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An exhibition of artwork by up and coming local talents in the colourful world of comicbooks and graphic novels will be held in Portlaoise this weekend, at the Celtic Comics store on Railway Street.</div>
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This pop art exhibition takes place on Saturday, January 13, but there’s still a chance for anyone who enjoys sketching superheroes in their spare time to drop in a sample of their work for inclusion in the event.</div>
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Six local artists will be chosen from the exhibition to appear on a newcomer panel at Celtic Con Comic Convention in June, highlighting emerging new comicbook and creative talent. The comic convention takes place at O’Loughlins Hotel for two days over the weekend of June 23/24.</div>
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The selection process on Saturday will be done by two of the guest artists expected to appear at this year’s Celtic Con.</div>
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David Butler is one of the judges, illustrator of the recent graphic novel ‘Shackleton - The Voyage of the James Caird’, which tells the tale of Ernest Shackleton’s dream to cross the Antarctic only for the journey to become a desperate fight to save the twenty-seven souls that set sail with him.</div>
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Also lending his expert eye to the artwork on display will be Gareth Luby, who has just been nominated for best Irish published artist, by Irish Comic News.</div>
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Anyone interested still has time to leave three A4 drawings, sketches or prints into the shop, and judging will take place on Saturday from 2pm.</div>
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Ireland has a long, proud military tradition. The aim of this inaugural seminar is to look at all aspects of Irish military history, drawing chiefly on events and personnel from within our nation’s past.</div>
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Great episodes in Ireland’s history are intermingled with escapades in far-off places like Vietnam, the Balkans and the African continent.</div>
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Topics: WWI and WWII; 1798 Rebellion; American Civil War; Vietnam War; Irish Civil War in Dublin; The Fenians; Thomas Ashe (100th Anniversary of his death); Luftwaffe POWs; Jadotville, the Congo and Beyond; Massacre at Mullaghmast – A Game of Thrones!</div>
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Friday 9 June: Opening event and book launch followed by documentary film and panel discussion on Ireland’s peacekeepers.</div>
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Saturday 10 June: Full day of presentations and Irish Military Vehicles Group indoor militaria display.</div>
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Sunday 11 June: Site visit to Mullaghmast with archaeologist Noel Dunne and Griese Youth Theatre performance.</div>
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Speakers include: Helen Litton, John Dorney, Lar Joye, Dan Harvey, James Durney, Declan Power, Justin Horgan, Wesley Bourke, Kenneth Dawson, Dr. Helene O’Keeffe and Maurice O’Keeffe of Irish Life and Lore.</div>
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Hosted by Kildare County Council and the County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee, in association with June Fest, Ireland’s Military Story and Merrion Press.</div>
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Free Admission but booking essential via Riverbank Arts Centre Box Office</div>
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Full details on: <a href="http://www.kildare.ie/ehistory" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e73be; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">www.kildare.ie/ehistory</a><br />
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At Celtic Con we have a host of fun interactive and exciting attractions including COMIC VILLAGE, GEEK MARKET, GAMING ZONE, ALL DAY COSPLAY, ART COMPS AND SOME FANTASTIC GUESTS</div>
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Before the Marvel Universe, there was celtic mythology, which had its roots in the midlands of Ireland. No wonder, then, that the old Celtic heartland of the midlands loves comics, cosplay and drama.</div>
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This year’s Celtic Con, in the ancient and wonderful midlands, will bring communities of comic lovers to life as people fill the venue in their outstanding Cosplay, There will be a geek market selling all the nerdy merchandise you need, while your gaming heart’s desires will be fulfilled in the gaming zone, which itself will be full of retro, recent, and independent games.<br />
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Of course, the main stage will be where it’s really at; a highlight will surely be Mike Carroll, who is best known (and worshipped) for writing Judge Dredd stories. He’s a big cheese when it comes to graphic storytelling, so if you ever hope to scale the exhilarating heights of the Marvel, DC, 2000AD and Dark Horse Universe, you should settle into a seat in the front row.</div>
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In addition, this year’s Celtic Con is on the hunt for a new mascot, so get your pencils sharpened and a thinking cap on…</div>
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Checkout the website for more details – <a href="http://celticcon/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">www.celticcon.com</a></div>
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/202746158">David Butler 'Good characters or evil villains'</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/frameit">Frame It Productions</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Email: anithing(at)outlook(dot)com
