Rírá agus Stan Lee Eagle Awards

Tá na Stan Lee Eagle Awards againn an bhliain seo.  Má tá suim agaibh tá sibhse abálta vótáil a dhéanamh anseo Téigh go dtí Favourite European Comicbook agus clic ar Rírá má taitníonn Rírá libh.  Ba mhaith linn a bheith ar an ghearrlíosta.  Bhuel, bhíomar ar an ghearrlíosta roimhe leis an Eagle Awards nuair a thosaíomar ag obair ar Rírá.  Bheadh sé go hiontach a bheith ann arís.

The Stan Lee Eagle Awards for comics are with us this year.  So, if you are interested you can vote for Rírá here.  Go to Favourite European Comicbook and click on Rírá if you like Ríra.  We would love to get on the shortlist.  Funnily enough we got on the short list before with issue 1.  As a group anthology comic it would be great for an Irish language comic, by a ton of Irish based talent, to get on the shortlist again.  

Alma Ryan Rírá 4 Cover (Yay!!!!!)

So am back at work in the Ennis Bookshop again full-time and still am putting the comic together.  Finishing touches are being put on the comic this week.  Just to get everyone drooling over a nice cover from Alma Ryan and the design from Muireann Lalor that makes the whole thing pop.  Being back at work has been great but me joints have been aching so this kinda has made me walk on air a little.  So excited about the interior work.

Alma Ryan Rírá 4 cover inked

So Alma has been really busy (everyone else has too, am always amazed at the work handed in).  And here is the cover to Rírá #4 inked so far.  I think it's great looking forward to slapping the Rírá banner on it and seeing the finished piece.

Alma Ryan cover for Rírá 4 (Initial sketch of design)

Hi all.  People all over this island are working frantically on their comics, getting them all polished and ready for Rírá 4.  Alma Ryan is different however.  This issue, her sole duty is to provide the cover.  Here is the approved design sketch for the cover.  There were others but this just stood out.

This is just sketch stage, so looking forward to seeing the end result.

Look to the right

At the top right hand corner of the page there is a list of places you can get Rírá online.  Like our own shop.  Litriocht.com's shop and the digital editions where you can get Rírá 3 for a variety of digital formats.  Yay!

Rírá/Coimicí Gael on film

A few years ago a few lads from Merchants Gate Films took over my old (and I do mean old looking ) kitchen and made me scribble on paper, walk about the place a bit and hand over a box of comics to a shop on film.  Now they have put this along with interviews with other people in comics in the West of Ireland for a short documentary called Éirí na GComicí that will be part of the Galway Film Fleadh.  The Fleadh itself is a great event (Galway always know how to do things well).  A showcase of film for all.

The bit I am doing as I recall is As Gaeilge.  Apparently, the short film is showing this coming Sunday at 9.00am as part of a series of shorts being shown together.  Yep, that's 9.00am.  I would love to go actually but I cannot make it.  However if you should wish to go please feel free and attend.  I wish the lads all the luck in the world with their documentary.

For further details please go here

Rírá 3 Eagrán Digiteach/ Rírá 3 Digital Edition

Má tá suim ag éinne rinneamar eagrán digiteach de Rírá 3 freisin.  Tá siad ar roinnt de na siopaí digiteach ar an idirlíon anois.  Tá an líosta anseo/  If anyone is interested we have also made a digital edition of Rírá 3.  The list of places it's available from are here:

iTunes/iBookstore (má tá iPad, iPhone nó iPad agat/if you have the iPad, iPhone or iPod)
Amazon Má tá Kindle Fire agat/If you have a Kindle Fire try here (if UK based or other you will be directed elsewhere.
Nook Má tá Nook Color/Tablet/Android (Tablet) agat/ If you have a Nook Color/Tablet/Android (tablet)
Graphicly easy to use with Google Chrome and on Facebook.

Sin é.  That's it for now.  It will be available from Google Books soon, when that happens I will let you know.  Google Books as far as I know is only available in the States so far.

Rírá anseo 2012/ Rírá is here 2012

Líosta beag faoi na siopaí ina bhfuil Rírá a fháil. Má níl siad sna siopaí nuair a chur tú cuairt ar, cuir glaoch orm.  Just a quick list of the shops Rírá 3 or all of Rírá are in at the moment.  If they are not there just let me know.

