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In Review: Into Battle: The Art of British War Comics

Into Battle: The Art of British War Comics opened to visitors at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock last month and James Bacon has had opportunity to reconnoitre…

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Starlord No. 19, cover dated 16 September 1978. Ro-Busters cover by Graham Coton.

Mek-Quake's line is a play on an advertising campaign for the household cleaning product Domestos (which claimed at different times to either kill all known germs or 99% of all known germs).

Rebellion.

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1948 Spitfire vs Spitfire - Graham Coton

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US Vogue June 1972

Karen Graham wears a red knit sweater and red, white and blue cotton and linen pants (not visible). By Jäger. Scarf by Echo. Red heart: Michael Moraux. Beauty note: Ultra-Lucent Waterproof Makeups foundation, cream blush and eyeshadow by Max Factor. Hairstyle by Suga.

Karen Graham porte un pull en tricot rouge et un pantalon rouge, blanc et bleu en coton et lin (non visible). Par Jäger. Écharpe par Echo. Coeur rouge : Michael Moraux. Note beauté : Fond de teint Ultra-Lucent Waterproof Makeups, un fard à joues crème et une ombre à paupièrs de Max Factor. Coiffure par Suga.

Photo Richard Avedon

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Graham Coton illustrations for Speed & Power magazine

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Edward Teach by Graham Coton

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MONDE FUTUR (#19, Arédit, 1975)

Format  130 x 180 - 132 pages. According to its format and its content, it could be a third serie but its still the second serie.

No more “Adam Strange”, nor “The Atomic Knights” - the main serie was “Space Family Rollinson” (first drew by Graham Coton, then by Ian Kennedy). Sometimes you could also read an episode from “Python” - a spanish SF serial.

source:amsaklapper’s collection

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AN ENGLISHMAN IN...

by Chris Cotonou

How do you get over a hangover? You shower, and you put on a suit. And while, no – this is not a universal prescription, it is my very own tried-and-tested formula; advice I proudly relay to haggard, red-eyed pals in London. ‘Want to feel good? Look good first.’ There’s science in that, of course - a bit of common sense. But until following my own advice, meandering through Brooklyn one January morning, I had not fully realised how my suit, when paired with the accent, was a proclamation of my ‘Englishness’. ‘You look like a Brit, too’ they might say, contentedly, while handing over coffee. ‘Do I?’, thought I. Well, that would make sense (that is, after all, who I am).

Being the ‘exotic foreigner’ gave me delight. I felt a sense of responsibility to satisfy their expectations of England; that if they never made it to London in their lifetime, they might rest easy knowing Downton Abbey and Notting Hill hadn’t been complete betrayals (not just in America but anywhere in the world). Whenever I’m well-behaved, it’s ‘English manners’; whenever I’m in a bad mood, it’s ‘English humour’. And I play my role with theatrical relish - going so far to dress more ‘English’ abroad than I would any day in the West-End…

It works the other way, too: my friend Tommy is from Tennessee. He lives in London now. The first time we met he wore a check flannel shirt, high-waisted Levi’s, and hi-top sneakers, which - with his slow drawl - fit the image I’d hoped from a Southerner. Likewise, a lad I knew from New England who lived in France; frequently in rugby shirts, deck-shoes, caps, pure Cape Cod – it was like speaking with a Ralph Lauren poster. I suspect many Americans in France feel Hemingway’s shadow looming over their shoulders, much the same way I partake in Graham Greene style make-believe for Hanoi. We’re all at least a little aware of the style stereotypes – of ourselves and others. In my notebook, I found this small observation: ‘girls in Los Angeles are wearing white cowboy boots and those in New York wear black leather ones’. You notice these things when you look for them, and perhaps I do.

If you think I’m odd, might I point you to ‘Paris Syndrome’? This is a genuine medical disorder, mostly suffered by Chinese and Japanese travellers who experience mental breakdowns when their expectations are betrayed. Apparently Parisian ‘fashion’ (their expectations of brooding, slim Marcels’ in overcoats and marinierès) is decimated in mere seconds by a couple of blokes in sweatpants near the Louvre, and thus requires hours of psychotherapy. Where is Delon, or Belmondo… or Dali? Paris, you promised me Audrey Hepburn in a big hat!

Of course, the world is not like that, and nor should it be. Even if the terraces of Saint Germain were crammed with suave Parisians of their wildest Proustian fantasies, others dress according to their own exigencies (or more recent fashions). Paris Syndrome has been documented in Rome, New York, too, proving us incapable of squaring the truth with our fantasies: that people-watching from said terrace delivers a satisfying Eureka! moment (‘they are indeed unlike us!’.)

