From Tim Pilcher :

On Saturday 5th July, I'll be signing various books (Essential Guide to World Comics, Erotic Comics: A Graphic History, etc) as part of the 'Words and Pictures' event at Methvens Bookshop, 22-26 South Street, Worthing, East Sussex, BN11 3AA. I'll also be giving a brief talk on Indian Comics. Other guests include my old comic artist mates John Higgins and Glenn Fabry, as well as David and Ronda Armitage , the team behind the Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch.

Pop by from 11am - 3pm and say "hi" if you're in the Worthing area.

Plus, my new blog has just launched: http://sexdrugsandcomicbooks.blogspot.com

In case any visitors to this site are interested, one of it's notorious administrators is in talk mode on the 25th June at Highgate Library in the village of London . See details below.

From Paul O'Connell :

Just to let you know some news about some publications that The Sound of Drowning has inflitrated this month....

1. Dazed and Confused
This months issue of Dazed and Confused has a feature on The Sound of Drowning in the 'Hung and Drawn' pages at the back of the magazine. Take a stand against rampant consumerism and read it in Smiths for nothing.

2. Torpedo Fiction quarterly
Just released is the second volume of this excellent literary/graphic fiction quarterly in which my 'Eyes of Travolta' strip is privileged to be nestled alongside work by Jeffrey Brown amongst others. Being an Australian publication you probably won't find it in many shops this side of the pond but it's available to buy online http://falconvsmonkey.com/store/store.html

3. Stool Pigeon
Another freebie: the June issue of this free tabloid sized music newspaper features a big one page version of the first 'Charlie Parker: Handyman' strip by myself and Lawrence Elwick. It's distributed all over the UK and in certain places in Europe, so look out for it in record shops and music venues etc.

4. Trespass Magazine
Issue 4 of UK based Trespass Magazine is a special 'comics' issue and features a strip I did at their behest - 'The New Adventures of Donovan' -as well as a very interesting interview with Alan Moore about 'Lost Girls' and an article by Ilya on sexuality in Manga. It's in select shops and also available online at http://www.inpressbooks.co.uk/magazines_listing.aspx?id=459

and finally

5. Milk and wodka
Milk & wodka #9, is the second special 'rock and roll' volume of this European comic-art anthology, and features the 'Bird' strip, again by myself and Lawrence, as well as a very cool free fold out screen-print by Silky Hoo Doo Girl that you can pin up on your wall to remind yourself that when nothing else is going right for you there is always...ALWAYS...rock and roll. More details here:
http://www.cookieluck.ch/milkandwodka/maw/index.html