Monday 29 August 2022

Why Don't You Love Me Neil Gaiman

My publisher Drawn And Quarterly asked Neil Gaiman if he would read my upcoming graphic novel, Why Don’t You Love Me?, and, incredibly, he replied with this blurb for it. I’ve known about this for a few weeks now and all I want to know is, when does the reeling stop?

When I began to read Why Don't You Love Me? I thought it read like any number of slightly surrealistic slightly vapid early-2000s stories that were basically the cartoonist's way of telling you they hated everyone and everything. And then it came into focus and it wasn't that thing at all. And then it came into focus again, uplifting and heartbreaking and (a word that I use sparingly) relevant. The kind of story, leading to a last panel that's all pain and joy and delivers the whole thing. What a masterwork. To understand all is to forgive all.—Neil Gaiman

Why Don't you Love Me is published in January 2023 but available to advance orders from specialist comicshops, bookshops and websites now. Checkout this link.

Sunday 14 August 2022

NEW! A New Canon

After a successful crowd funding campaign, copies of my latest comic, A New Canon, are now available to buy from my online shophttps://pbrainey.bigcartel.com/

Love Star Wars? Hate Star Wars? Can take or leave Star Wars? Well, A New Canon is the comic-book for you!

A New Canon collects together all nineteen episodes of the Star Wars inspired comedy for the first time. Written and drawn entirely by Paul B. RaineyViz Comic cartoonist and winner of the Jonathan Cape/Observer Newspaper/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize.

This collection also features Yesterday’s Chips, also by Paul B. Rainey. Yesterday’s Chips is a brand-new tale from the artist’s memoirs about his attempts to persuade his parents to take him to see the first Star Wars movie in 1977. Did he succeed? There’s only two ways to find out! Pledge to this campaign or, you know, just ask him.

A New Canon is 28 Pages long, black and white interior with full-colour covers. Nearly US comic size!


Sunday 19 June 2022

Kickstarter! A New Canon!


Love
Star Wars? Hate Star Wars? Can take or leave Star Wars? Well, A New Canon is the comic-book for you!

A New Canon collects together all nineteen episodes of the Star Wars inspired comedy for the first time. Written and drawn entirely by Paul B. Rainey, Viz Comic cartoonist and winner of the Jonathan Cape/Observer Newspaper/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize.

This collection also features Yesterday’s Chips, also by Paul B. Rainey. Yesterday’s Chips is a brand-new tale from the artist’s memoirs about his attempts to persuade his parents to take him to see the first Star Wars movie in 1977. Did he succeed? There’s only two ways to find out! Pledge to this campaign or, you know, just ask him.

A New Canon is 28 Pages long, black and white interior with full-colour covers. Nearly US comic size!

Access the Kickstarter for A New Canon at the link for full details. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pbrainey/a-new-canon

Saturday 26 February 2022

Gripe Night is here!

 GRIPE NIGHT is the latest collection of comics written and drawn by Paul B. Rainey, Viz Comic cartoonist, and winner of the Jonathan Cape/Observer Newspaper/Comica Short Story Prize.

I have been secretly working away on GRIPE NIGHT for over a year and the majority of its content has not been seen elsewhere before. Strips include….

Similar To But Not! The winner of the Jonathan Cape/Observer Newspaper/Comica Short Story Prize in 2019. Presented in Gripe Night as God intended for the first time!

Unseen episodes of Ricky Gervais: He Talks To The Animals!

Unbelievable but true stories from the artist’s memoirs including William, It Was EverythingBoom Boom Push The Button and introducing Aunty Bunty!

PLUS… Wicksy Goes Berserk! The Paul Willyhood Story! The Draw! And much more!

GRIPE NIGHT is 28 pages long, features a mix of black and white and colour strips, A4 sized magazine.

The first rule of GRIPE NIGHT is that you tell everybody about GRIPE NIGHT.

Richard Bruton for Comicon, “I’ve read Rainey’s work for decades now – and it would be fair to say that he’s never written or drawn better”. 

You can buy Gripe Night from my shop.

Monday 7 February 2022

GRIPE NIGHT Review

Andy Oliver has reviewed an advance copy of GRIP NIGHT for Broken Frontier. "Gripe Night is another compilation of delightfully bizarre and sometimes darkly comedic strips ranging from offbeat parody to semi-autobio." Read the full review here.

The crowd funding campaign for GRIPE NIGHT runs on Kickstarter until February 19th. Look at it here.


Sunday 30 January 2022

Why Don't You Love Me? Graphic Novel Announced

I have some exciting news that I can share at last. Drawn And Quarterly have announced that they are publishing the graphic novel collection of my comic-strip Why Don't You Love Me? Read all about it here.


Tuesday 25 January 2022

Kickstarter! GRIPE NIGHT!

Oh my good God, I’ve only gone and done it again! I have just launched my second ever Kickstarter for my brand-new comic, GRIPE NIGHT.

If you’re able to support the Kickstarter in any way with a pledge, that will be greatly appreciated by me. Access the Kickstarter for GRIPE NIGHT here http://kck.st/3KDohrn

"GRIPENIGHT is the latest collection of comics written and drawn by Paul B. Rainey, Viz Comic cartoonist, and winner of the Jonathan Cape/Observer Newspaper/Comica Short Story Prize."

I have been secretly working away on GRIPE NIGHT for over a year and the majority of its content has not been seen elsewhere before. Strips include….

Similar To But Not! The winner of the Jonathan Cape/Observer Newspaper/Comica Short Story Prize in 2019. Presented in Gripe Night as God intended for the first time!

Unseen episodes of Ricky Gervais: He Talks To The Animals!

Unbelievable but true stories from the artist’s memoirs including William, It Was Everything, Boom Boom Push The Button and introducing Aunty Bunty!

PLUS… Wicksy Goes Berserk! The Paul Willyhood Story! The Draw! And much more!

GRIPENIGHT is 28 pages long, features a mix of black and white and colour strips, A4 sized magazine.

The first rule of GRIPE NIGHT is that you tell everybody about GRIPE NIGHT.