Here we go:

Dublin:

ForbiddenPlanet Dublin 5/6 Crampton Quay, Dublin (01) 671 0688

SubCity Comics Dublin  2 Exchequer St., Dublin 003531 6771902

An Siopa Leabhar Conradh na Gaeilge, 6 Sráid Fhearchair, Dublin 2 00 353 1 478 3814

County Clare:

Ennis Bookshop Abbey St., Ennis 065 6829000

Scéal Eile Bookshop, The Market Ennis (065) 684 8648

Custys Music Shop, Cookes Lane Ennis (065) 682 1727

McLoughneys Newsagent Shannon 

County Kerry:

Killarney Bookshop, Main St., Killarney (064) 663 4108

Polymath Bookshop, Tralee 00 353 66 712 8148

Litriocht.com, Trá Lí +353 (0) 669 155 237

County Cork:

Other Realms, Paul St. Shopping Centre Cork City (021) 422 2224

High Street Books, Douglas Shopping Centre Cork (021) 489 7899

County Galway:

Kennys Bookshop, Lisbaun Retail Park, Tuam Rd., Galway City +353 91 709350

Charlie Byrnes Bookshop, Galway City +353 (0)91 561 766

ABC Bookshop Corbett Court Galway City (0)91 561950

An Spáilpín Fánach, Ceardlann an Spidéil, An Spidéal, Co. na Gaillimhe 091 553343

County Donegal:

An Siopa Gaeilge, Gleann Cholm Cille, Donegal (074) 973 0500

Belfast:

ForbiddenPlanet Belfast, 52-54 Ann Street, Belfast 01159 484 122

An Ceathrú Póilí, 216 Bothár na Bhfál, Béal Feirste, BT12 6AH (028) 9032 2811

These are the main ones Rírá are in at the moment.  Other shops have taken the comic on in the past but these are the main ones.  We would like to get out to more shops around the country. 

 

Starting online webcomic

Once a week a webcomic in Irish will be drawn and thrown up and will be called Agus Sin Sin.  It is an experiment at the moment and the first of the comics is up now.  An English language version called And That's That will also be put up once a week.  So we will see how it goes.

Cover for Rírá 3

This is roughly I think what Issue 3's cover will look like.

Stuff

Well it's been a busy few weeks. We are putting the final bits together of Issue 3 of Rírá thank goodness. And we have already made a start on Issue 4 which is due out in November. So all good there.

We are trying to get out the Wire and Gas War Anthology which is the brainchild of Mike Lynch
www.mikeplynch.blogspot.com and Martin Greene with art by Anthony O'Neill, Michael Ball and myself.

I have published two stories with Kindle just to see what that's like. So if you want to download the sample pages to your Kindle which can be downloaded easily to your computer, phone, etc. One story is http://www.amazon.com/Two-Short-Stories-Squatter-ebook/dp/B0055PNQT2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=A2HD1FRBBEUS3N&s=books&qid=1308605751&sr=8-3 called 'Two Short Stories: Sandra Dwyer and The Squatter' and the other is http://www.amazon.com/Spoons-and-Feathers-ebook/dp/B0054TQMXQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=A2HD1FRBBEUS3N&s=books&qid=1308606248&sr=8-1 called 'Spoons and Feathers'.

We also have another few projects coming up and will be keeping you updated.

Cork City has finally opened her doors to us

Two fine Cork City bookshops have taken Rírá to their hearts. If you live in Cork or happen to shop where they are feel free to ask for Issue 1 and 2 there:


Liam Russell Bookshop,
49/50 Oliver Plunkett Street
Cork
Co Cork
Fón: 021 4270981

Other Realms,
Paul Street Shopping Centre
Paul Street, Cork, Co. Cork
Fón: 021 422 2224
www.otherrealms.com

Feedback on Rírá from Ohio

Right we got a little feedback on Rírá from a reader in Cleveland Ohio:

