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The Cattle Raid of Cooley

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	'''''The Cattle Raid of Cooley''''' is a webcomic in the ''[[Ulster Cycle]]'' series by [[Patrick Brown]], adapting the ancient Irish epic ''Táin Bó Cúailnge''. In Iron Age Ireland (two generations after ''[[The Ulster Cycle: Ness]]'') queen Medb of Connacht leads an invasion of the Ulster, seeking to deprive the rival kingdom of its prize stud bull. Thanks to the intervention of two watching deities, her army is opposed only by Cú Chulainn, a sixteen-year-old rookie border guard, and his charioteer Láeg. Like its predecessor, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' is improvised in ink, without script or pencils. Unlike its predecessor, it is being serialised in its original colour - red.		'''''The Cattle Raid of Cooley''''' is a webcomic in the ''[[Ulster Cycle]]'' series by [[Patrick Brown]], adapting the ancient Irish epic ''Táin Bó Cúailnge''. In Iron Age Ireland (two generations after ''[[The Ulster Cycle: Ness]]'') queen Medb of Connacht leads an invasion of the Ulster, seeking to deprive the rival kingdom of its prize stud bull. Thanks to the intervention of two watching deities, her army is opposed only by Cú Chulainn, a sixteen-year-old rookie border guard, and his charioteer Láeg. Like its predecessor, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' is improvised in ink, without script or pencils. Unlike its predecessor, it is being serialised in its original colour - red.

-	It began in August 2008 and updates every Wednesday. The latest installment, page 158, was posted on 18 April 2012.	+	It began in August 2008 and updates every Wednesday. The latest installment, page 159 (page 1 of chapter 7), was posted on 16 May 2012.

	Five print issues have now been published, and are available from [http://paddybrown.co.uk/?page_id=1442 paddybrown.co.uk] for £3.50 each.		Five print issues have now been published, and are available from [http://paddybrown.co.uk/?page_id=1442 paddybrown.co.uk] for £3.50 each.

Patrick Brown

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	In the late 1990s and early 2000s he maintained a website collecting stories from the Ulster Cycle, a body of early Irish legends, and made several false starts at adapting the legends of [[Cú Chulainn in comics\|Cú Chulainn]], and ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' in particular, to comics, including one intended for the Scottish comics website scomics.com in 2000. In May 2007 he returned to the improvisational approach he had used on ''A Virtual Circle'' for his first [[Ulster Cycle]] webcomic, ''[[Ness]]'', a 72 page story of a princess turning outlaw to track down a murderer, which ran until July 2008. A collected printed edition was launched at the 2008 [[Dublin City Comic Con]].		In the late 1990s and early 2000s he maintained a website collecting stories from the Ulster Cycle, a body of early Irish legends, and made several false starts at adapting the legends of [[Cú Chulainn in comics\|Cú Chulainn]], and ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' in particular, to comics, including one intended for the Scottish comics website scomics.com in 2000. In May 2007 he returned to the improvisational approach he had used on ''A Virtual Circle'' for his first [[Ulster Cycle]] webcomic, ''[[Ness]]'', a 72 page story of a princess turning outlaw to track down a murderer, which ran until July 2008. A collected printed edition was launched at the 2008 [[Dublin City Comic Con]].

-	That set the scene for a larger story, ''[[The Cattle Raid of Cooley]]'', adapting ''Táin Bó Cúailnge''. Two generations later, Queen Medb of Connacht stages an invasion of Ulster to steal Ulster's prize stud bull, opposed only by rookie border guard Cú Chulainn, Ness's grandson. It began in August 2008 and updates every Wednesday. Where ''Ness'' had been drawn in red ballpoint and converted digitally to black and white, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' was published on the web in red. It has so far been collected in five print issues. The latest online installment, page 158, was posted on 18 April 2012.	+	That set the scene for a larger story, ''[[The Cattle Raid of Cooley]]'', adapting ''Táin Bó Cúailnge''. Two generations later, Queen Medb of Connacht stages an invasion of Ulster to steal Ulster's prize stud bull, opposed only by rookie border guard Cú Chulainn, Ness's grandson. It began in August 2008 and updates every Wednesday. Where ''Ness'' had been drawn in red ballpoint and converted digitally to black and white, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' was published on the web in red. It has so far been collected in five print issues. The latest online installment, page 159 (page 1 of chapter 7), was posted on 16 May 2012.

