Today sees the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to fund recording the soundtrack to The Wolf of Baghdad motion comic. You can find more details and how to make a pledge here. There are lots of great rewards to be had in exchange for pledges with more to be added over the coming weeks. Rewards […]
Read More Kickstarter campaign launches today!Coverage of The Wolf of Baghdad reaches mainstream Arabic media through this article for Al-Monitor, written by Gilgamesh Nabeel, with fascinating accounts of the audience’s reaction to the performance in London last month: Through Baghdadi folk songs and lullabies, British-born musician Carol Isaacs sailed with dozens of Iraqis and Britons from London all the way […]
Read More “Young Iraqis re-encounter their Jewish compatriots”The Wolf will be performed at the 4th annual Ahbab Arabic music festival in Cambridge on Sunday 17th February at 4pm. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion from leading academic experts on the subjects of Iraq, its music and the legacy of its Jewish communities. It will be chaired by Dr Merav […]
Read More Ahbab Festival, CambridgeA huge thank you and شكرا لكم to all those who attended The Wolf of Baghdad performances at JW3 last week, it was wonderful to see you there. Sorry if you weren’t able get a ticket – it was heavily oversubscribed and I was told the venue could have sold out two more nights! There […]
Read More Thank you ! شكرا لكمMany thanks to Jewish Renaissance magazine (sponsored by Dangoor Education) and Rebecca Taylor for their interview with me on The Wolf of Baghdad. To be found, aptly, in the Sephardi Renaissance section of their October 2018 issue. Booking for the JW3 performances in November here.
Read More An interview with Jewish Renaissance magazineWell, I have now finished the memoir and am in the process of turning it into a semi-animated slideshow. Did you know that there’s a term for this type of thing? It’s called ‘motion comics’. Lately, I’ve been having a recurring dream about storks and sandstorms…
Read More Storks and a sandstormDelighted to tell you that my graphic memoir The Wolf of Baghdad has been long listed for Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel Competition. I am honoured to be on the list of submissions which you can see here. I submitted the first 30 pages of the work in progress earlier in the year and the […]
Read More Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel CompetitionMany thanks to all those who braved the icy conditions and came to the test performance of the Wolf of Baghdad at Laydeez Do Comics here in London last week. Your support was much appreciated and the feedback forms you kindly filled in will help inform the project’s completion next year. (See below for one […]
Read More Thank you…Here’s a sneak preview of tomorrow’s event at Laydeez Do Comics. (Turn on your audio to hear the soundtrack.) Booking information here. Monday 11 December from 7pm at the Tea House Theatre in Vauxhall, London.
Read More The Wolf of Baghdad – trailerI’ve been asked to take part in a panel discussion at Graphic Brighton’s Caption 2017 event about music and comics. Showing some work in progress from the memoir and talking about how the musical components work with the graphic images. There will also be a series of a ‘lightning talks’ by comic creators including Rachel Ball, […]
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