This month Oisin McGann interviews Matt Griffin. With a client list that includes Warner Bros, Disney, Amblin Entertainment, Wired and Penguin among others, Matt Griffin has established himself as one of Ireland’s leading – and busiest – commercial artists, with a distinctive blend of dynamic illustration and graphic design. Though he lives in Ennis, County […]
Please enjoy Oisin McGann‘s interview with Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick this month. Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick is one of Ireland’s most accomplished writer-illustrators. Among her many accolades, she has won Ireland’s most prestigious children’s book prize, the Bisto Book of the Year Award, three times for her picture books, then after it was renamed the CBI Book of the […]
Today we feature another terrific interview from Oisin McGann. Colin Lorimer: An Unwavering Desire I first encountered Colin Lorimer at Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design and then later when we both worked in pre-production in Fred Wolf Films in Dublin. Even back then in the nineties, Colin had an obvious passion for comics […]
Today we feature another wonderful interview by Oisin McGann. When I first met Clíodhna Lyons at a comics event we did in 2011, she mentioned that she was creating comic art using screen-printing, among other techniques. Truly, this was a woman who liked doing things her own way. After studying animation at Ballyfermot College in […]
Interview by Oisin McGann When I first saw PJ Lynch’s work, back in the nineties, it was in the book, Oscar Wilde: Stories for Children. I remember thinking: ‘Man, they don’t illustrate ’em like that any more. I wonder if this guy’s still alive?’ I didn’t realise at the time that PJ was not a […]
Today we begin a new monthly feature on the illustrators of Ireland. Please join Oisin McGann as he introduces us to the artists of Ireland. What better way to spend a Sunday! Paint Me a Picture: Introduction: Oisin McGann This is the first post in a new series featuring the illustrators of Ireland, both Irish […]
RELEASE THE KRAKEN! You may have noticed Iain’s work already; on our flyers and posters, at our tables, or maybe you were lucky enough to get one of our postcards of Mae Jemison; the first black female astronaut. He’s everywhere, and we love his work! Iain’s our chosen one for The Chat today! What are you […]
Last year, we featured Lord Dunsany’s Book of Wonder, and mentioned what a huge influence it was on many other contemporary writers at the time. You can read that entry here, and discover more about one of Ireland’s most prominent figures in SFF writing. This year, we want to revisit this entry for IFF by […]
Today on the blog we’re proud to share John Jude Palencar‘s experience of visiting Ireland in 2004 and becoming the Artist in Residence at the Cill Rialaig Art Project. John has produced over 100 covers for science fiction, fantasy and horror books by Lovecraft, Steven King and J.R.R. Tolkien, and it’s obvious from his account below […]
Friday rolls around again, and we’re here once more with a free extract of SFF literature. Today however, we’re also delighted to showcase our new IFF logo, made by Bid Team member Shevaun Frazier (who has also done a lot of our vector work, including the main Dublin 2019 t-shirt logos. It depicts the Children […]
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