Comments on: Getting The Smell Right

By: Sol Pop 4 – Maps | Calverts Co-operative: Design and Print

Sol Pop 4 – Maps | Calverts Co-operative: Design and Print — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:08:19 +0000

[...] Pop's creator Tom Humberstone has written previously on why printed comics rather than digital comics work for him and this latest edition of Sol Pop illustrates his argument perfectly. Printing by [...]

By: Now is the time for experiments « Solipsistic Pop

Now is the time for experiments « Solipsistic Pop — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:31:27 +0000

[...] something that makes sense to print as a beautiful, physical artefact. I’ve written about the reasoning behind this before, but never referenced a very important factor of the production. The one, oft-overlooked advantage [...]

By: All this and it smells great too. Solipsistic Pop Vol 1… | The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:17:30 +0000

[...] published works since Solipsistic Pop looks, feels, reads (and yes, even smells – see here) something more like a high end arts/design magazine than some small press anthology of old. [...]

By: The Smell of Solipsistic Pop at The Comics Bureau

The Smell of Solipsistic Pop at The Comics Bureau — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:37:42 +0000

[...] Tom Humberstone, editor of the superb Solipsistic Pop, writes up a fascinating piece about getting the smell of Solopsistic Pop #1 right. [...]

By: Tom gets it right « Matthew Sheret Online

Tom gets it right « Matthew Sheret Online — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:53:28 +0000

[...] restart it this week, but first flag this up: Tom Humberstone’s magnificent essay on ‘Getting The Smell Right’ for Solipsistic Pop. Tagged with: Comics, Solipsistic pop, Tom [...]

By: Solipsistic Pop – I love the smell of comics in the morning… | The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:41:51 +0000

[...] Tom Humberstone ruminates on the recently launched Solipsistic Pop anthology of British small press creators. Its not just about Tom’s bizarre nasal fixation which has seen him barred from several public libraries for sniffing the spines of various tomes though (and to be serious as a committed bibliophile I totally understand where he is coming from, books, especially those with a lot of art in them, often have a distinctive, evocative aroma that means nothing to some but speaks volumes – no pun intended to the book lover). Actually its the starting point for a discussion about the place of printed books and comics in an increasingly digital age, with Tom pointing out that using digital comics, be it in the home computer, laptop or mobile device or e-reader, doesn’t mean totally abandoning physical print, that a reader can use both. Its an interesting post, discussing what Tom hoped to do with the new anthology and putting it in the context of traditional print and changing media and the requirement for creators, retailers and readers to adapt. var addthis_pub = ''; var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, twitter, google, facebook, reddit, live, more'; [...]

By: new flyers and illustrations | ventedspleen blog

new flyers and illustrations | ventedspleen blog — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:43:57 +0000

[...] It’s been a busy few months. Which, I suppose, came to fruition when Solipsistic Pop – the anthology of alternative British comics that I edited and published – launched at the ICA. I’d been working hard on the book since September and it was wonderful to finally see what everyone made of it. You can read more about that and the reasons I wanted to publish Solipsistic Pop here. [...]