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I'm absolutely delighted to have a short two page comic with the latest <a aria-controls="js_3pv" aria-describedby="js_3pw" aria-haspopup="true" class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=620661134736432&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/comicslab/?fref=mentions" id="js_3px" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">The Comics Lab</a> Anthology "SPECIMEN"". There are some amazing artists and writers include<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">d. Thanks a mill for <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1557170025&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/StephenWard79?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Stephen Ward</a> for his honest, and thankfully positive review of my story on getting "THE SNIP". I had a playful attempt at some unscripted structure and very loose drawing style. It was also inspired by the Repeal the 8th campaign. Thanks also to <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=210287075680182&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/irishcomicnews/?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Irish Comic News</a> for supporting Irish Comics.</span></div>
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David Butler writes and illustrates (and over-shares!) in “Vasectomy Operation”. I honestly expected to spend my time reading with my legs crossed. It’s a credit to Butlers dialogue that I actually spent the time laughing at how the story unfolded. Make no mistake, it’s still a story about getting the snip. But thankfully with Butlers jovial dialogue, it’s a lot less painful than you would have expected.</div>
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Specimen is the second anthology from the Comics Lab. For those unfamiliar with the <a href="https://twitter.com/thecomicslab" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Comics Lab</a>, it’s “an informal meet-up whose aim is to explore sequential story-telling, to generate platforms for comics made by its members and to stimulate a vibrant comics community in Dublin and Ireland. Founded by <a href="https://twitter.com/bowie_sarah" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarah Bowie</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/debbiejenkinson" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Debbie Jenkinson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PaddyLynch4" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Paddy Lynch</a> in May 2015.” (from the introduction of Specimen).</div>
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The anthology was designed by <a href="https://twitter.com/dearbhlala" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Dearbhla Kelly</a> (who was also the project manager of the anthology). I like the choice of ‘Specimen’ as the theme of the anthology. The book itself is a specimen of the Irish comic scene, featuring thirty two contributors in total. You could also consider each story is a specimen of how to tell a story in comic format, be it abstract, comedic, sci-fi, dark humour etc. It’s also great to see some familiar name from the small-press mixed in with some new names. Anthologies willing to give an opportunity to a creator to get their first strips out there can only help grow the Irish comic scene.</div>
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The first story is “Marianne North’s Last Discovery” by <a href="https://twitter.com/olly34" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Olly Blake</a>. The story follow the titular artist as she sails up a great river into the jungle in search of a flower she wished to capture in a painting. The strip itself had a Matt Kindt kinda vibe to it, both in terms of the art style and how the story unfolds. As someone who greatly enjoys the work of Kindt this meant the anthology was off to a flying start.</div>
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“True Love” is a bitter sweet story written by Jared Williamson and illustrated by <a href="https://twitter.com/whackoink" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Ashwin Chacko</a>. It’s a well written story and I liked Chackos artwork, particularly an unusual detail on the faces of the characters. One thing that I felt could have done will a bit more polish was the lettering. Some of the lettering had one sentence with a nice bit of spacing between words and the following sentence looked like it was just rammed in. It meant that some words actually read a single word. It didn’t diminish the strip, just something for the letter to watch out for in future strips.</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Barrykeegan" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Barry Keegan</a> provides the next strip, “Specimen”. A somewhat humorous short about what might end up in fast food. The strip is entirely wordless so the reader has to rely on the art to follow the story. Keegan does a good job leading the reader through the panels with each panel having enough visual information in it to keep the reader informed.</div>
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Another strip titled “Specimen” follows. This one is written by (yes, ICNs very own!) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidpbFerguson" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">David Ferguson</a> and illustrated by <a href="https://twitter.com/burky126" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Brian Burke</a>. The strip is a sci-fi story of the last human survivor who is taken aboard an alien ship. The crew of the alien ship are attempting to save the human race which is why they’ve taken the human onto their ship. Burke does a good job with the art, though I would have liked some solid blacks in the first panel to make the space ships really pop. It was great to see Ferguson get his first strip out into the world. A really fun strip by Ferguson and Burke. Worth it for the last panel!</div>
