Redeye Magazine has been around since 2003 and was considered by many to be the ultimate UK indie ‘zine for news, reviews, interviews, etc. Sadly, things had been a bit quiet on the publication front since 2007’s #6 and many may have feared the demise of this fine publication. It therefore gives me great pleasure to report that the ‘zine has just been relaunched as a digital edition.
The future of comics begins with REDEYE 2.1, a pdf-only monthly magazine with all the news, reviews, features and stuff worth talking about, including:
Interviews with Leah Moore and John Reppion on The Complete Dracula and The Trial of Sherlock Holmes with artists Colton Worley and Aaron Campbell; Cartoonist and festival organiser Oliver Smith talks about throwing out the rule book for the small press and building something better; New York born and raised illustrator Liz Baillie discusses her comics, her love for the Bouncing Souls and her Jabba the Hutt face; Ben Dickson talks to Garen Ewing about Rainbow Orchid blossoming under a new deal with publisher Egmont; Northern Irish illustrator Bridgeen Gillespie talks about curious rabbits, hissy fits and being open to interpretation; and as part of his 100 Days, 100 Cartoonists series, Citizen Badham talks to creators Adam Cadwell and Jim Medway about unconventional narratives, the value of the everyday and deflated balloons.
Plus a THE SECRET HISTORY OF… IRISH COMIX, as Niall Kitson uncovers the growing Irish Comics scene ready for the international stage, and a report on the long awaited LUC@176 event.
114 full colour pages of intelligent, well written, and informative comics journalism for just £1.00/$1.50/€1.00. That really is a bargain. Yes we’re in it but we’d honestly be recommending it just as highly if we weren’t. So get over to www.enginecomics.co.uk/redeye/ and download a copy now!