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BOB MARLEY – WAKE UP and LOVE Book- available as paper and Ebook editions..
BOB MARLEY - WAKE UP and LOVE Book- available as paper and Ebook editions.. Explore the world of the greatest ever reggae ambassador and an iconic world music hero... From AMAZON USA link...
SEX PISTOLS new SPANISH Foreign RIGHTS edition
SEX PISTOLS new SPANISH Foreign rights Edition...Foreign RIGHTS edition Great to get / have the seventh foreign rights edition in two years... They are mounting up... The SEX PISTOLS - Manga sized edition....MA non TROPPO
SLY STONE — FUNKY IMAGE from Michael Jackson GN>>>>
NEW*** DITKO*** Three part Graphella Triptych…Coming in 2019***
NEW*** DITKO*** Three part Graphella Triptych... Coming in 2019***
JIM McCarthy BIBLIOGRAPHY******
Up to date book and Graphic Novel list.........
JIM McCARTHY- Omnibus Catalogue 2019…Graphic Novels featured….
Up to date book and Graphic Novel list.........
BAD COMPANY — VINTAGE Cover art
NEW DAYS / NEW IDEAS- NEW eBooks!!!
BAD COMPANY -- VINTAGE Cover art I love this Bad Comapny cover and ALL it represents.. A great time and era and the BEST strip. Now being collected in some cool Rebellion tomes...
THE BEST OF THE BEST!!! The ultimate Bad Company Collection****
MAKE 2019 --- a great year-- lots of things happening-- plans afootski (that's Russian...)
New working on Jesus Ebook…
THE BEST OF THE BEST!!! The ultimate Bad Company Collection****
Nobody Loves Jesus eBook – a society adrift?
NEW set of eBooks to be published in 2019
I am fascinated by the emergence of the Chrisitain faith in places like China, Korea etc and in the collpase in Europe and the UK. I believe much evident cultural, political and spiritual chaos, is already resulting over this collapse and will get much, much worse! I...
BOB MARLEY GRAPHIC BOOK — ART Pages to be used in new DON LETTS Documentary
*** OFFICIAL / President TRUMP loves my BOB MARLEY Graphic book ***
THE BEST OF THE BEST!!! The ultimate Bad Company Collection****
*** OFFICIAL / President PUTIN loves my BOB MARLEY Graphic book ***
*** OFFICIAL / President TRUMP loves my BOB MARLEY Graphic book *** Giving hin cause to roll one and have a break in the White House.
TRAPPED and working on seventh e-book under the Macasso e-imprint
Mr. Putin celebrates the success of the Bob Marley book and its foreign rights releases.
JIM Dalas****
TRAPPED in East Sussex and working on my seventh e-book under the Macasso e-imprint A great year of industrious toil on a set of more experimental ebooks. The list of possible gets longer too as more ideas/concepts arise...
Working in/on the new***
Up to date book and Graphic Novel list.........
LENNY WIRRAL in DEPTFORD COWBOYS eBook***
LENNY WIRRAL in DEPTFORD COWBOYS eBook***
NEW*** DITKO*** Three part Graphella Triptych... Coming in 2019***
MACASSO E-books *** 8 new e-Titles
SEX PISTOLS new SPANISH Foreign rights Edition...Foreign RIGHTS edition Great to get / have the seventh foreign rights edition in two years... They are mounting up... The SEX PISTOLS - Manga sized edition....MA non TROPPO
MACASSO ebooks- imprint*** new books for 2018
I am fascinated by the emergence of the Chrisitain faith in places like China, Korea etc and in the collpase in Europe and the UK. I believe much evident cultural, political and spiritual chaos, is already resulting over this collapse and will get much, much worse! I...
GRAPHIC BOOKS ***new book editions****
NEW Foreign Rights titles in release…
JOHNNY the "JOHNNY" a character from the upcoming LENNY WIRRAL in DEPTFORD COWBOYS An eBook from Macasso Books (book Number 7)
EPA EDITIONS France — Metallica EPA EDITIONS France - Bob Marley REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - Metallica REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - The Ramones REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - Guns And Roses
Three new foreign rights editions-graphic books
O joy to moi.... EPA EDITIONS France — Metallica EPA EDITIONS France - Bob Marley REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - Metallica REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - The Ramones REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - Guns And Roses
ITALIAN BD Edition in hardback
EPA EDITIONS France — Metallica EPA EDITIONS France - Bob Marley REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - Metallica REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - The Ramones REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - Guns And Roses
GUNS and ROSES – HARDBACK BD Ediciones
O joy to moi.... EPA EDITIONS France — Metallica EPA EDITIONS France - Bob Marley REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - Metallica REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - The Ramones REDBOOK Ediciones - Italy - Guns And Roses
Spanish rights to the Ramones and Guns N Roses Graphic Novels have been sold to to Rebook Ediciones.