It’s not all disappointment and therapy, though. Tommy himself admits to ‘hamming up the image’, because 1) it singles him out, and 2) reminds him of home, which I think is the crux of all this. It’s what Sting was getting at with ‘Englishman in New York’, what made him wax nostalgic about canes and half-cooked toast. There’s strength in the stereotype – a touch of security, pride, and self-awareness. Walking gramophones, we might seem; unmoving relics in the face of global fashion. But, eh, who cares? Far away from home, few things are more reassuring than embracing a couple expectations. Not just for strangers, but for ourselves too.

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"Hundimiento del Titanic" de Graham Coton

"Cuarteto de cuerda" de Jack Levine.

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Jour 19 : On devient professeur de danse comment ? (2eme partie)

Continuons ce petit exposé sur le diplôme d'État de professeur de danse. Une fois l'EAT en poche (voir "Jour 18"), il est possible de commencer sa formation en première année.

(Je ne l'ai pas précisé hier mais sachez que dans les conservatoires il est possible d'avoir des diplômes équivalents à l'EAT. Je fais le choix dans mes articles de vous présenter mon parcours et la voie par laquelle je suis passé. )

Les premières épreuves du diplôme d'État sont théoriques. On les appelle les unités de valeurs (UV) et on en compte trois :

UV Histoire de la danse : Savoir d'où on vient

Comme un cours d'Histoire au lycée, cette matière retrace les évolutions de la danse classique, moderne, contemporaine et jazz. Point par point on y apprend l'importance du ballet romantique au XIXe siecle, les débuts de la danse jazz dans les champs de coton sous la ségrégation ou encore les apports de Martha Graham à la danse moderne.

L'examen final est une dissertation sur un des sujets étudiés dans l'année et un questionnaire sur l'ensemble du programme. Elle est la seule épreuve écrite que le diplome d'Etat impose.

UV Anatomie : Connaître son corps

Il est évident pour un danseur de comprendre comment son corps fonctionne. En Anatomie, le but est d'étudier comment les muscles en association avec les os permettent le mouvement. C'est en fait les premières connaissances importantes pour se familiariser avec l'AFCMD (Analyse Fonctionnelle du Corps dans le Mouvement Dansé) abordée en 2e année.

Les cours s'appuient sur un ouvrage que je partage avec vous car il est facile d'accès :

Anatomie pour le mouvement de Blandine Calais Germain

L'examen final est un oral. Trois sujets au choix, le candidat opte pour la partie du corps qu'il a le mieux comprise.

UV Musique : Gros programme, Grosse épreuve

L'étude de la musique pour le diplôme d'Etat passe par son histoire générale, l'étude approfondie d'une oeuvre classique, contemporaine et jazz et l'apprentissage de la lecture rythmique. L'examen final est comme l'anatomie, un oral. Sa différence vient dans le nombre d'exercices à presenter. Il faudra d'abord parler d'une des oeuvres étudiés en cours puis analyser une oeuvre proposé par le jury et dansé sur cette même musique, faire une lecture rythmique et pour conclure mémoriser puis répéter un rythme et une mélodie.

Comme pour l'EAT il faut avoir plus de 10/20 pour valider l'Unité de Valeur. Il est possible pour les professsionnels de la danse étant intermittents de demander une équivalence et de pouvoir éviter ces examens.

Une fois admis dans les 3 matières la dernière étape s'ouvre : la pédagogie.

Demain je vous présenterai la suite et la fin de ces articles sur le parcours du Diplôme d'Etat. En attendant je vous propose d'écouter Take Five de Dave Brubeck, le titre jazz imposé que j'ai étudié. Bonne écoute !

JUJU votre prof de danse .

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Into Battle: The Art of British War Comics exhibition to open next month

Into Battle: The Art of British War Comics will open to visitors at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, from 1st October 2023 until 30th April 2024. We've got two images of some cover art to be included, painted by Graham Coton

Into Battle: The Art of British War Comics will open to visitors at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, from 1st October 2023 until 30th April 2024. We’ve got two images of some cover art to be included, painted by Graham Coton. The county’s military history museum is collaborating with Oxford-based Rebellion Publishing on the new exhibition, which will offer visitors a chance to explore…

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Starlord No. 22, dated 7 October 1978. Cover by Graham Coton (1926-2003) who, with four covers, was the most prolific Starlord cover artist. Arguably he was best known in the comics world for his painted covers on the 'Picture Library' titles.

The cover didn't have the usual "Great News For All Readers" line, simply a mysterious reference to Starlord leaving for the stars, but this was the final issue and inside was news of the merger with 2000AD.

