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Making Waves
Paul Bristow • April 24, 2020
Splash Panel Comic Club
Magic Torch Comics will be starting a new comic club, The Splash Panel, in Greenock Central Library on Saturday 26th October. The group is for 11-15 year olds, and as well as reading and discussing comics, the group will work to develop and create their own comics which will be launched next year.
For further info on how to sign up head to Inverclyde Libraries Online.
The Splash Panel is part of Inverclyde Libraries new Making Waves project, which recieved £25,570 from the Public Library Improvement Fund. The project will help transform local libraries into centres for culture and creativity, offering sessions on art, creative writing, songwriting and comic creation. You can read more about the project here.
After the first Splash Panel session, we will be popping down to the Oak Mall for Inverclyde Culture Day, part of the Galoshans Festival
being run by RIG Arts. We might do some more comics or maybe even some storytelling. Who can say? Certainly, we'll have some of our spooky local comics and books available.
This also seems like the ideal time to remind you to get rehearsing for going your Galoshans by downloading Magic Torch's local adaptation
of the play which used to be performed around the houses at Hallowe'en and other winter festivals...
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Earlier this month, we were asked to produce some artwork for the Afrowegian Project , imagining an Afro-Futurist version of the story of real world cycling superhero, Marshall 'Major' Taylor. The comic display panels form part of an exhibition by the riverside in Glasgow throughout October. You can read more about the work of the project and how to get involved. We're looking forward to doing some more collaborative work with Afrowegian's Jim Muotone, down in Inverclyde over the next few months.
Earlier this year, our director Paul Bristow spoke to Tall Tale films as part of CVS Inverclyde's Digital Open Studios project. Check out the short video below to hear Paul chat about storytelling, communities and his creative process for his own writing and his work with Magic Torch Comics CIC. You can also see his fairly messy home office under the stairs...
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