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4.6.05 My Sally Field Moment

The first issue of SMOKE came out yesterday, and I spent the day shamelessly ego-surfing the internet, waiting for reader reactions. So far, it's all unanimously positive (nobody is more suprised than I) - and the book is selling well. Anecdotally, we're already sold out in New York and London.

SMOKE has also gotten a double 10/10 and double Pick of the Week at The Fourth Rail, the toughest review site there is. We're the first book in two years (since Andy Diggle and Jock launched LOSERS) to achieve this. From Don MacPherson's review:

"This is a spectacularly impressive effort from relative newcomer Alex de Campi. The extreme characters and political commentary remind me of the sort of thing one expects to see from Warren Ellis, but it's tempered with a grounded, emotional core. Cain's affection for the colonel and his daughter really took me by surprise. Cain is humanized quite well later in the book, and such connections make it a lot easier to relate to these intense characters.

Smoke is a British Farenheit 9/11 crossed with The Bourne Supremacy. De Campi's commentary on economic manipulation and media lethargy pack a particularly powerful impact given the dominant state of right-wing politics in the world's last remaining super-power."

To balance my karma, I'd like to mention some other wonderful books. Bolland Strips is a collection of illustration deity Brian Bolland's independent comic work, and is worth the price alone for the marvellous "The Actress & The Bishop" stories, told in rhyme. Brendan McCarthy's wild and unique Swimini Purpose is due out soon. I saw pages at Bristol, and was quite overwhelmed with jealousy.

( 10:59 AM )

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