Rebellion.

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Who are you?

Lucia, she/her/whatever, I'm 19 (i’ll be 20 in may), I'm a taurus, a Slytherin, an INTP. I’m Argentinian but I live in France since I'm a child. I’m a student in a Film / Sound school, I want to be a sound engineer for films or concerts (it’s sooo not the same job but I’m both in love with live music/events and film production....) 

What do you live for?

Before the confinement, i would have say my passion, which is sound in film and music. I was so busy before confinement I had no time to think about something else. But right now, I’ve fallen again in this weird obsession I had when I was 10 for historical figures, people of power especially during the Renaissance, and especially women. All that because of Reign (the tv series), that I started watching at the beginning of confinement (actually I've seen episode 1 a long time ago but I didn’t buy it because of the soundtrack and the fact that it’s a series for 13 year old girls,,), anyway now I’m thinking about buying one of these weird medieval coat-cloak on vinted and making a belt and scabbard for the dagger my aunt bought me when we were visiting a castle when I was twelve.  But it will pass ahah

Do you have any pets?

Yes, a dog, a coton de Tuléar named Sammy (because when we adopted him, my little brother and I were obsessed with Supernatural). He’s six and cute.

If there was another you, who would it be?

Since I really stated reading books when I was around eight or nine yo, I always identified with the strong female lead, kinda warrior, fighting for something... I think I somehow still do ? Or the alternative kid in the movies. But I couldn’t say a name. Well, actually I’d be pleased to say Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean maybe ? 

Favorite piece of dark academia, if any?

The Secret History really, it’s still one of my favorite books. Also I’d like to name a book series that I’ve read when I was twelve that was never mentioned anywhere as dark academia but I think can make the list: the Night School series; and I think it’s really the books that made me like all this dark academia atmosphere. 

Which type of dark academia are you?

I’d say casual (i’m not a youtuber tho), with bits of classic obviously, and a part of me wanting to be music-obsessed, but I’ve always been too punk rock for piano or violin ahah (and I cannot focus with music on, I always end up listing to the music more than the thing I'm supposed to do). 

Is there a particular skeleton that caught your attention?

The Contrarian, I mean, that’s the type of character I like to see anywhere! Also I’m more comfortable with playing boys. But I like all the strong ladies here, the overachiever, the tempestuous, the deviant...

Do you have…

Favorite faces to play?  I like choosing a new face for a new character, but it sometimes happens that I recycle. Elle Fanning, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Fionn Whitehead, Timothée Chalamet, Kaya Scodelario, Kristen Stewart, Amandla Steinberg... People I’d like to play again would be Sonny Hall, Dagsen Love, Benjamin Wadsworth, Finn Wolfhard, Taylor Lashae and Lydia Graham.  

A character trope that you find yourself always writing? I don’t know, I like diversity. But I always find something for my character to look for, like they miss something and they want to find it. So they’re all kinda, either frustrated or sad ? Also, the Asexual. 

A role play-related pet peeve? I don’t remember what’s the Name to call it but when someone makes 0 flaws to their character, like they have it all, everything turns out great for them, their character is better than yours, you’ll never beat them etc, etc.... 

Would you rather…

Would you rather be famous when you are alive and forgotten when you die or unknown when you are alive but famous after you die?  I’d say famous after I die. It’s a shame I won’t know it tho

Would you rather never use social media sites / apps again or never watch another movie or TV show?  Never use social media again. First It will do me some good to go off social medias, but also movies or TV shows are culture and I can’t quit culture.

Would you rather be completely invisible for one day or be able to fly for one day?  Flying, because I just made the pros and the cons and fly gives you more pros than invisibility I guess

Would you rather have everything you eat be too salty or not salty enough no matter how much salt you add? Not slaty enough, I’m used to eating without too much salt. Also I’m a slut for sugar, not salt, I don’t care about salt

This or that...?

Iced or hot? Iced

Cake or pie? Cake

Antique or brand new? I’m fascinated by antique I guess

Call or text? Text, or audio, I try not to call, but if it’s really urgent, then I’ll call.

Online shopping or going to the mall? The mall, even if I don’t like the mall because it gives me headaches. I’m always scared that the items I buy online are not what I expect or don’t fit me.

Ocean or mountains? Mountains without snow on it. Like I don’t like skiing, I like nature.

Money or free time? If I’m busy I’d like to make money out of the thing that keeps me busy! And if it’s enough money I won’t complain for free time.

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Do you stilll draw ships?

Not anymore but here's a classic shipping moment by Graham Coton

Source here: https://bookpalace.com/acatalog/info_CotonTitanic.html

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