	[[File:RiseAtSundown.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|left\|''[[Rise at Sundown]]'', 2010]]		[[File:RiseAtSundown.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|left\|''[[Rise at Sundown]]'', 2010]]

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The Story of Amelia Earhart

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	*[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169867442.html "Mayor launches story of Amelia Earhart"], ''Derry Journal'', 12 October 2007		*[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169867442.html "Mayor launches story of Amelia Earhart"], ''Derry Journal'', 12 October 2007
		+	*[http://www.derryjournal.com/lifestyle/entertainment/graphic-novel-a-work-of-outstanding-talent-1-3843181 Graphic novel ‘a work of outstanding talent’], ''Derry Journal'', 15 May 2012

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Uproar Comics

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-	'''Uproar Comics''' is a Derry-based publisher responsible for ''[[Zombies Hi]]'' (2011).	+	'''Uproar Comics''' is a Derry-based publisher responsible for ''[[Zombies Hi]]'' (2011-). In 2012 they published the graphic novel ''[[Amelia Earhart - First Lady of Aviation]]''.

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Amelia Earhart - First Lady of Aviation

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-	'''''The Story of Amelia Earhart: The First Woman to Fly Solo Across the Atlantic''''' is a 40 page historical graphic novel written by [[Felicity McCall]] and drawn by [[Joe Campbell]], retelling Amelia Earhart's pioneering flight from Newfoundland, intending to reach Paris but actually landing at Ballyarnett, County Londonderry, in 1932.	+	'''''The Story of Amelia Earhart: The First Woman to Fly Solo Across the Atlantic''''' is a 40 page historical graphic novel, published in 2007, written by [[Felicity McCall]] and drawn by [[Joe Campbell]], retelling Amelia Earhart's pioneering flight from Newfoundland, intending to reach Paris but actually landing at Ballyarnett, County Londonderry, in 1932. In 1912 [[Uproar Comics]] published an expanded version, '''''Amelia Earhart - First Lady of Aviation''''', consisting of an updated version of the original, plus "A Day in May", written and drawn by Campbell, retelling Earheart's stay in Derry, based on eyewitness accounts.

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Una Gallagher

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Eolaí

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Irish Comics Wiki

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The Adventures of Me

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'''''The Adventures of Me''''' is an autobiographical comic by [[Una Gallagher]] on her creative process, published since April 2012 on the [[Pearlmoon Productions]] website.

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Pearlmoon Productions

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	'''Pearlmoon Productions''' is an animation production company and digital comics publisher founded in 2012 in County Londonderry by writer, animator, designer and illustrator [[Una Gallagher]], and writer, musician and web designer [[John Connor]]. Their comics include:		'''Pearlmoon Productions''' is an animation production company and digital comics publisher founded in 2012 in County Londonderry by writer, animator, designer and illustrator [[Una Gallagher]], and writer, musician and web designer [[John Connor]]. Their comics include:

-	*''[[Faust]]'', a projected four-issue series updating the Faust legend, written by Connor and drawn by Gallagher	+	*''[[Faust]]'', a projected four-issue series adapting the Faust legend, written by Connor and drawn by Gallagher
	*''[[Passing Days]]'', a one-off about a man contemplating his life on his last day alive, written by Connor and drawn by Gallagher with accompanying music by Connor		*''[[Passing Days]]'', a one-off about a man contemplating his life on his last day alive, written by Connor and drawn by Gallagher with accompanying music by Connor
	*''[[The Adventures of Me]]'', an autobiographical webcomic by Gallagher.		*''[[The Adventures of Me]]'', an autobiographical webcomic by Gallagher.

Faust

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-	'''''Faust''''' is a series written by [[John Connor]], drawn by [[Una Gallagher]] and published by [[Pearlmoon Productions]]. A modernisation of the Faust legend, the first issue came out as a digital download in 2012, and it's projected to run for four issues.	+	'''''Faust''''' is a series written by [[John Connor]], drawn by [[Una Gallagher]] and published by [[Pearlmoon Productions]]. Based on the Faust legend, the first issue came out as a digital download in 2012, and it's projected to run for four issues.