Lovely hardback book edition released in Italy... Release of the GUNS and ROSES graphic book Written by moi with mucho tasty illos by Marc Olivent...
Any proposed books? Come forth?
The Spanish rights on both the Ramones and Guns N Roses Graphic Novels have been sold to to Rebook Ediciones. The publishers are aiming to publish Gabba Gabba Hey! in January 2018 and Reckless Life in May 2018.
ITS GOD TO BE GOOD!
Lovely hardback book edition released in Italy... Release of the GUNS and ROSES graphic book Written by moi with mucho tasty illos by Marc Olivent...
Working on a three part E-book for self publishing****
The Spanish rights on both the Ramones and Guns N Roses Graphic Novels have been sold to to Rebook Ediciones. The publishers are aiming to publish Gabba Gabba Hey! in January 2018 and Reckless Life in May 2018.
Visit my author page on Amazon….https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jim-McCarthy/e/B001IZV6BS/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Working on a three part E-book for self publishing**** Currently scripting three parter for self publishing. Thru the usual e-oulets --More news when readying to out Part One under my own e-imprint --- MACASSO books.
BOB MARLEY: Wake Up And Live – available now from Amazon USA
Please visit my author page on Amazon--why doncha????? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jim-McCarthy/e/B001IZV6BS/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Bob Marley new Graphic book : WAKE UP AND LIVE – USA Kindle Edition Available now
Working on a three part E-book for self publishing**** Currently scripting three parter for self publishing. Thru the usual e-oulets --More news when readying to out Part One under my own e-imprint --- MACASSO books.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Up-Live-Life-Marley-ebook/dp/B06XDB97ZZ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490356441&sr=1-1
Please visit my author page on Amazon--why doncha????? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jim-McCarthy/e/B001IZV6BS/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Up-Live-Life-Marley/dp/1783059672/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490356441&sr=1-1
Bob Marley-WAKE UP AND LIVE - The life................. available NOW as a downloadable Kindle E-book from the Anazon UK site..........
http://www.modculture.co.uk/interview-jim-mccarthy-talks-the-living-for-kicks-and-the-keith-moon-graphic-novels/
Bob Marley paperback available now on Amazon.UK site.......... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Up-Live-Life-Marley/dp/1783059672/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490356441&sr=1-1
MODS NEW BOOK-LIVING FOR KICKS Reviews…..
Bob Marley-WAKE UP AND LIVE - The life................. available NOW as a downloadable Kindle E-book from the Anazon UK site..........
LIVING FOR KICKS: A Mods Graphic Novel–Tony Fletcher REVIEW!!!!
Bob Marley paperback available now on Amazon.UK site.......... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Up-Live-Life-Marley/dp/1783059672/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490356441&sr=1-1
WAKE UP AND LIVE : The Life Of Bob Marley
LIVING FOR KICKS: A Mods Graphic Novel--REVIEW!!!! A nice review by Tony Fletcher through his Jamming Blog/Vlog. Links here...
HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2017***
Hot off the presses -- Omnibus Press in fact. A new full-colour Bob Marley biography with fabulous art by the talented Benito Gallegos.... a cool 160 page treat in tropical colour. An authentic look at his life and his...
Jim at the BBC
LIVING FOR KICKS: A Mods Graphic Novel--REVIEW!!!! A nice review by Tony Fletcher through his Jamming Blog/Vlog. Links here...
Living For Kicks: A Mods Graphic Novel…
Hot off the presses -- Omnibus Press in fact. A new full-colour Bob Marley biography with fabulous art by the talented Benito Gallegos.... a cool 160 page treat in tropical colour. An authentic look at his life and his...
SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH???
Funky little slide show showing on the Living For Kicks GN at the Jocks and nerds culture site; check it out peeps!! https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/living-for-kicks-a-mods-graphic-novel#slide-1...