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“For love of the game” is written by <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronFever" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Aaron Fever</a>, illustrated by <a href="https://twitter.com/Katiecanartgood" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Katie Fleming</a> and lettered by <a href="https://twitter.com/ZakkSaam" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Zakk Saam</a>. The strip is the story of the two worlds of professional footballer Jose Hernandez. The first page is of the dying minutes of the last match of the season and immediately after. The following pages is what happens after Hernandez leaves the stadium. I loved how this comic was put together. Each page of the pages could be two individual strips so the transition of the story from the first to the second page is even more pronounced. It was a really good idea by the creative team. Equally having the first page really busy compared to the second. The strip sneaked up on me. I read it a couple of times but it didn’t click immediately how the two pages were being used. But when the penny dropped did I have a big smile on my face.</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/AntheaWest" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Anthea West</a> provides the next strip to be titled “Specimen”. This strip sees West provide one of her creepy/spooky stories. I’m always impressed with how well she does these types of stories since I’m generally reading more fun/light stuff for here, like Fate for example. Honestly, how can someone creep you out with a story of a kid reflecting of the replacing of carpet with floorboards?? Read the strip and find out!</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/clairedoors" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Claire Duggan</a> provides the next offering with her “Propagate” strip. It’s a wordless sci-fi story. I don’t think I’ve seen Duggan do a comic strip before but this strip is beautifully illustrated. Some great choices of panels that tells a love story. I very much hope we’ll be seeing more artwork from Duggan soon.</div>
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“Mysteries of My Life no.17“ is written and illustrated by one of the Comics Lab founders, <a href="https://twitter.com/debbiejenkinson" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Debbie Jenkinson</a>. It’s a funny strip based on a random assortment of items stolen from her home when she was a small child. When you see the items and how it’s actually made into a punchline you should get a good laugh out of it. If not, then the thieves probably stole your funny bone in addition to the items of the Jenkinson Heist!</div>
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Conor Tulloch writes and illustrates the strip “Accession”. An interesting short about a scientist and what happens when the specimen gets out of control. I liked the idea in the story and the artwork too. It’s quite close to the type of stories that can work well as a Future Shock in 2000AD.</div>
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“The Hunt” is written and illustrated by <a href="https://twitter.com/KarenHarte" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Karen Harte</a>. This is another strip that doesn’t end how you expect when you start it. And it’s all the better a strip for it. The artwork really works for this strip. The story is a fun one so it’s only right to have a fun and energetic art style to amplify the fun sensibility of the story.</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/anithingartist" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">David Butler</a> writes and illustrates (and over-shares!) in “Vasectomy Operation”. I honestly expected to spend my time reading with my legs crossed. It’s a credit to Butlers dialogue that I actually spent the time laughing at how the story unfolded. Make no mistake, it’s still a story about getting the snip. But thankfully with Butlers jovial dialogue, it’s a lot less painful than you would have expected.</div>
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“Marbhlight” by <a href="https://twitter.com/jasmineandgorse" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Bebhinn McInerney</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/dearbhlala" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Dearbhla Kelly</a> follows the story of a young woman who cycles into the local town to pick up some groceries. As she shops she catches bits of conversation about some tragic happening about a young boy. The dialogue and art really draws the reader in. The story leaves the reader with more questions than answers, but in the way a good puzzle piques your curiosity.</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/clarefoleyart" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Clare Foley</a> writes and illustrates “Contaminant”, a sci-fi short that follows two stories. I very much enjoyed this as I didn’t see the ending coming. Another good example of pulling in the reader by not revealing anything about how the two stories relate to each other. The reader just has to read on if they want an answer.</div>
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“Trails” written and illustrated by Dermot Hegarty was a trickier story to wrap my head around. It seems to be a story about spending so much time with our faces in a smartphone on various apps. At least that’s the sensation that the heavy use of birds-eye views of the character(s) gave me. I almost felt like I was looking down into my smartphone. It’s a somewhat ambiguous strip (especially due to it having no captions or dialogue), but that only lead to me reading it again and again to try figure it out.</div>
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John Corrigan writes and illustrates “The Pacifist”, a strip which tells the story of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington. He was a pacifist that lived around the time of the Easter Rising. Knowing nothing about the man I found this strip to be quite interesting. It gives a good sense of the man and might lead some readers searching out more information on the man. It’s a good example of how a comic can be used to tell people about historical people or events.</div>
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“A Tear In Jean” is written and illustrated by <a href="https://twitter.com/thebeanitself" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Leeann Hamilton</a>. It’s a silent strip with some excellent illustration by Hamilton. It sees an astronaut meet an archer in an opening in a forest. The astronaut is clearly searching for something and seeks assistance from the archer. The ending suggests that the strip could possibly be part of a larger story. I hope that this is the case as I’m curious about the complete story of the astronaut and archer. And the art’s nice to look at.</div>
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“Specimen” by Katherine Foyle is set in a park where a mother with a stroller and a young son meet a friend of the mother. The story is one of those moments that many kids have while their parent is chatting to a friend. The kid starts to take notice of whats around them. Which leads them to having a “did I really just see that happen?” moment. The art suits the story and I liked how there are no borders on each of the panels. The art just seems to end. Almost like it was a series of photographs on a page.</div>
