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There's No Time Like The Present is the long
comic strip or 'graphic novel' I have been working on since September
2005. The opening 39 pages can read on-line starting
here Meanwhile, I have been serialising the strip since I began drawing it in 28 paged comics. So far, the first eight parts of this are available for sale. To purchase any of these comics and other items by myself, please visit the shop to order using paypal or email me for details of alternative methods of payment. Each issue costs between £2.50 and £3.00, which includes postage and packing to the UK. For non-UK residents, an extra pound is charged to cover the price of the extra postage.
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Did you know that the character of Cliff is inspired by a real person? Meet The Real Cliff here. Baffled by any of the cultural references that appear in There's No Time Like The Present? Then why not visit and contribute to The Glossary here Interested in sampling There's No Time Like The Present but don't want to spend money on ordering any copies incase it's rubbish? Then read the opening 39 pages online for free here. TNTLTP9 Roll-Out The roll-out of There's No Time Like The Present part 9 continues. Copies are now available from GOSH in Central London and OK Comics in Leeds. Alternatively, you can order directly from me by clicking the Paypal button below or contact me for other payment methods.
Paul B. Rainey 14/05/09 TNTLTP Part 9 at SPExpo 2009 If you're in the Bristol area this Saturday May 9th then please consider visiting this years Small Press Expo being held at the Mercure Holland House Hotel. Along with many other self publishers, I will be exhibiting there. This year I am sharing my table space with Trouser Madness' Peet Clack. All nine parts so far of There's No Time Like The Present will be available for sale along with other bits and pieces and special offers. If you do attend, please pop by our table and say hello.
Paul B. Rainey 07/05/09 TNTLTP Part 9 is go, Go, GO! Part 9 of There's No Time Like The Present is back from the printers and now available for you to buy. The fantastic news is that that I've used a printer who has managed to match the HD quality of Part 8 but at a cheaper price which is why this issue is available to you for just £2.50. If you order from me, then that price includes package and posting. (International customers, please add a pound). Use the button below to buy via Paypal, go to the shop to get any previous issues that you're missing or contact me here for other payment methods.
Paul B. Rainey 01/05/09 TNTLTP Part 9 Price Reduction! Part 9 of There's No Time Like The Present is currently at the printers and should be ready in time for this year's Small Press Expo in Bristol on Saturday May 9th. The good news this issue is that I have found a new printer who can match the High Definition quality of Part 8 but provide it more affordably. It means that Part 9 will have gone down in price to £2.50! Please keep your eyes here for details of when it is available.
Paul B. Rainey 17/04/09 Part 9 is Nearly Here Part 9 of There's No Time Like The Present is nearly finished. Below is the colour version of the cover which, as you can see, still needs a little work done to it. It will be with the printers next week and, hopefully, available for sale in two to three weeks time. Pop back here for updates.
Paul B. Rainey 04/04/09 UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2009 Along with many other cartoonists and comic creators from the United Kingdom, I will be exhibiting at this Saturday's UK Web & Mini Comix Thing taking place in Mile End, London, on this Saturday 28th March. I will be sharing a table with Peet Clack of Crazy Pants and selling copies of There's No Time Like The Present and the rest. If you're looking for something to do and/or you're in the area, please pop by and say hello.
Paul B. Rainey 26/03/09 FPI TNTLTP Review
Richard
Bruton writes a
generally positive and, let's face it, very astute review of
There's No Time Like The Present
parts 1 to 8 for the essential
Forbidden Planet
International blog. Richard,
amongst other things, makes clear the benefit of reading a block of issues
at a time. You can read the review for yourself by going
here. Paul B. Rainey 06/03/09 TNTLTP Bicentennial Work continues on my long comic strip or "graphic novel" There's No Time Like The Present. For your information, yesterday I finished drawing page 200. To celebrate, here's a panel from that page carefully chosen not to give anything away.
Paul Rainey 06/02/09 The Two Cartoonist Rule There I
was, yesterday, happily reading this
interview with
Darryl Cunningham on
the
Forbidden Planet Blog,
thinking to myself, "I'm going to save that picture (low res version
below) and use it as my wallpaper for a while", when in response to a
question about what comics he's been enjoying recently he responds, "At
Caption I picked up copies of
Paul Rainey's There’s No Time Like
The Present. This is an ongoing
series which I can’t believe doesn’t get more attention. It’s wonderfully
drawn. It has rich characterisation. It’s funny and has an intriguing
plot. It’s domestic and naturalistic in its style, but it also has a
surreal science fiction edge. Imagine a well-written comedy-drama, set in
modern Britain, where people from the future are inserting themselves into
our society by setting up businesses. The BBC should snap this up."
