CAPTION2012 is go! We're back in the same friendly venue - East Oxford Community Centre - with this year's theme of SUMMER SPECIAL. Think bumper fun, think favourite characters together in mad one-off stories, think Marval swimsuit specials (or rather, don't!).

We've had to move the date again from July to the 18th and 19th of August, for which apologies are due: this is the last such change, we promise.

To avoid a clash with the Manchester MCM Expo, Caption will now take place on the weekend of July 14th-15th. Hope you can make it!

Save the date: Caption 2012 will be from the 21st-22nd July, celebrating its 21st year. More info soon.

 Alex Fitch has let us know about this week's radio show::

On air:

Panel Borders: Comic Book Caption(s)
Starting a month of shows about comic book shops, we have three interviews recorded at Oxford’s small press comics convention ‘Caption’. Alex Fitch talks to Doctor Who comic illustrator Al Davison, who runs a graphic novels and art supply shop in Coventry and to former Gay Comics writer Will Morgan, one of the proprietors of a comic book shop in Putney which specialises in classic British titles. Also, 2000AD artist P.J. Holden is interviewed by comics journalist Matt Badham, about the shops he frequented while growing up in Belfast.

5pm, Thursday 04/08/11, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com

You can also listen to previous podcasts featuring Caption:

Interview with Selina Lock, Jeremy Day and Philippa Rice is here:
http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/panel-borders-women-of-caption/

Melinda Gebbie talking about her work is here:
http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/panel-borders-the-art-of-melinda-gebbie/

Hope to see lots of you over the weekend!

FRIDAY 5TH AUGUST 2011

In the evening you will find some Caption Committee Members and Caption attendees at the Angel & Greyhound Pub

SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST 2011

10.00 Doors open

10.00 - 12.00 Meet and Greet

10.30 - 12.00 Broken Picture Telephone game with Alex Williams

11.30 - 13.00 Reuse/Recycle/Regurgitate Workshop with Jeremy Day

12.00 Bar opens!

13.00 - 14.00 Paul Gravett: A Year in the Life interviewed by David O'Connell

14.15 - 15.15 Paul Grist: From New Eden to Castletown interviewed by Jay Eales

15.30 - 16.30 Blue Lou Art Workshop with Lou McKeever

16.45 - 17.45 Caption Art Auction with proceeds to the Caption Warchest

18.00 - 19.00 INJ Culbard: Mountain of Madness interviewed by Paul Gravett

19.00 - 21.00 Dinner Break

21.00 - 22.00 Reduced Heroes Quiz with Teeny Titan Tony Hitchman

23.00 Doors close

SUNDAY 7TH AUGUST 2011

10.00 Doors open

11.00 - 11.30 Sustainable Creativity with Michael Nobbs (virtually) & Selina Lock

11:45 - 12.45 Spoonbard versus Autojoy Paul Duffield vs Kate Brown, referee: Alex Fitch

13.00 - 14.30 Less Is More: Minimalist Art Workshop with Al Davison

14.45 - 15.45 Comics on the Ration LIVE! Paul Rainey, Rol Hirst, Rob Wells, Steve Miller

*** If you have comics and loot to reclaim from the Caption Table, can you please do so before 5 o’clock, to speed up the tidying up process ***

16.00 - 17.30 By Hook or By Crook - Alternative Methods of Funding/ Printing Mega Panel Paul Grist, Paul Duffield, Kate Brown,Andy Luke, Deirdre Ruane, Charles Cutting, Blue Lou and Matt Dyson. Jenni Scott (Moderator)

17.30 Doors close on another Caption!

Please note this is a draft schedule and may change on the day.

*Edited & updated Friday 29th July*

 The Time & Date:
10am - 11pm on Saturday 6th August.
10am - 5.30pm Sunday 7th August.
Bar opens at 12noon!

