&sr=8-1#reader_1595824820

[boomvavavoom]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
that is sooo cool!!!!
Now what to do?
Buy the Dutch version or this huge package?

[grafunkel]

Aug 23, 2010 13:21:04 GMT 1 boomvavavoom said:

Buy the Dutch version or this huge package?

Both. ;D

(I think I'll be buying the big honkin' 600-page-giant. I've seen it for sale online at a... erm... certain Dutch mail-order-comicbook-selling-site for about 22€, that's insane for the amount of awesomness you'll be getting.)

[grafunkel]

Heh heh... guess which brand-spanking-new book I'm holding in my hands right now, Boom? ;D

Oh, and by the way... I never read any Martha Washington books before, because it didn't grab me at the time, and it would be a nightmare trying to find back issues and such... but now this book came out collecting every Martha Washington story ever, and it is awesomely good: it's about 600 pages of stupid scifi and pulp action, intelligent political satire, loads... and I mean LOADS!!!... of extra commentary, production notes, sketches and illustrations by Gibbons and Miller. It's a loveletter to the comics medium!

(And at 22€, it's just silly NOT to buy it!)

[boomvavavoom]

Sept 6, 2010 9:52:22 GMT 1 grafunkel said:

Heh heh... guess which brand-spanking-new book I'm holding in my hands right now, Boom? ;D

Good going man!

[boomvavavoom]

Some news on sketches, prices and the artists:



Dave Gibbons will be doing no commissions but sketches: "This year I charged €50 for an inked head shot and €100 for an inked full figure."
Aside from that he is doing free sketches.

facts.be/guestshtml/fa_davegibbons.html

[dogsoldiersthingy]

Oct 14, 2010 11:33:17 GMT 1 boomvavavoom said:

Some news on sketches, prices and the artists:



Dave Gibbons will be doing no commissions but sketches: "This year I charged €50 for an inked head shot and €100 for an inked full figure."
Aside from that he is doing free sketches.

facts.be/guestshtml/fa_davegibbons.html

so, that does mean he'll sign my Watchmen comic for free, right?

[boomvavavoom]

yes

[Batman]

oh man, should I buy a new watchmen before FACTS?
Or will there be purdy ones then as well?

[boomvavavoom]

Dutch edition are being reprinted and will be sold next week at the booth!!

[grim]

so if we buy one a the booth, do we get a little free sketch in it?

will they have Martha Washington?

[boomvavavoom]

they will have it all!!!!

And yeah.. you got that right!

[timothy]

Oct 14, 2010 15:07:17 GMT 1 boomvavavoom said:

Dutch edition are being reprinted and will be sold next week at the booth!!

I will bring one of the first series of Dutch Watchmen for him to sign. Actually, I bought this one from you ;-)

[Batman]

only dutch, or will there be english as well?

[boomvavavoom]

well

if there is one thing I know of the publisher who is partnering with FACTS, who financially supports Dave Gibbons, who is coming to the show and will have Gibbons in their OWN booth, is that it would be STUPID to have him have anything other then their OWN publications in THEIR booth... like Watchmen and the debut of Martha Washington for instance...



HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAA

SOrry... giving you an answer like that made me VERY happy

Having said that: www.cheap-comics.com/ is also coming to FACTS

[Mr. Facts]

Oct 17, 2010 12:52:53 GMT 1 Batman said:

only dutch, or will there be english as well?

Only Dutch titles of course.

BUT i'll try to get some pieces of Watching the Watchmen ( amust have if you're a Dave Gibbons Watchmen fan) for sale

[boomvavavoom]

and we have the artist of WATCHMENSCH as well

Simon Rohrmuller!!! from Sweden!

[Batman]

well look at that, that must have been my biggest brainfart of the day...
Thanks for the answer to my dumdum question,
going to buy an English Watchmen somewhere this week for mr. Gibbons to sell.