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Passing Days

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'''''Passing Days''''' is a one-off comic about a man contemplating his life on his last day alive, written by [[John Connor]], drawn by [[Una Gallagher]] and published as a digital download, accompanied by music by John Connor, by [[Pearlmoon Productions]].

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Pearlmoon Productions

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'''Pearlmoon Productions''' is an animation production company and digital comics publisher founded in 2012 in County Londonderry by writer, animator, designer and illustrator [[Una Gallagher]], and writer, musician and web designer [[John Connor]]. Their comics include:

*''[[Faust]]'', a projected four-issue series updating the Faust legend, written by Connor and drawn by Gallagher
*''[[Passing Days]]'', a one-off about a man contemplating his life on his last day alive, written by Connor and drawn by Gallagher with accompanying music by Connor
*''[[The Adventures of Me]]'', an autobiographical webcomic by Gallagher.

==External links==
*[http://pearlmoonproductions.co.uk/ Pearlmoon Productions]
*David O'Leary, [http://www.irishcomicnews.com/spotlight-introducing-pearlmoon-productions/ Spotlight: Introducing Pearlmoon Productions], [[Irish Comic News]], 10 May 2012
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Una Gallagher

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-	'''Una Gallagher''' is an artist, designer and animator from Northern Ireland, and, with [[John Connor]], is half of [[Pearlmoon Productions]]. Comics she has illustrated include ''[[Faust]]'' and ''[[Passing Days]]'', both written by John Connor and published as digital downloads by Pearlmoon Productions in 2012. She also draws the webcomic ''[[The Adventures of Me]]'' on the Pearlmoon website.	+	'''Una Gallagher''' is an artist, designer and animator based in County Londonderry, and, with [[John Connor]], is half of [[Pearlmoon Productions]]. Comics she has illustrated include ''[[Faust]]'' and ''[[Passing Days]]'', both written by John Connor and published as digital downloads by Pearlmoon Productions in 2012. She also draws the webcomic ''[[The Adventures of Me]]'' on the Pearlmoon website.

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John Connor

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-	'''John Connor''' is a musician, web developer and writer from Northern Ireland, and, with [[Una Gallagher]], is one half of [[Pearlmoon Productions]]. Comics he has written include ''[[Faust]]'' and ''[[Passing Days]]'', both drawn by Una Gallagher and published as digital downloads by Pearlmoon Productions in 2012.	+	'''John Connor''' is a musician, web developer and writer based in County Londonderry, and, with [[Una Gallagher]], is one half of [[Pearlmoon Productions]]. Comics he has written include ''[[Faust]]'' and ''[[Passing Days]]'', both drawn by Una Gallagher and published as digital downloads by Pearlmoon Productions in 2012.

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Una Gallagher

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'''Una Gallagher''' is an artist, designer and animator from Northern Ireland, and, with [[John Connor]], is half of [[Pearlmoon Productions]]. Comics she has illustrated include ''[[Faust]]'' and ''[[Passing Days]]'', both written by John Connor and published as digital downloads by Pearlmoon Productions in 2012. She also draws the webcomic ''[[The Adventures of Me]]'' on the Pearlmoon website.

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*[http://morayah.deviantart.com/ Una Gallagher on DeviantArt]
*[http://pearlmoonproductions.co.uk/ Pearlmoon Productions]
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John Connor

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'''John Connor''' is a musician, web developer and writer from Northern Ireland, and, with [[Una Gallagher]], is one half of [[Pearlmoon Productions]]. Comics he has written include ''[[Faust]]'' and ''[[Passing Days]]'', both drawn by Una Gallagher and published as digital downloads by Pearlmoon Productions in 2012.

