The CAPTION 2007 quiz: monster!
I spent the weekend at the CAPTION small press convention in Oxford; in its sixteenth year now, I think it may be the longest-running comic convention in the UK, and in that time I've missed perhaps only three years.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqa5246LWnAc4Cfq5RXthlUj7L1UAdTh6pv8bEq42FkOMqVnO5A3MXHL34yOGYUdYUmTPGpPsogECN1lyGHXqVWBAuphSloBZQlmp3yd8KSBXVi96uAlwbbbnY8wg3luuQRBz-pw/s200/Sketch-Colour.jpg)
Left: my sketch for the CAPTION auction, on the theme of dreams (collection Jeremy Dennis)
CAPTION is a meeting place for people who are amateurs in the true sense; those who love making comics, who are excited by the possibilities of the form and who haven't had their enthusiasm blunted by the daily grind of trying to make a living, the problems of dealing with publishers and editors, the parlous state of the market. Not that I think producing small-press comics is easy; trying to fit in drawing time around work and family is a tough job, and I have nothing but admiration for those who manage to produce anything under those circumstances. But I do think that for those who can't spend all of their time on comics, such time as they can spend remains a little more precious, the enthusiasm stays closer to the surface.
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At the CAPTION auction I managed to bag these issues of Near Myths - featuring the first appearance of Bryan Talbot's Luther Arkwright and Gideon Stargrave by Grant "T" Morrison.
So I go to CAPTION as a punter, pay my fiver at the door, catch up on what's new, pick up the latest issues, take part in a workshop, sit around in the bar, catch up with mates old and new, add to the communal sketchbooks, do the quiz, take a sh*tload of photos; I come back from it every year refreshed, with a few gems and a reminder of why I got into this game in the first place.
2 comments:
I'm a firm believer that it's not a "proper" Caption without an appearance from you, Matt. Thanks for your support across the years, chap!
Jay
I do belive there is a picture of your good self up on my caption report......ztoical.livejournal.com
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