A Chairde,

Tá áthas an domhain orm go bhfuil coimic ar fáil faoi dheireadh i
nGaeilge! Comhghairdeas libh! Tá beirt pháiste agam anseo i
gCleveland, Ohio, agus tá mé á dtógáil trí mheán na Gaeilge. Tá siad
seacht agus cúig bhliain d'aois. Fuair muid RíRá eagrán 1 agus 2 sa
phost dhá lá ó shin agus tá siad ag caint faoi RíRá ó shin! Tá mé ag
léamh RíRá leo le linn an bhricfeasta agus roimh dul a luí agus
iarrann m'iníon orm na scéalta a insint agus mé ag tiomaint sa charr.
Bíonn orm cur síos a dhéanamh ar gach pictiúr di.!! Is iontach an
deis cainte dúinn é.

Hello all the people who are making RíRá possible!
Congratulations to you all from Cleveland, Ohio!
I am from Donegal, a teacher by profession, I spent five years
teaching the Irish language at the University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee. I have two children to whom I only speak Irish. They are
completely bi-lingual, as their Daddy speaks English to them. My son,
Conall, is seven, and my daughter, Aisling, is five. Eagrán 1 and 2
of RíRá arrived at our house two days ago! The children haven't
stopped talking about it! RíRá has taken over the bedtime stories and
breakfast time for the past two days, with both kids sitting on my
knee and eating their cereal while I read to them from RíRá! My son
is using RíRá to teach himself to read in Irish! He has also resumed
drawing his own comic strips!
My daughter makes me describe the comic strips in RíRá frame by frame
and tell her what the speech and thought bubbles say from memory as I
am driving to and from various places! It may help me ward off
cognitive difficulties in old age!

Rírá 2 is Out Next Week

It's true I've been quiet here over the last few months but have actually been busy behind it all. The next issue of Rírá has finally gone to the printers and next Wednesday I will have boxes of them delivered to Coimicí Gael. We should have the shop up and running then too for the next issue (as well as the previous issue for those who haven't gotten it yet).


Since I last put up stuff here we have been featured on RTE's Nationwide with John Cullen the artist behind Blackstar/Dúréalt. Mike Lynch and I made brief appearances in the report as well. Loads of people saw the mag on the telly and are asking about it now which is the main thing. If you feel like seeing the results check it out here:



Also we were invited to talk at the Ennis Book Festival http://www.ennisbookclubfestival.com/index.php along with Declan Shalvey of 28 Days Later and Frankenstein fame was there, Gerry Hunt the creator behind Blood Upon the Rose, Stephen Coffey of Celtic Knights and Dave O'Leary comic journo from http://www.comicrelated.com/ was there asking us questions in front of an audience who for the most part wouldn't have attended a comic or graphic novel panel. It was a great experience and was fun talking with Declan, Gerry, Stephen and Dave there.

So with all that I reckon I will be back posting here on a regular basis again but keep in mind next issue is out soon.

Wexford and Thanks to Cliodhna Lyons and Paul Nic Cionnaith

Yep we are in Wexford as of probably today.

Book Centre,
5 Sth Main st Wexford Co. Wexford.
Phone: (053) 9123543

By the way must make a HUGE thank you to two people and that's Cliodhna Lyons http://www.ztoical.com/ (check out her live journal too she is really bloody talented http://ztoical.livejournal.com/ )who invited us to the Free Comic Book day as well as brought us along to Leeds last week (I think it was Leeds I could be wrong) and Paula Nic Cionnaith with Spraoi who makes posters as gaeilge http://www.spraoi-online.com/aboutus.asp who took our wares to a Gaelscoil conference last weekend. I didn't know it but the lads at Cúpla Focal did take us along too. So thanks to both groups of people as well as the people at Cúpla Focal www.cuplafocal.ie . Without the enthusiam of these people Rírá would not be doing as well as it has done.

Also I went selling the comic at a local school Clarecastle National School where their parents association were raising money for the school itself. We had a great auld success at it and met many a person there with an interest in comics as well as Rírá there was many a nostalgic chat had and tear shed over comics that have long since passed.

In Kilcock too.

Oh and another thing nearly forgot. We are also in Kilcock in County Kildare. I've been busy.

Kilcock Book Shop,
The Square, Kilcock, Co. Kildare
Phone: 01 6287106

And that really is it for the moment.