Jim in 2016
Bob Marley paperback available now on Amazon.UK site.......... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wake-Up-Live-Life-Marley/dp/1783059672/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1490356441&sr=1-1
BAD COMPANY INTERVIEW*** Jim McCarthy for 2000AD
Working on a three part E-book for self publishing**** Currently scripting three parter for self publishing. Thru the usual e-oulets --More news when readying to out Part One under my own e-imprint --- MACASSO books.
*** Who Are You: The Life and Death of KEITH MOON*** New Graphic book!!!
Matt Badham Bad Company Interview 14th August 2015 Why is the time right for a return to Bad Company? Time heals all wounds but not the wounds of Bad Company. There's been a change in the line-up creatively after, sadly, Brett Ewins' passed...
BAD COMPANY: FIRST CASUALTIES*** Paperback out now….
Funky little slide show showing on the Living For Kicks GN at the Jocks and nerds culture site; check it out peeps!! https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/living-for-kicks-a-mods-graphic-novel#slide-1...
LIVING FOR KICKS: A Mods Graphic Novel
Bad Company: First Casualties Trade Paperback The boys are back and they're in Bad Company... Peter Milligan, Rufus Dayglo, Jim McCarthy return to Ararat with one of 2000 AD's most popular series - Bad Company. In Bad Company: First Casualties, the team pay...
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: THE E-MIX *** Now published in iBooks****
LIVING FOR KICKS: A Mods Graphic Novel Is out and available from iTunes, Amazon.Com and Amazon.co.uk and as Kindle editions also.... Living for Kicks: A Mods Graphic Novel Jim McCarthy & Kevin Cross Living for Kicks is an electrifying graphic novel that brings the...
The Spanish rights on both the Ramones and Guns N Roses Graphic Novels have been sold to to Rebook Ediciones. The publishers are aiming to publish Gabba Gabba Hey! in January 2018 and Reckless Life in May 2018.
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: THE E-MIX *** Now published USA
Funky little slide show showing on the Living For Kicks GN at the Jocks and nerds culture site; check it out peeps!! https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/living-for-kicks-a-mods-graphic-novel#slide-1...
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: THE E-MIX *** Now published
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: THE E-MIX *** Now published in iBooks / Apple Link to iBooks... https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/voices-of-latin-rock/id1114663248?ls=1&mt=11 Voices Of Latin Rock: The E-Mix is an exciting, in-depth look at the Latin Rock world. It is...
WHO ARE YOU? The Keith Moon Graphic book****
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: THE E-MIX Published by Macasso Books Now published on Amazon UK and USA thru Kindle. Plus on Apple iBooks........... Voices Of Latin Rock: The E-Mix is an exciting, in-depth look at the Latin Rock world. It is packed with interviews and features...
LIVING FOR KICKS: A MODS GRAPHIC NOVEL***
JOHNNY the "JOHNNY" a character from the upcoming LENNY WIRRAL in DEPTFORD COWBOYS An eBook from Macasso Books (book Number 7)
6 x GRAPHIC TITLES SOLD AS FOREIGN RIGHTS EDITONS // ARGENTINA***
Living for Kicks is Omnibus’s first fictional graphic novel, the tale of young Mod Spike Spellane and his attempts to hustle enough money in sleazy 1960s Soho to start a record label. Combining early Sixties Mod culture, Soho jazz dives, the Keeler affair and...
Graphic novel — graphics spread****
Funky little slide show showing on the Living For Kicks GN at the Jocks and nerds culture site; check it out peeps!! https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/living-for-kicks-a-mods-graphic-novel#slide-1...
GUNS AND ROSES – NEW ITALIAN EDITION***
JOHNNY the "JOHNNY" a character from the upcoming LENNY WIRRAL in DEPTFORD COWBOYS An eBook from Macasso Books (book Number 7)
Reckless Lives has now received a Foreigh Rights Edition publication from Edizioni BD in Italy....
BAD COMPANY NEW PAPERBACK SOON!
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: THE E-MIX *** Now published USA Link to Amazon.com... https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Latin-Rock-Mix-McCarthy-ebook/dp/B01FOHLXGS?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc Carlos Santana, Latin rock, San Francisco, Soul, Mission District, Funk, Electric guitar...
BOB MARLEY GRAPHIC BOOK OUT IN AUTUMN
..He’s a gas…
Bob Marley Graphic book written by moi and featuring great art by Benito Gallegos is published this autumn thru Omnibus Press
2016 comes forth
Funky little slide show showing on the Living For Kicks GN at the Jocks and nerds culture site; check it out peeps!! https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/living-for-kicks-a-mods-graphic-novel#slide-1...
