This is a series I did as an outsider to the whole comic book fandom. I wanted to find out who actually consumed comic books and whether the audience was changing.
Comic book fandom. I couldn’t be much further away from this subculture, myself being from a rural area (possibly THE most rural area) in Ireland, Donegal. Not to mention I had no internet access until I was well into my teens. But I always wondered – I always had an interest in art, I always…
William Selby is a comic book fan with an amazing talent for making things. If you look at the pictures attached that is blatantly clear. I interviewed him as part of the ‘Layman’s Introduction to Comic Books’ series.
Daniel Amrhein is a blogger over at Journey Into Awesome as part of my ‘Layman’s introduction to comic books’ series. ‘Journey Into Awesome’ has just short of 4ooo subscribers and it has been featured on wordpress.com’s ‘Freshly Pressed’ so I figure he knows what he is on about Enjoy.
I reached out to Dublin City University Anime and Manga society’s (AMS’s) Christie McBride as part of my ‘Laymans Introduction to Comic Books’ series. DCU AMS is one of the most prolific comic book communities in Ireland, and they are closely linked to the Eirtakon Convention which takes pace in Dublin annually as you will…
RTE’s Rick O’Shea has been a prolific figure in bringing Literature to the public via the media, whether it be poetry, novels, or, as I found out when I spoke to him, Graphic Novels/Comic Books. I spoke to him as part of my ‘Layman’s Introduction to comic book’ series. You can listen to the audio and…
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