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Next up we have the horror short, “Drip”, written by <a href="https://twitter.com/j_wizzy13" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">John Ward</a> and illustrated by Kurt Krol. Alice is home minding her younger brother while her parents are out for the night. Considering that it’s only a two page short, the comic does a pretty job of building up some tension.</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Katiecanartgood" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Katie Fleming</a> writes and illustrates “Places”. A short that brings the reader through various places as seen by the sleeping person in the first panel. Places that seem ordinary, to more exotic places and even to some fantastical places. The story is almost totally wordless so the art has to convey he sense of the various places. Which it does rather well. Also, I want a comic about the second place in the sequence of places!</div>
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“A Specimen of Womanimal” by <a href="http://allthingsthom.blogspot.ie/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">All Things Thom</a> is a funny and odd comic. It’s another new name discovered in this anthology and I’ll be taking a look at more of his stuff as I enjoyed the strange sense of humour displayed in this comic.</div>
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“Shush” by <a href="https://twitter.com/mariannamooney" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 166, 2); border: 0px; color: #409bd4; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;">Marianna Mooney</a> moves into a darker looking comic story. The artwork really gives this story a claustrophobic feel, which is somewhat amplified by the use of a single sound effect throughout the strip.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">Families can join in the FREE afternoon of fun and games in the administrative headquarters of </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=268821159629&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A1757507301132980%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/KildareCountyCouncil/" style="background-color: white; color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;">Kildare County Council</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">Jump back into 1916 with a multitude of workshops and activities: magic shows, uniforms and guns, colouring competition, nature tables, printmaking and illustration, treasure hunt, bouncy castles and much more!! Inside and outside there will be plenty of activities to choose from!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">And special prizes will be awarded for the best moustache, costume and hat; so put on your 1916 clothes!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Join Illustrator <a href="http://anithing.ie/">David Butler</a> and Learn the process behind the
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Refreshments: Athy Heritage Centre-Museum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Anna, great (granddaughter), </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Maria (wife of Robert), Robert (grandson), Dawn Vincent Ratcliff (daughter of John Vincent)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> and Julia (great granddaughter).</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The historically important Antarctic 1914-16 Polar Medal to Able Seaman Timothy McCarthy, Royal Naval Reserve, one of five men chosen by Shackleton to accompany him in the </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">James Caird</span><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> during his epic 800 mile open-boat voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia - over ‘the most tempestuous area of water in the world’ with ‘gales almost unceasing... in a small and weather beaten boat, already strained by the work of previous months’. An ever optimistic and hardy Irishman, McCarthy was the first to sight South Georgia, on the 14th day of arguably the greatest open-boat voyage of all time. Having survived the privations of the Antarctic he paid the ultimate sacrifice, 16 March 1917, when he was killed at his gun in action against </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">U-44</span><span style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-variant: small-caps; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Polar Medal</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1904, bronze, G.V.R., 1 clasp, Antarctic 1914-16 (T. McCarthy, Able Seaman. “Endurance.”), </span><span style="font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">suspension claw a little slack, otherwise good very fine</span><span style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> £15000-20000</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Timothy McCarthy (1885-1917) was the son of John and Mary McCarthy of Kinsale, County Cork. He was serving as an Able Seaman in the Royal Naval Reserve when he applied to join Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914. McCarthy was one of 26 men chosen to crew the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Endurance</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> for the expedition. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Little elaboration of this, one of the most famous of Polar expeditions, is required here. McCarthy’s prominent role, however, is worthy of further illustration. After leaving home shores the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Endurance</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> was held up by solid pack ice in the Weddell Sea in January 1914. This was before Shackleton’s trans-continental party could even reach its starting point. Prior to this occurrence common consensus amongst the whaling captains at Grytviken, South Georgia, with whom Shackleton had consulted, was that it was the worst year in living memory for currents and ice patterns. Shackleton had ploughed on regardless, and this indomitable spirit was to be tested countless times over the coming months.