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*[http://pearlmoonproductions.co.uk/ Pearlmoon Productions]

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Faust

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	The first issue is dated 24 September 1977. It's A4, 12 pages, unstapled, with a two-colour cover by (I think) [[Cormac]]. [[John Kindness]] contributed two two-page strips - "Jimmy Ripshite, the man that ate the cooked ham raw", about a sharply-dressed thug from 1910s Belfast, and "Spotting the Difference", sending up stereotypes of Protestants and Catholics - and [[Alastair Herron]] drew "William Stoat", adapting a song about a man who killed his wife to comics. Two other strips - "More Than Somewhat" and "The Humours of Planxty's Favourite" - whose authors are as yet unidentified.		The first issue is dated 24 September 1977. It's A4, 12 pages, unstapled, with a two-colour cover by (I think) [[Cormac]]. [[John Kindness]] contributed two two-page strips - "Jimmy Ripshite, the man that ate the cooked ham raw", about a sharply-dressed thug from 1910s Belfast, and "Spotting the Difference", sending up stereotypes of Protestants and Catholics - and [[Alastair Herron]] drew "William Stoat", adapting a song about a man who killed his wife to comics. Two other strips - "More Than Somewhat" and "The Humours of Planxty's Favourite" - whose authors are as yet unidentified.

-	The second issue is undated, but one of the strips is dated 1977. A4, 20 pages, unstapled, with a three-colour cover by John Kindness. Contents: "How Moderate Are You?" by Blotski ([[Ian Knox]]); "Council Confrontation", artist unidentified; "The Three Billys" by John Kindness, a four-page strip about three Protestants setting up a Loyalist navy; "Belfast Silly Street Poems" by Alastair Herron; "The Jubilee Giro", signed "Banba"; "A County Fable" by [[Davy Francis]], a two-page tale of marital strife leading up to a dreadful pun; "Wee Jimmy" by Davy Francis; "A Stroll in the Park", artist unidentified; "Sectarianism Rots Yer Teeth" by Cormac.	+	The second issue is undated, but one of the strips is dated 1977. A4, 20 pages, unstapled, with a three-colour cover by John Kindness. Contents: "How Moderate Are You?" by Blotski ([[Ian Knox]]); "Council Confrontation", artist unidentified; "The Three Billys" by John Kindness, a four-page strip about three Protestants setting up a Loyalist navy; "Belfast Silly Street Poems" by Alastair Herron; "The Jubilee Giro", signed "Banba"; "A Country Fable" by [[Davy Francis]], a two-page tale of marital strife leading up to a dreadful pun; "Wee Jimmy" by Davy Francis; "A Stroll in the Park", artist unidentified; "Sectarianism Rots Yer Teeth" by Cormac.

	The third issue is also undated, but makes two references to Ian Paisley's "Save Ulster from Sodomy" campaign, which was launched in 1977. A4, 20 pages, unstapled, with a two-colour cover by (I believe) Cormac. Contents: "Wee Jimmy" by Davy Francis; "Fatty Gorbo (he'd ate anything)" by John Kindness; "Save Ulster from Sodomy!" by Cormac; "The Colonel Remembers", artist unidentified; "The Ballad of Yukon Bill" by Davy Francis; "Street Life" by Alastair Herron; "The Lads Go For a Jar" by John Kindness; "Boom Chikka", artist unidentified; "H Block: Who Cares?" by Cormac; a wordless two-pager about a builder being injured building a BUPA hospital and being treated on the NHS, by Blotski (Ian Knox); "Just a Song at Twilight" by Alastair Herron.		The third issue is also undated, but makes two references to Ian Paisley's "Save Ulster from Sodomy" campaign, which was launched in 1977. A4, 20 pages, unstapled, with a two-colour cover by (I believe) Cormac. Contents: "Wee Jimmy" by Davy Francis; "Fatty Gorbo (he'd ate anything)" by John Kindness; "Save Ulster from Sodomy!" by Cormac; "The Colonel Remembers", artist unidentified; "The Ballad of Yukon Bill" by Davy Francis; "Street Life" by Alastair Herron; "The Lads Go For a Jar" by John Kindness; "Boom Chikka", artist unidentified; "H Block: Who Cares?" by Cormac; a wordless two-pager about a builder being injured building a BUPA hospital and being treated on the NHS, by Blotski (Ian Knox); "Just a Song at Twilight" by Alastair Herron.