GUNS AND ROSES REFORM??
JOHNNY the "JOHNNY" a character from the upcoming LENNY WIRRAL in DEPTFORD COWBOYS An eBook from Macasso Books (book Number 7)
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND XMAS TIME****
Reckless Lives has now received a Foreigh Rights Edition publication from Edizioni BD in Italy....
Guns And Roses Graphic review***
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: THE E-MIX *** Now published USA Link to Amazon.com... https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Latin-Rock-Mix-McCarthy-ebook/dp/B01FOHLXGS?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc Carlos Santana, Latin rock, San Francisco, Soul, Mission District, Funk, Electric guitar...
Jamie Hewlett: The Suggestionists at Saatchi Gallery
Review of Guns And Roses GN with a recent USA publication thru Overlook Press.
iPhone artworks
Jamie Hewlett: The Suggestionists at Saatchi Gallery Went to private view in London of Jamie;s show. I particularly like the "Pines" section of the works. Great to divide show into three...
Android Hell cometh
Reckless Lives has now received a Foreigh Rights Edition publication from Edizioni BD in Italy....
Poor Angry White Kids…October 23, 2015
2016 is a busy year for me Three Graphic books are to be published as well as at least two Ebook self publications. April see the release of Living For Kicks: A Mods Graphic Novel May sees the release of Who Are You? The Life Of...
Peter Milligan Pays Tribute To Brett Ewins In His Return To 2000AD With Bad Company
The Guns And Roses book is published also in the USA in distribution deal with Overlook Press; New York. Also available from all good good online and "real" bookshops. Through Amazon UK and USA. Plus Kindle ebook edition and iTunes edition...
Jim McCarthy & Marc Olivent: Reckless Life: Guns N’ Roses – book review
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND XMAS TIME**** wishing all very Happy holidays...
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: The E-Mix
Funky little slide show showing on the Living For Kicks GN at the Jocks and nerds culture site; check it out peeps!! https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/living-for-kicks-a-mods-graphic-novel#slide-1...
BAD COMPANY: FIRST CASUALTIES Episode three
Jamie Hewlett: The Suggestionists at Saatchi Gallery Went to private view in London of Jamie;s show. I particularly like the "Pines" section of the works. Great to divide show into three...
BAD COMPANY REVIEW ( PROG 1951)
BAD COMPANY: FIRST CASUALTIES Episode three A splash page that reminds me a lot of Brett Ewins sense of design and layout. A nice page...out now!!
BAD COMPANY COVER
2000 A.D. Prog 1951 by Ian Jane Bad Company – First Casualties by Peter Milligan, R. Dayglo and J. McCarthy: Last but most certainly not least, Danny finds out that...
Bad Company Review…
BAD COMPANY: First Casualties…
Bad Company Review........... This was pretty much the main reason I picked up the Prog, thanks to Rufus on social media, and the fact that Peter Milligan was on writing duties, and frack me, the...
BAD COMPANY: NEW RUN IN 2000AD
Bad Company; First Casualties, a new 12 part Bad Co from Pete Milligan, Rufus Dayglo and me.... Out in issue 1950 of 2000AD
LIVING FOR KICKS: The MODS Graphic BOOK
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND XMAS TIME**** wishing all very Happy holidays...
WHO ARE YOU?: The KEITH MOON Graphic BOOK
Funky little slide show showing on the Living For Kicks GN at the Jocks and nerds culture site; check it out peeps!! https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/living-for-kicks-a-mods-graphic-novel#slide-1...
RECKLESS LIFE : PUBLISHED IN THE USA
VOICES OF LATIN ROCK: THE E-MIX *** Now published USA Link to Amazon.com... https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Latin-Rock-Mix-McCarthy-ebook/dp/B01FOHLXGS?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc Carlos Santana, Latin rock, San Francisco, Soul, Mission District, Funk, Electric guitar...
RECKLESS LIFE: GUNS AND ROSES New Graphic book published now!
*** OFFICIAL / President TRUMP loves my BOB MARLEY Graphic book *** Giving hin cause to roll one and have a break in the White House.
BAD COMPANY on the way from 2000AD
Bad Company begins a long awaited and fresh run in 2000AD From issue 1950 September 30th issue
KEITH MOON coming in 2016
A new Bad Company called First Casualties a 12 parter for 2000AD is starting in the end of September It is written by old com-padre and comics stalwart Peter Milligan and has great art by Rufus Dayglo and inks by me.