Paul Rainey 21/01/09 Part 8 Rol Out Rol Hirst, the creator of the excellent PJANG, has included a review of There's No Time Like The Present part 8 here. Also, while I'm here, the roll out to shops continues. Copies of part 8 can now be purchased from GOSH in Central London and OK Comics in Leeds, as well as from here, of course.
Paul Rainey 01/12/08 Parts 1 to 7 Back in Print Parts 1 to 7 of There's No Time Like The Present are back in print! Okay, they were never out of print, but they are now available in two versions. The first is the original "hand made" version. This is the one which I had printed then assembled, folded, stapled and trimmed myself. These can still be ordered from The Shop for £2.50 each. The other uses the sexy production methods used for Part 8. Obviously, these retail for £3.00 and, likewise, can be ordered from The Shop. For the new versions, some things needed a little adjusting. I hadn't, for example, a hi-res copy of the cover to Part 2 with the speech balloon. Part 4's cover needed re-colouring altogether. (See if you can spot the difference).
Paul Rainey 24/11/08 You Can Order Part 8 Now Part 8 of my long comic strip or "graphic novel" There's No Time Like The Present premiers at this Saturday's Comica Comiket event at the London ICA. If you're in the area, please pop by, say hello and buy some comics. Alternatively, you can order a copy directly from me using Paypal (button below and in the Shop section) or by cheque (please contact me for details). Copies cost £3.00 including postage and packing. (International customers please visit the Shop for your Paypal button).
Paul Rainey 21/11/08 pbrainey News Blog
Even long term visitors to this site might
be surprised to learn that I refer to this column in which you are reading
this entry from as the "News Section". Well, I do. Recently, however, my
attempt to enable visitors to set up a RSS feed to it proved
unsatisfactory so, as an alternative, I have started a
pbrainey news blog. Borderline Returns
Before
There's No Time Like The Present,
before
Book of Lists even, I drew a
strip called Comics 2040
for
Borderline.
Borderline
was a magazine about comics published in the
.pdf format at the start of the centaury and available for readers to
download for free (in general). Paul Rainey 25/3/08 Part 7 News! I'm ashamed to say that during 2007 progress on my long comic strip, or "graphic novel", There's No Time Like The Present has been slow. This has been down to other projects and not due to a loss of enthusiasm. The good news is that those projects are finished and I'm now back at work on TNTLTP with an enthusiasm equal to when I first started it. Below is a panel from Part 7 which will be out during the first quarter of 2008. Thank you for your patience.
Paul Rainey 28/11/07 TNTLTP in Colour
This is a panel from page 52 or, for those of you buying the serialisation. Part 3 Page 4. When Paul Gravett was putting together the book Great British Comics, he contacted me and asked if I would provide him with a coloured version of this page for inclusion. I was totally delighted, when months later, I saw it reproduced in the book when it was published. Yes, the actual size of the artwork might seem quite small but it is disproportionately large when you consider TNTLTP's role in the history of British comics...so far. You can see the whole page by clicking here. Paul Rainey 02/06/07 Midnight Fiction Review I came across this review of Part 6 of There's No Time Like The Present on the Midnight Fiction website. If you would like a copy then please visit the Shop section of the site. Paul Rainey 17/05/07 Redeye review In the recently released sixth issue of Redeye magazine, parts 4 to 6 of There's No Time Like The Present are reviewed. "The storytelling is never short of classic, simple storytelling coupled with sharp witty dialogue. I can't think of a better example of the quality to be found today in independent UK comics." Issues of There's No Time Like the Present can be ordered from the Shop section of this site.
Paul Rainey 20/03/07 Sim Ditty Comic writer, artist, creator and cartoonist Dave Sim has always been supportive of my comic work and There's No Time Like The Present in particular but I think that this might be the first time that he's gone public with it. Or as public as this. In case you're unaware of his work, Dave wrote, drew (with background artist Gerhard) and published all 300 issues of the monumental Cerebus between 1977 and 2004. Although Cerebus is now complete, he continues to have a presence in publications such as Following Cerebus and his Collected Letters. The fact that I consider self publishing as valid as I do and have any sort of discipline in cartooning at all, I put down almost entirely to him. Dave writes, "Paul is definitely in that category of doing a book that's so distinctive, no matter how long the wait is between issues." You can read the rest at his blog here.
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