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-	'''Patrick''' ('''Paddy''') '''Brennan''' (b. 1930?, d. early 1980s<ref>[http://www.borderbookshop.co.uk/storefront/dandy.aspx Border Bookshop: Dandy Comics]</ref> or c. 2000?)<ref>[http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=1520 Comics UK Forums: Paddy Brennan]</ref> was a comics artist from Dublin who drew primarily for Dundee publisher D. C. Thomson. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London.<ref>[http://reaper.co.uk/bax/index.htm Leo Baxendale's Bulletin Board]</ref>	+	'''Paddy Brennan''' was a comics artist from Dublin who primarily drew adventure strips for Dundee publisher D. C. Thomson. He worked for them on the basis that his work was anonymous and did not cooperate with anyone who wanted to write about him, so virtually no biographical detail on him is available. Leo Baxendale recalls that he split his time between Dublin and London, working six months of the year in each city, and that his name was Patrick, but he insisted, perhaps ironically, on being called Paddy.<ref>[http://reaper.co.uk/bax/index.htm Leo Baxendale's Bulletin Board]</ref> I have seen a copy of a letter from Brennan at an address in London, dated 20 May 1986.<ref>Alan Clark, private communication</ref> Comments online suggest he has died since then, possibly around 2000.<ref>[http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=1520 Comics UK Forums: Paddy Brennan]</ref>

-	His first published work was a strip called "Jeff Collins - Crime Reporter" in ''Magno Comic'', a one-shot published in 1946 by International Publications in Glasgow. More work for small publishers followed, including Cartoon Art's ''[[Marsman Comics]]'' (1948) and ''Super-Duper'' (1949) and Martin & Reid's ''The Rancher'' and ''Jolly Western'' (both 1949) before starting his long association with D. C. Thomson in 1949, drawing an adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's ''The Lady in the Lake'' in the ''People's Journal'', and "Sir Solomon Snoozer" in the ''Dandy''.	+	His first published work was a strip called "Jeff Collins - Crime Reporter" in ''Magno Comic'', a one-shot published in 1946 by International Publications in Glasgow. More work for small publishers followed, including Cartoon Art's ''[[Marsman Comics]]'' (1948) and ''Super-Duper'' (1949) and Martin & Reid's ''The Rancher'' and ''Jolly Western'' (both 1949) before starting his long association with D. C. Thomson in 1949, drawing an adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's ''The Lady in the Lake'' in the ''People's Journal'', and "Sir Solomon Snoozer" in the ''Dandy''. It is said that he got his first work with D. C. Thomson after his sister sent them samples of his art.

	In the 1950s he drew mainly adventure strips for the ''Dandy'', the ''Beano'' and the ''Topper''. His first strip for ''The Beano'' was "[[Sinbad the Sailor]]" in 1950-52. He took over several strips, including "Jimmy and his Magic Patch" and "The Shipwrecked Circus", from Dudley D. Watkins. He also drew some humour strips, including the ''Dandy''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Rusty". He was the first artist to draw the ''Beano''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[General Jumbo]]". From the later 1950s he also drew for girls' comics, including an adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' for ''Bunty'' in 1958, and "[[Sandra of the Secret Ballet]]" for ''Judy'' from 1960. His later work included "Showboat Circus" for the ''Beezer'', "Iron Hand" for ''Cracker'' in the late 1970s, and strips for ''Suzy'' in the 1980s.		In the 1950s he drew mainly adventure strips for the ''Dandy'', the ''Beano'' and the ''Topper''. His first strip for ''The Beano'' was "[[Sinbad the Sailor]]" in 1950-52. He took over several strips, including "Jimmy and his Magic Patch" and "The Shipwrecked Circus", from Dudley D. Watkins. He also drew some humour strips, including the ''Dandy''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Rusty". He was the first artist to draw the ''Beano''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[General Jumbo]]". From the later 1950s he also drew for girls' comics, including an adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' for ''Bunty'' in 1958, and "[[Sandra of the Secret Ballet]]" for ''Judy'' from 1960. His later work included "Showboat Circus" for the ''Beezer'', "Iron Hand" for ''Cracker'' in the late 1970s, and strips for ''Suzy'' in the 1980s.

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