BOB MARLEY coming in 2016
My new E-book is in the works. A series of in-depth interviews with Latin soul musicians mostly based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Concentrating on the years 1968 thru to 1977 or so. A time of unparalleled...
Brett Ewins RIP
Funky little slide show showing on the Living For Kicks GN at the Jocks and nerds culture site; check it out peeps!! https://www.jocksandnerds.com/articles/living-for-kicks-a-mods-graphic-novel#slide-1...
New York Times on The Ramones Graphic Gabba Gabba Hey
Jamie Hewlett: The Suggestionists at Saatchi Gallery Went to private view in London of Jamie;s show. I particularly like the "Pines" section of the works. Great to divide show into three...
I Want Your Job
Reckless Lives: Guns And Roses Graphic book
A piece for The Independent published awhile back on the comics business and the mechanics of being a conic artist by yours truly. http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/i-want-your-job-comic-book-artist-840180.html
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WHO ARE YOU? The Life and Death Of Keith Moon. Jim McCarthy/March 2015 I am re-reading Tony Fletcher's Dear Boy book, which I originally read about ten or so years ago, when I began writing for Omnibus. I am enjoying it (again) so far. Tony’s book is a 569...
Jim McCarthy talks to Alex Fitch Part 3
Jim McCarthy talks to Alex Fitch Part 2
WHO ARE YOU? The Life and Death Of Keith Moon. Jim McCarthy/March 2015 I am re-reading Tony Fletcher's Dear Boy book, which I originally read about ten or so years ago, when I began writing for Omnibus. I am enjoying it (again) so far. Tony’s book is a 569...
Jim McCarthy talks to Alex Fitch at Cartoon County Part 1
listen to ‘Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy - part 2’ on audioBoom Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy about writing graphic novel music biographies of musicians and groups such as Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, The Ramones and Metallica. Fitch and McCarthy...
Jim McCarthy and Jah Wobble interviewed for the Independent
listen to ‘Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy - part 1’ on audioBoom Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy about writing graphic novel music biographies of musicians and groups such as Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, The Ramones and Metallica. Fitch and McCarthy talk about the...
Jim McCarthy talks about ‘Tupac Shakur: Death Rap’
listen to ‘Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy - part 2’ on audioBoom Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy about writing graphic novel music biographies of musicians and groups such as Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, The Ramones and Metallica. Fitch and McCarthy...
Jim McCarthy discusses The Ramones graphic novel ‘GABBA GABBA HEY!’
WHO ARE YOU? The Life and Death Of Keith Moon. Jim McCarthy/March 2015 I am re-reading Tony Fletcher's Dear Boy book, which I originally read about ten or so years ago, when I began writing for Omnibus. I am enjoying it (again) so far. Tony’s book is a 569...
Jim McCarthy talks about ‘Metallica: NOTHING ELSE MATTERS’
listen to ‘Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy - part 2’ on audioBoom Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy about writing graphic novel music biographies of musicians and groups such as Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, The Ramones and Metallica. Fitch and McCarthy...
Metallica: Nothing Else Matters
Jim McCarthy discusses Michael Jackson graphic novel ‘NEVERLAND’
listen to ‘Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy - part 2’ on audioBoom Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy about writing graphic novel music biographies of musicians and groups such as Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, The Ramones and Metallica. Fitch and McCarthy...
Jim McCarthy discusses the Eminem graphic novel ‘IN MY SKIN’
Jim McCarthy talks about ‘Kurt Cobain: GODSPEED’
listen to ‘Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy - part 2’ on audioBoom Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy about writing graphic novel music biographies of musicians and groups such as Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, The Ramones and Metallica. Fitch and McCarthy...
Jim McCarthy gets graphic on his Sex Pistols Graphic novel
Bix Barton: 2000AD Days
listen to ‘Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy - part 2’ on audioBoom Alex Fitch talks to Jim McCarthy about writing graphic novel music biographies of musicians and groups such as Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, The Ramones and Metallica. Fitch and McCarthy...
Metallica Graphic Bio/Book
Jim McCarthy featured in New York Times Full page article
I have completed the writing of the upcoming Metallica Graphic bio. At present we are titling it Nothing Else Matters. This book is presented in the B&W trade paperback format. Around 176 pages with script and artwork at 144 pages with gallery and scrapbook bios...