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Through January, and into February 1915, the ice continued to pack tightly around the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Endurance</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> as she drifted with the ice. It became apparent that the crew would have to winter with the ship in the ice. The pressure of the ice caused damage to the ship, and she began to leak. On 27 October 1915 the ship was abandoned and a camp set up on the ice. After a failed attempt to sledge to Robertson Island, another camp called Ocean Island was established on a large ice floe. As many supplies as possible were rescued and accumulated here before the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Endurance</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> eventually sank on the 21st November.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />In December 1915 several reconnaissance journeys were carried out, but all were painfully slow due to the disintegrating ice. A new more secure camp was established some 10 miles from the old one. At Patience Camp the party waited for conditions to improve so that they may be able to use the three boats (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dudley Docker, James Caird</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stancomb Wills</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">) that they had with them. At the end of the first week of April 1916 Clarence Island and Elephant Island had been sighted. Shackleton realised with anxiety that beyond these islands there was no refuge. All this time the ice pack was breaking up and the situation becoming more fraught with danger. It was impossible at this juncture to use the boats, due to the risk of them being crushed in the ice.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Nonetheless it was imperative that action be taken and on the 10th April they embarked on their 5 day journey to Elephant Island. Conditions were perilous, ‘a terrible night followed, and I doubted if all of the men would survive it. The temperature was below zero and the wind penetrated our clothes and chilled us almost unbearably. One of our troubles was lack of water, for we had emerged so suddenly from the pack into the open sea that we had not had time to take aboard ice for melting in the cookers, and without ice we could not have hot food. The condition of most of the men was pitiable. All of us had swollen mouths and could hardly touch the food... we were all dreadfully thirsty, and although we could get momentary relief by chewing pieces of raw seal meat and swallowing the blood, our thirst was soon redoubled owing to the saltiness of the flesh.’ (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">South, The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-17</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, refers).<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Elephant Island - Wild and McCarthy Find a Base</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Exhausted, Shackleton’s men hauled their supplies on to an inhospitable landing place on Elephant Island. After a reconnaissance it was quickly apparent that the beach was unsuitable for a long term base. On the 16th April Shackleton decided to send a party, under Frank Wild, to find a more suitable site for a camp. The party was to be comprised from some of the more hardier individuals, and McCarthy was amongst them, ‘I had decided to send Wild along the coast in the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stancomb Wills</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> to look for a new camping-ground, on which I hoped the party would be able to live for weeks or even months in safety.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Wild, accompanied by Marston, Crean, Vincent and McCarthy, pushed off in the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stancomb Wills </span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">at 11am and proceeded westward along the coast... The </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stancomb Wills </span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">had not returned by nightfall, but at 8pm we heard a hail in the distance and soon, like a pale ghost out of the darkness, the boat appeared. I was awaiting Wild’s report most anxiously, and was greatly relieved when he told me that he had discovered a sandy spot, seven miles to the west... Wild said that this place was the only possible camping-ground he had seen, and that, although in very heavy gales it might be spray-blown, he did not think that the seas would actually break over it. The boats could be run on a shelving beach, and, in any case, it would be a great improvement on our very narrow beach.’ (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ibid</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />On the 17th April the three boats set off for the new site. The seven mile pull took most of the day, as they almost immediately encountered a gale on the open water. Most of the members of the Expedition were suffering severely from salt water boils, and to a slightly lesser extent frostbite. The new camp, however, appeared to offer relative safety for as long as the dwindling food supplies lasted. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The Greatest Open-Boat Voyage of All Time...</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />With the onset of winter near, however, it was clear that Shackleton had to do something. It was unlikely that there would be enough food for all of the men, and the latter were becoming weaker and more demoralised as the days went by. What ensued was to become one of the greatest open-boat voyages of all time:<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />‘The conclusion was forced upon me that a boat journey in search of relief was necessary and must not be delayed. The nearest port where assistance could certainly be secured was Port Stanley, in the Falkland Islands, 540 miles away; but we could scarcely hope to beat up against the prevailing north-westerly wind in a frail and weakened boat with a small sail area.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />It was not difficult to decide that South Georgia, which was over 800 miles away but lay in the area of west winds, must be our objective. I could count upon finding whalers at any of the whaling-stations on the east-coast, and, provided that the sea was clear of ice and that the boat survived the great seas, a boat party might make the voyage and be back with relief in a month. