Love and Comics

Welcome to the blog of THE CIGAR THAT FELL IN A LOVE WITH A PIPE, the new graphic novel coming from the minds and hands of writer David Camus and writer/artist Nick Abadzis. David, who lives in Paris, France is a well-known writer of historical and fantasy fiction in Europe as well as an esteemed translator. Nick Abadzis is an internationally-known and published cartoonist and author of graphic novels.

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The cover to my next book, co-written with my wife, Angela Watson.

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The cover to my next book, co-written with my wife, Angela Watson.

Find out more here.

Watch for pre-order special offers in the coming days!

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St Basils, Red Square. An early concept sketch from the forthcoming #laika animated XR movie. (Widescreen - scroll to see either side.) #laikaxrmovie #laikaanimation #animation #animationart #comics #graphicnovels #stbasilscathedral #redsquare #1957 #firstsecondbooks #firstsecond #saintbasils #cosmodog https://www.instagram.com/p/CHbfPhRBXEW/?igshid=19k0e6odivmhf

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#blacklivesmatter #nuffsaid https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1e6vwh86x/?igshid=15xkk828iw1fd

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A friend of mine was feeling low, so I wrote him this. #mentalhealth #covid19 #georgefloyd #abetterworld #justice #racism #leadership #determination #otherism #humanity #empathy https://www.instagram.com/p/CA0Sl85BpIv/?igshid=9ma7jfykd62o

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DIY know-how from a Master #cat #catquarantine #diy #comics #catcomics #spockitty https://www.instagram.com/p/B_K0Cy5hgxO/?igshid=d5pej7wnyzuz

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I wrote a tribute on my blog to Albert Uderzo, co-creator of Asterix who has died aged 92. Link to website/blog in bio - please take a look and share. He was one of the great geniuses of comics. #comics #graphicnovels #bandedessinee #asterix #uderzo #albertuderzo #goscinny #renegoscinny #visualstorytelling https://www.instagram.com/p/B-IAIBdB0ck/?igshid=1f7ogzj1kltsf

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Here’s a few panels from my latest comic strip The Element Factory, a collaboration with the great Jim Ottaviani for Chemistry World magazine. You can read it online at https://www.chemistryworld.com/iypt/plutonium-the-element-factory/3010772.article #comics #sciencecomics #glennseaborg #plutonium #saturnv #educationalcomics #chemistrycomics https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jQooNBY2F/?igshid=kwjc46iett9k

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12.46pm 1/5/2018 London Overground (Hampstead Heath to Richmond) #portrait #urbansketch #urbansketchers #urbansketcher #colorpencil #colourpencil #londonoverground #blue https://www.instagram.com/p/BvKu-gBhg-f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tmio95jygs7e

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#laika - The Moscow Dogcatchers (pencils, pages 56 and 57). I had a whole backstory for these guys - so much so at one point I thought about spinning it off into its own separate story. #comics #graphicnovel #graphicnovels #ya #yagraphicnovels #originalcomicart #pencils #cosmodog https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu4kn-3hPsq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fy2wpsmh69vy

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Nick Abadzis just bought Andrew-Mark Thompson a Coffee on Ko-fi! ❤️

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We finally made it to the ‘Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age’ at the Science Museum today. The admission may have been a little steep for a little under an hour walkabout, however, the artifacts presented here are really rather special.

Women’s contribution to spaceflight was acknowledged. Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space was featured with key artifacts such as the ‘Vostok 6’ descent module where she spent three days in orbit. The first British cosmonaut - Helen Sharman – was also rightly featured as a key figure!

Amusingly, the one piece of documentation did give my sister and me a good laugh. A little school girl, upon hearing that Soviet Russia was preparing capsules to send to the moon, readily offered her services. In her neatly-written letter she assures us that she is equipped with a warm coat & hat and warm felt boots. She’s not a fan of tinned food, but will supply herself with potatoes and butter!

The one shortcoming of ‘Cosmonauts’ was its slightly sanitized and optimistic air. It tended to avoid discussing the true cost of this venture. Deaths caused by the party’s overzealous push towards launches/deployments despite technical bugs weren’t discussed in much detail. (Read more – Vladimir Komarov, whose Soyuz 1 capsule crashed upon re-entry. He reportedly went ahead of Gagarin, knowing there was severe danger.)

For Laika, one of the first animals in space, I would thoroughly recommend Nick Abadzis’ ( @abadzone ) well-researched and emotional graphic novel of the same name. It details the circumstances in which a four-legged street urchin came to be strapped into a space capsule. It talks of sacrifice, tragedy and regret not truly acknowledged by the relentless party propaganda machine at the time.

If you want to catch Cosmonauts, it runs to 13th of March! Our family enjoyed it greatly. The nostalgia certainly hit like a brick.

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Thank you kindly for the shout-out. It’d be nice if they’d include Laika - the V&A did for an entirely different exhibition a few years ago, but this one seems more pertinent. I’m assured it’s been brought to the Science Museum’s shop’s attention several times before now, but they don’t seem interested. There’s a limit to how many times you try.

Wish I could make it to this exhibition myself!

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Lovely review for The Cigar That Fell in Love With a Pipe from The Comics Journal by Rob Clough

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Now available for iPad via SEQUENTIAL - The Cigar That Fell in Love With a Pipe from SelfMade Hero

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Just found all the pencils to The Cigar That Fell in Love With a Pipe while clearing out the attic. Here’s a few pages... ol’ Orson at the top there, and others featuring the greatest torcedore, Conchita Marquez and the love of her life, Wooden John, the sailor...

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Nice review of The Cigar That Fell in Love with a Pipe from FRONT ROW REVIEWS