Gary Lactus’ Vault of Tymbus #8
July 2nd, 2009
Welcome, dear listener to another forty-odd minutes of intensely engaging, life-changing chit-chat. In this podcast I try and tie everything together with the idea that it’s dreams what keep comics alive whilst Tymbus tries to torpedo my motif and rants about the European Union. Fancy a listen? What say you?
Adventure into amazing!
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Here’s a page from Will Eisner’s “The Dreamer”. It shows Eisner’s Jack Kirby analogue in action. He’s just like The Thing.
Jack “Thing” Kirby.
Look here now at Roger Gibson and Vice Danks’ “Harker” from Ariel Press.
This is the cover to #3. I think that pub’s right round the corner from Gosh.
Here’s Modern Spleen.
It’s not great. Here’s the best bit:
Thanks for listening and keep dreaming!
9 Responses to “Gary Lactus’ Vault of Tymbus #8”
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July 3rd, 2009 at 10:42 am
A lot of good points, well made and tightly argued.
I think that Bobsy Junior’s defense of editorial policies in today’s economic climate re. niche marketing and the overbearing policies of the so-called “Big Two” was particularly insightful and articulately delivered.
Moar!!
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Perhaps Bobsy junior and Zom junior should do a podcast together… fuck all this Vault of Tymbus stuff
July 7th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Hi guys – many thanks for the plug! I laughed along with you throughout the discussion, as you were pretty much on the money in your observations. I’m not sure that Vince has ever seen CSI (I’m not a fan myself) but it’s absolutely intended to have the feel of tv detective shows (right down to the classic car he drives). On the cheese and pickles controversy, my feeling is that Harker probably has cheese and Branston sandwiches, and eats pickles out of the jar. Or I could just send you a No Prize *cough*
Gene Hunt is definitely an influence, along with Morse, Columbo, Monk and Frost – Harker is a synthesis of them all. I have no idea who Horatio is though…
On the Diamond subject, it is indeed the minimum order thing as you mentioned, though they are carrying our first collected edition in the August edition of Previews, and we’re hoping that’ll lead to the comic being given another try. We’re supplying a number of British shops ourselves anyway, though we’d like to get into the US, of course. But it’s ticking over nicely and making a small profit, so we can’t complain :)
Thanks again for the plug! Issue five is available as we speak, on the website!
Roger
July 7th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I think I might well have been persuaded to pick up your book, Roger. That cover’s lovely
July 7th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Just bought 4 issues. The Internet and impulse buys, eh?
July 7th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Vince definitely excelled himself on that cover, it’s my favourite of the series so far too. And as mentioned above, it is just a few yards down the road from Gosh. Hope you’ll enjoy the comic, Zom!
July 7th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Hope so too. I want to like it
July 8th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Thanks for listening, Roger and thanks for the comments. Best of luck with Harker. Looks like we’ve sold at least four copies for you so hooray! Happy to hear it’s making a small profit, that’s got to be encouraging to anyone who may wish to go down the self publishing route.
July 20th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
And I kept buying it…