In Kilkenny City

Oh and before I forget we are also in the Book Centre in Kilkenny also part of a chain of shops in the south east we are already in the one in Waterford.

The Book Centre,
19 High St., Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny.
Phone: 056 7762117

So that means we are in 2 Sub City Comics, 1 Forbidden Planet (so far), 2 Book Centres (and possibly another within the week), 3 Easons (yay) and 10 Wise Owl Schoolbooks. Fingers crossed for more chains to take us on the more we are out there the more likely we can survive.

Rírá take on by Wise Owl Schoolbooks chain

Every time I up date this it is of news of where Rírá is available. I know I should be using this blog probably for more creative endeavours but right now I don't have the time. However I am delighted to announce that we have gone with a chain of schoolbook shops on the East coast of Ireland called Wise Owl Schoolbooks. They have a chain of 10 shops in County Louth, County Dublin and County Meath.

The list of shops are here:

http://www.wiseowl.ie/location.php

Wiseowl.ie
Unit 4, Block 4, Ashbourne Business Park, Ashbourne, Co Meath
Tel: 01 8353687

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Artaine Castle
Artaine Castle Shopping Centre, Artane, Dublin 5
Tel: 01 8512660

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Balbriggan,
Georges Hill, Balbriggan, Co Dublin
Tel: 01 6905800

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Ballinteer,
Superquinn Shopping Centre, Ballinteer, Dublin 16
Tel: 01 2962027

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Clare Hall Shopping Centre,
Clarehall Shopping Centre, Malahide Road, Dublin 17
Tel: 01 8482378

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Drogheda,
Laurence Centre, Drogheda, Co Louth
Tel: 041 9842847

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Drogheda,
West Street, Drogheda, Co Louth
Tel: 041 9832601

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Dundalk,
Carroll Village, Dundalk, Co Louth
Tel: 042 9333700

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Dun Laoghaire,
Patrick Street, Dunlaoghaire, Co Dublin
Tel: 01 2304675

Wise Owl Schoolbooks Stillorgan,
Lower Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan, Co Dublin
Tel: 01 2836477

Wise Owl Swords,
River Mall, Swords, Co Dublin
Tel: 01 8405470

More shops

Issue 2 is coming together slowly but surely. In the meantime we have more shops around the country on board by the end of the week Issue 1 will be in (3 new counties and adding to more in 2 others hopefully by the end of the week we will have a few more):

Eason, 64-66 Main St. Cavan, Co. Cavan. Phone: 049 4331118
cavan@easonfranchise.com

Eason, Coliseum Lane, Lyster Square, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. Phone: 057 8620466
portlaoise@easonfranchise.com

Novel Idea, Castle Street, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. Phone 071 985 8124

Books and Charts, Main St., Dungloe, Co. Donegal. Phone 074 9522077

Scholars at the Book Centre, 25 Roberts Square, Waterford, Co. Waterford. Phone: 051 873823

Philips Bookshop, 34 Bank Place, Mallow, Co. Cork. Phone: 020 42471

Siopaí/Shops

All the shops we are currently might as well have em all in one place and don't forget we do have a shop on Coimicí Gael www.coimicigael.ie:

Siopaí/Shops:

Mumhan/Munster:

An Clár/Clare:

Ennis Bookshop, 13 Abbey St., Ennis, Co Clare. http://www.ennisbookshop.ie/ Phone: 065 6829000 Email: books@ennisbookshop.ie

Art and Craft Company, Merchants Square, Ennis, Co. Clare http://www.artandcraft.ie/ Phone: 065 6821559 Email: info@artandcraft.ie

Custy’s Traditional Music Shop, Cookes Lane, Ennis, Co. Clare http://www.custysmusic.com/ Phone: 065 6821727 Email: custys.ennis@eircom.net

Scéal Eile Bookshop, 16 Lower Market St, Ennis, Co. Clare http://www.scealeilebooks.ie/ Phone: 065 6848648 Email: scealeilebooks@gmail.com

Abbey Newsagency, Abbey St., Ennis, Co. Clare Phone: 065 6821171

O’Callaghans News, Main St., Corofin, Co. Clare. Phone: 065 6827047

McLoughneys Newsagent, Unit 10, Shannon Town Centre, Shannon, Co. Clare Phone: 061 362067

