The last time we had Steven Appleby over was when Richard McGuire was in town. After their double-act slideshow presentation (blogged here) we all went to The Stockpot and filled the American McGuire with strange and exotic foods (sherpherd’s pie) which he was very polite about although he declined a strange and exotic dessert (treacle pudding). This time, Appleby headlines an event all on his own and whether or not he partakes school-dinner stodge awaits to be seen: Steven Appleby’s Guide To Life, the launch party. Big thank you to Guardian Books for helping us host it!
His previous book, The Coffee Table Book Of Doom with Art Lester (pictured here) was about our eventual doom and ruin, while his latest one is about… Well, it’s about everything really. It’s a guide to life and everything in it, a collection of his popular weekly Guardian strip, Loomus. “Because the new cartoon strip was to appear in a new section dedicated to everything related to family – in the broadest sense possible – it was decided that it would feature a small boy called Loomus (named after a workman who fixed the roof above my studio) and his estranged parents – a situation I had witnessed in my own extended family,” says Appleby in his introduction. “For about five months the strip stuck to its initial intention of being centred on Loomus, his parents and their friends and neighbours. However, it soon became clear that in order to reflect the widest possible range of families and include subjects that would be of interest to families – whether functioning well, passibly or barely at all – it would be better to let the strip expand to cover pretty much anything that related to people in general. After all, everyone lives in some sort of family, or grew up in one.” The book features original notes and roughs, new illustrations, and Appleby‘s insight into the art of creating the perfect cartoon.
If you’ve never read his stuff before there’s a great interview from a couple of years ago here along with photos from the studio and samples of his art. The launch party itself is on Friday the 12th of October from 7pm where there will be books and booze aplenty, plus one cartoonist willing to sign those freshly printed £14.99 hardbacks. Also, from the 28th of this month you can see a lot of the original art lining the walls of our lovely shop on Berwick Street. Treat.
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
Hi Steven
Hope this finds you well and happy. We are off to Soller next week and will see Carlos and the gang. Good luck with the book and come and see us anytime or we may meet you in the Plaza.
Love Mary and David
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Steven Appleby also has a new book out, collecting his Guardian comic strip about family relationships, Loomus. A launch party and exhibition are being held on the evening of 12th October at Gosh! Comics in Soho. Read more here. [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Next time you come over and you’re all “you look different, have you done something with your hair?” you’ll think back to this Gosh! Blog and you’ll wish you’d paid more attention. It’s the Steven Appleby exhibition, that’s what’s different. Dozens of Loomus strips from his new book are framed and on the walls, all super colourful and at slightly jaunty angles until we walk past and correct them. You’ve got until mid-October to assume your museum pose in front of them. Maybe you’d like to view them with some booze in one hand and a signed copy of Appleby’s new book in t’other? All details about the launch party on October 12th are here. [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] you’ve been paying attention you’ll already be well aware that this Friday night we’re launching Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life with booze and books and a cartoonist on hand to autograph things. [...]
[...] out about maps with Simon Garfield (7pm, £7).Friday: Steven Appleby launches his Guide to Life at Gosh! Comics (7pm, free).Storytelling/cabaret night Are You Sitting Comfortably has filthy tales on offer at [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]
[...] Gosh! comics are throwing a launch party with Guardian Books on the 12th of October for Steven Appleby’s Guide to Life, a collection of the Loomus strip that’s been running in The Guardian. They’ll also have an exhibition of the original art in the lead-up to the night. All the info is over at the Gosh! blog… [...]