When I went to collect the post this afternoon there was a little something waiting for me in my letterbox. It was Paul Duffield's beautiful self-published graphic novel (or novella I suppose because it is quite short - and wordless)
Signal. Paul Duffield came to my attention as the illustrator of the
Freakangels webcomic written by Warren Ellis and I happened upon a post on the Whitechapel discussion
board which had a few images from
Signal. Long story short they blew me away and I
had to have it, luckily the price was right (although I'd kill the the
limited edition hand bound hard cover but €400 is a little out of my reach!) and with a few clicks it was ordered and I added a note expressing my desire to have Paul sign it for me if possible. The best thing about self-published small projects like this is that you can get them signed at no additional charge, it just makes it so much more special, at least to a book and graphic novel lover like me. I've only had a quick flick through but it is incredible, the illustrations are stunning and the detailing is phenomenal. I can't wait to "read" it properly and assess the complete story Paul has created. Here are a few photos for you to have a look, if you like what you see I advise that you find out a little more about it
here at Paul's website.
I apologise for the stupid glare in the pictures, it's a new camera and I haven't quite worked out all the little details!
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| Front cover of Signal |
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| Signed in silver ink! |
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| So much going on in the first two pages! |
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| The wallpaper is phenomenal in this picture. |
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| A close-up of the broken tiles, I love the detail here! |
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| Back cover |