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The hazards of a boat journey across 800 miles of stormy sub-Antarctic ocean were obvious, but I calculated that at the worst this venture would add nothing to the risks of the men left on the island. The boat would not require to take more than one month’s provisions for six men, for if we did not make South Georgia in that time we were sure to go under....<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The perils of the proposed journey were extreme, and the risk was justified solely by our urgent need of assistance. The ocean south of Cape Horn in the middle of May is known to be the most tempestuous area of water in the world, and the gales are almost unceasing. We had to face these conditions in a small and weather-beaten boat, already strained by the work of the previous months.... I had at once to tell Wild that he must stay behind, for I relied upon him to hold the party together while I was away... I determined to take Worsley with me as I had a very high opinion of his accuracy and quickness as a navigator... Four other men were required, and, although I thought of leaving Crean as a right-hand man for Wild, he begged so hard to come that, after consulting Wild, I promised to take him.... I finally selected McNeish, McCarthy and Vincent, in addition to Worsley and Crean.... The crew seemed a strong one, and as I looked at the men I felt confidence increasing....<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />After the decision was made, I walked through the blizzard with Worsley and Wild to examine the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">James Caird</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. The 20-foot boat had never looked big, but when I viewed her in the light of our new undertaking she seemed in some mysterious way to have shrunk. She was an ordinary ship’s whaler, fairly strong, but showing signs of the strain she had endured. Standing beside her, and looking at the fringe of the tumultuous sea, there was no doubt that our voyage would be a big adventure.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />I called McCarthy [McNeish], the carpenter, and asked him if he could do anything to make the ship more seaworthy. He asked at once if he was to go with me, and seemed quite pleased when I answered “Yes.” He was over fifty years of age and not altogether fit, but he was very quick and had a good knowledge of sailing-boats. He told me that he could contrive some sort of covering for the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">James Caird</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> if he was allowed to use the lids of the cases and the four sledge-runners, which he had lashed inside the boat for use in the event of a landing on Graham Land at Wilhelmina Bay. He proposed to complete the covering with some of our canvas, and immediately began to make his plans.’ (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ibid, </span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">in this account, written in 1919, Shackleton occasionally confuses McCarthy with McNeish, the latter was in his 50’s whilst McCarthy was in his 20’s)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The voyage commenced on 24 April 1916, ‘the tale of the next sixteen days is one of supreme strife amid heaving waters, for the sub-Antarctic Ocean fully lived up to its evil winter reputation. I decided to run north for at least two days while the wind held, and thus get into warmer weather before turning to the east and laying a course for South Georgia.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />We took two-hourly spells at the tiller. The men who were not on watch crawled into the sodden sleeping-bags and tried to forget their troubles for a period. But there was no comfort in the boat, indeed the first night aboard the boat was one of acute discomfort for us all, and we were heartily glad when dawn came.... Cramped in our narrow quarters and continually wet from the spray, we suffered severely from cold throughout the journey. We fought the seas and winds, and at the same time had a daily struggle to keep ourselves alive. At times we were in dire peril. Generally we were encouraged by the knowledge that we were progressing towards the desired land, but there were days and nights when we lay hove to, drifting across the storm-whitened seas, and watching the uprearing masses of water, flung to and fro by Nature in the pride of her strength.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Nearly always there were gales. So small was our boat and so great were the seas that often our sail flapped idly in the calm between the crests of two waves. Then we would climb the next slope, and catch the full fury of the gale where the wool-like whiteness of the breaking water surged around us.... Much bailing was necessary, but nothing could prevent our gear from becoming sodden... There were no dry places in the boat, and at last we simply covered our heads with our Burberrys and endured the all-pervading water. The bailing was work for the watch.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />None of us, however, had any real rest. The perpetual motion of the boat made repose impossible; we were cold, sore and anxious. In the semi-darkness of the day we moved on hands and knees under the decking. By 6pm the darkness was complete, and not until 7am could we see one another under the thwarts.... The difficulty of movement in the boat would have had its humorous side if it had not caused so many aches and pains. In order to move along the boat we had to crawl under the thwarts, and our knees suffered considerably. When a watch turned out I had to direct each man by name when and where to move, for if all hands had crawled about at the same time the result would have been dire confusion and many bruises.’ (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ibid</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />During this testing period Worsley records that when McCarthy had finished his time on watch at the tiller, he always displayed his ‘cheerful optimism’ and his habit of handing over the helm with “It’s a fine day, sorr.”<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />By the seventh day, the weather finally started to improve to the extent that the party were able to calculate that they had travelled roughly over 380 miles towards South Georgia. Over the course of the following three days steady progress was made, despite increasing suffering caused by exposure and a diminishing supply of food. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />On the eleventh day, 5th May, the weather changed for the worse, ‘a hard north-westerly gale came up... The sky was overcast and occasional snow-squalls added to the discomfort produced by a tremendous cross-sea - the worst, I thought, which we had encountered. At midnight I was at the tiller, and suddenly noticed a line of clear sky between the south and the south-west. I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then, a moment later realised that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />During the twenty-six years’ experience of the ocean in all its moods I had never seen a wave so gigantic. It was a mighty upheaval of the ocean, a thing quite apart from the big white-capped seas which had been our tireless enemies for many days. I shouted, “For God’s sake, hold on! It’s got us!” Then came a moment of suspense which seemed to last for hours. We felt our boat lifted and flung forward like a cork in breaking surf. We were in a seething chaos of tortured water; but somehow the boat lived through it, half-full of water, sagging to the dead weight and shuddering under the blow. We bailed with the energy of men fighting for life, flinging the water over the sides with every receptacle which came into our hands; after ten minutes of uncertainty we felt the boat renew her life beneath us. She floated again, and ceased to lurch drunkenly as though dazed by the attack of the sea. Earnestly we hoped that never again should we encounter such a wave.’ (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">South, The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition, Sir Ernest Shackleton</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">refers)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">McCarthy First to Sight South Georgia</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Privations continued among the men, with Vincent having collapsed under the strain and water now running desperately low. The 6th and the 7th May, ‘passed for us in a sort of nightmare. Our mouths were dry and our tongues swollen. The wind was still strong and the heavy sea forced us to navigate carefully. But any thought of our peril from the waves was buried beneath the consciousness of our raging thirst... Things were bad for us in those days, but the end was approaching. The morning of May 8th broke thick and stormy, with squalls from the north-west. We searched the waters ahead for a sign of land, and, although we searched in vain, we were cheered by a sense that our goal was near. About 10am we passed a little bit of kelp, a glad signal of the proximity of land. An hour later saw two shags sitting on a big mass of kelp, and we knew then that we must be within ten or fifteen miles of the shore.... We gazed ahead with increasing eagerness, and at 12.30pm, through a rift in the clouds, McCarthy caught a glimpse of the black cliffs of South Georgia, just fourteen days after our departure from Elephant Island. It was a glad moment. Thirst-ridden, chilled, and weak as we were, happiness irradiated us. The job was nearly done.’ (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ibid</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">) </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />On the 10th of May, despite being tormented by one last hurricane, the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">James Caird</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> finally managed to land in a small cove, with a boulder strewn beach guarded by a reef on the south side of King Haakon Bay. The crew had not drunk anything for 48 hours. Completely exhausted, and unable to pull the boat out of the water they landed their stores and rested for a few days in a cave. They hunted for birds, and slowly recuperated some strength thus enabling them to embark again on the 15th May for the 8 mile trip to King Haakon Bay. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Shackleton’s men arrived at the head of the bay, and proceeded to establish Peggotty Camp under the beached and upturned boat. From here it was decided that Shackleton, Worsley and Crean would set out on foot for Stromness Bay, and the whaling stations. On the evening of the 18th May, ‘we turned in early that night, but troubled thoughts kept me from sleeping. The task before the overland party would in all probability be heavy, and we were going to leave a weak party behind us in the camp. Vincent was still in the same condition and could not march. NcNeish was pretty well broken up. These two men could not manage for themselves, and I had to leave McCarthy to look after them. Should we fail to reach the whaling station McCarthy might have a difficult task.’ (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ibid</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />On the 19th May the three men set off to cross the mountains to Stromness. They managed the journey, despite their weakened state, by the following day. They had traversed a completely unexplored mountain range. Worsley set off in a whaler to rescue McCarthy and his two charges that night. They returned to Stromness on the 22nd May, ‘McCarthy, McNeish and Vincent were landed on the Monday afternoon, and quickly began to show signs of increasing strength under a regime of warm quarters and abundant food. McCarthy [McNeish] looked woefully thin after he had emerged from a bath. He was over fifty years of age and the strain had told upon him more than upon the rest of us. The rescue came just in time for him.’ (</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ibid</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">) <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Shackleton arranged for McNeish and Vincent to be returned to England. He also arranged passage for McCarthy to be sent home, with both his and Worsley’s warm expressions of gratitude. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The Great War - Ultimate Sacrifice</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Whilst Shackleton eventually rescued the rest of his men from Elephant Island, McCarthy, who had barely survived the ordeals of the Antarctic was almost immediately thrust into service during the Great War. He returned to the Royal Naval Reserve, and served as a Leading Seaman in S.S. </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Narragansett. </span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">She was a defensively armed British Steam Tanker, and on the 16th March 1917 was employed on a voyage from New York to London transporting lubricating oil. On the latter date she was torpedoed and sunk by </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">U-44</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> off the south-west coast of Ireland. Forty-six sailors lost their lives, including McCarthy.</span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />As Shackleton remarked himself of his crew, ‘The same energy and endurance which they showed in the Antarctic they brought to the Greater War in the Old World. And having followed our fortunes in the South it may interest you to know that practically every member of the Expedition was employed in one or other branches of the active fighting forces during the war. Of the fifty-three men who returned out of the fifty-six who left for the South, three have since been killed and five wounded. McCarthy, the best and most efficient of sailors, always cheerful under the most trying circumstances, and who for these reasons I chose to accompany me on the boat journey to South Georgia, was killed at his gun in the Channel.’ </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(Ibid</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Tragically McCarthy never lived to see his hard earned Polar Medal, nor does it appear from the roll that his Great War medals were ever claimed or issued. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Note: </span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Neither McNeish nor Vincent were recommended by Shackleton for the Polar Medal and neither received it. Thus, of the six gallant men of the </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">James Caird, </span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Shackleton, Worsley and Crean received Silver medals or clasps, whilst McCarthy alone received the Bronze medal and clasp.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The </span><span style="font-family: Optima; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">James Caird</span><span style="font-family: Optima; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, named after one of the sponsors of the expedition, survives to this day and is proudly displayed at Dulwich College, South London.</span></div>
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“Full color” or “process color”, uses four inks (cyan, yellow, magenta, and black) to generate a large spectrum of color. It is a trick: halftones are created from the output files, their intensity depending on how much of each ink is needed at that point to generate the correct color mix. Furthermore, these halftones are set at specific angles, each one about 30 degrees from its neighbor, so that printing them on top of one another does not create moiré patterns. When printing color halftones, it is not necessary for the designer or prepress operator to manually separate the colors; RIPs do that automatically.</div>
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Note: it is possible to print separations from the print dialog box in both InDesign and Illustrator. On the Output tab, under Mode, select Separations (host-based) (AI) or Separations (ID). This will make the list of colors active and you will be able to select which ones get output and at what angle. For process color output, it is recommended that you leave the default angles set.</div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also </span></span><span style="background-color: #dce6f8; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cian Tormey</span></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span></span><span style="background-color: #dce6f8; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stefanie Reville</span></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> on their words of wisdom. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">July's Comics Lab is approaching fast! This time we'll be hosting the wonderful David Butler, animator and illustrator, who worked on the BAFTA-award winning Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The super-gifted <a href="http://ciantormey.tumblr.com/">Cian Tormey</a> and uber-talented <a href="http://stefaniereville.tumblr.com/">Stefanie Reville</a> will share skills and book review! Also! </span><br />
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The book tells the story of the Endurance, which became trapped in the Wendell Sea. Shackleton must then fight to save the twenty-seven that set sail with him. This leads to Shackleton and five others taking to sea in the lifeboat James Caird and setting out for Georgia, 800 miles across the treacherous and icy sea.</div>
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Lettering in the book is well done by Coleman throughout the book. It’s clear and easy to follow with good placement above the artwork. Also, the captions have a nice effect rendered on them to give the appearance of aged paper.</div>
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The art is well executed. The layouts make it easy for the reader to follow the story through each page. It displays a good understanding of the medium. The colours were a nice surprise too. Given that the story takes place in Antarctica and the surrounding waters, I wasn’t expecting the variety of colours that were used in the artwork. Some good choices of colours to give the art a sense of energy where it could have ended up being very muted or dull. There were one or two panels, and it was literally that few, where I had to work to figure out what was happening in the panel. I think this was down to the lack of contrast in the panels. It wasn’t easy to decipher what was background and what was the object of focus in the panels. A small complaint considering the rest of the book had no such problem.</div>
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I came to this book hoping to learn something about Shackleton and to also enjoy a good comic book. I’m happy to say that the team behind the book delivered on both counts. A good comic to pick up if you want a good introduction to the story of Shackleton and the voyage of the James Caird.</div>
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