The Place:
East Oxford Community Centre
44b, Princes St, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX4 1DD

See the new Caption map (courtesy of Neill Cameron):


The Price:
£5 per day, pay on the door.

The People:
Blue Lou, INJ Culbard, Jeremy Day, Paul Gravett, Charles Cutting, Paul Rainey, Rol Hirst, Rob Wells, Paul Grist, Paul Duffield, Kate Brown, Alex Fitch, Andy Luke, Al Davison, Tony Hitchman & all you lovely attendees.

The T-Shirt:
Pre-order your Austerity Caption t-shirt, "Comics will set you free!" designed by David O'Connell
http://caption.livejournal.com/64907.html

How we're kicking things off:

Reuse, Recycle, Regurgitate with Jeremy Day

Which comics would you put in the blue box? From old favourites to
comics you wish had never been born, bring along dupes, copies or even
originals to be modified and mutilated in this open-access, drop-in
drop-out collage workshop -- no art skills required. Join us as we
remake comics history into brave new works of weird and twisted
genius.

Hope to see you there! Any questions just email us at caption@caption.org

This year we are asking people to let us know if they would like a t-shirt before we get them printed.

Cost £15

Printed on an ash colour 99% cotton t-shirt (the image above is a guide to give you an idea of what the finished product will look like, the t-shirt colour and logo size may differ slightly).

Product Sizes:
S, M, L, XL, XXL, 3XL
34/36, 38/40, 42/44, 46/48, 50/52, 54/56

Deadline for orders 29th July. Payment on collection of the t-shirt at Caption.

If anyone not attending Caption would like one let us know & we can probably work something out!
Please leave a comment below to place an order, or email caption@caption.org

 We are pleased to announce the last set of guests for Austerity Caption (6-7th August), East Oxford Community Centre.

Blue Lou - (http://www.bluelou.net/): political cartoonist and artist will be joining us for the whole weekend. She will also be providing a workshop as part of the Caption activities.

INJ Culbard - (http://strangeplanetstories.blogspot.com/): is best known for his work on the Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft adaptations for Self-Made Hero. Ian will be talking about his move from animation into comics, and his career so far.

Caption alumnus Jeremy Day will be getting the festivities off to a flying start on the Saturday with one of her fun workshops.

Paul Gravett - (http://www.paulgravett.com/): will be letting us know what it's like to spend a year in his life.

Charles Cutting (http://www.vincentfund.org.uk/home/) and Matt Dyson will be joining us for the Alternative Methods of Funding and Production Mega-Panel.

Rol Hirst (http://rolhirst.co.uk/) will be joining Paul Rainey and Rob Wells for their Comics On The Ration, (http://comicsontheration.blogspot.com/) talk.

And don't forget our previously announced guests:

Paul Grist, creator of Kane and Jack Staff.

Paul Duffield, manga creator and artist on Freak Angels. http://spoonbard.com/

Kate Brown, creator of The Spider Moon and Fish + Chocolate, http://danse-macabre.nu/index.html

Andy Luke, small press creator will be talking about his new comic Absence: http://absencecomic.com/ during Alternative Methods of Funding and Production Mega-Panel.

The wonderful Al Davison (http://www.astralgypsy.com/) will once again be running an art workshop, as well as bringing along stock from The Astral Gypsy shop. Al's workshops are always enjoyable, highly recommended, and suitable for artists of all levels.

Tony Hitchman will be providing one of his fun and entertaining quizzes.

 Here's the striking design for this years Caption t-shirt by tozocomic (David O'Connell).

To comply with our austerity theme we will shortly be asking for pre-orders or expressions of interest from those who would like a t-shirt, so that we only print as many as needed.

 Just around the corner from the Caption venue is local ice cream parlour George and Delia. The G&D parlours make their own ice cream and have been known to make flavours on the request of 30 or more people.

So, if Austerity Caption was an ice cream, what flavour would it be?

Let us know in the comments below...

Current Mood: hungry