Hurleys Newsagent, Main St., Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Phone: 065 7084040

Lahinch Bookshop, Main St., Lahinch, Co. Clare. Phone: 065 7081300

Dalcassian Shopping Centre, Ruan, Ennis, Co. Clare Phone: 065 6837741

Ciarraí/Kerry:

Dingle Bookshop, Green Street, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland Phone: 066 9152433Website: www.dinglebookshop.com

Litriocht.com, Cill Chúile, Baile na nGall, Trá Li, Co.Chiarraí Gréasán: www.litriocht.com Fón: (0) 66 9155237

Corcaigh/Cork:

Macroom Bookshop, Fitz-Gerald Street, Macroom, Co. CorkWebsite: http://www.macroombookshop.com/Phone:+353 (0)26-41888 Email: jackie@macroombookshop.com

Luimneach/Limerick:

Siopa Leabhar, Conradh na Gaeilge, 18 Sráíd Thomáis, Luimneach (in aice le Tony Clarkes School Books) Fón: 061-417895 / 061-409557 Rphost: conradhluimnigh@gmail.com

Eason, Sráid Uí Chonaill, Luimneach Fón: 061 419 588 Rphost: limerick@eason.com

Connacht/Connaught:

Gaillimh/Galway:

An Spailpín Fánach, Ceardlann an Spidéil, An Spidéal, Co. na Gaillimhe, ÉireFón: +353 (0) 91 553343 www.spailpin.com

ABC Schoolbooks, Corbettcourt Shopping Centre, Williamsgate St., Galway www.abcbooks.ie Phone: 091 561950 corbettcourt@abcbooks.ie

Sub City Comics: Corbett Court, Eyre Square Shopping Centre, Galway Phone: 091 565994

Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Cornstore Mall, Middle Street, Galway
Phone: +353 91 561 766 Web: http://www.charliebyrne.com/

Dubray Books, 4 Shop Street, Galway Phone: +353 (0) 91 569070
Website: http://www.dubraybooks.ie/galway.asp


Laighean/Leinster:

Átha Cliath/Dublin:

Siopa Leabhar, Conradh na Gaeilge, 6 Sráid Fhearchair, Baile Átha Cliath 2. Fón: +353 (0) 1 475 7401 Rphost: eolas@cnag.ie

Crow Street Comics, 8 Crow St., Dublin 2 (around the corner from Filmbase in Templebar)

Sub-City Comics 2 Exchequer Street Dublin 2 Phone: 01 6771902 .

Forbidden Planet, 5-6 Crampton St., Dublin 2 Phone: 01 6710688

Cill Mhantáin/Wicklow:

Cúpla Focal, 15/16 Cosán Ailbhe, Bré, Co Chill Mhantáin/Co WicklowWebsite: http://www.cuplafocal.ie/ Phone: 01-2765120

Ulaidh/Ulster:

Aontriom/Antrim:

Ceathrú Póilí, Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, 216 Bóthar na bhFál, Béal Feirste, BT12 6AHFón: +44 (0)28 9096 4180Gréasán: http://www.culturlann.com/

Doire/Derry:

An Carn Siopa, An Carn, Tirkane Road, Maghera, Co Derry BT46 5NHWebsite: http://www.ancarn.org/facilities/an-carn-siopaFón: 0044 (0)28 7954 9978


Dún na nGall/Donegal:

Teach Thomáis, Ard na gCeapairí, Doirí Beaga, Leitir Ceanainn, Contae Dún na nGall Phone: 074-953 1054

Oideas Gael, Gleann Cholm Cille, Contae Dhún na nGall, Éire Fón: 074 9730248 Rphost: eolas@oideas-gael.com Gréasán: www.oideas-gael.com

Thar Lear/Abroad:

Sasana/England:

London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Sq., London, NW1 9XB, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.londonirishcentre.wordpress.com/
Email: culture@irishcentre.org
Phone: 0044 (0) 20 7916 2222

Ceanada/Canada:

Scoil Gaeilge, 2342 E.27th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5N 2X2
Email: irelandmonumentvancouver@hotmail.com
Website: www.irelandmonumentvancouver.com