Whitechapel - SVK2013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/
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SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278846#Comment_2788462011-01-15T09:55:22-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00warrenellishttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2
Finally, one of my sekrit projects has poked its head into the light of day. That which was Project Blacklight has been announced by BERG: it's called SVK.
This is the announcement post on the ...
SVK.
SVK is a short graphic novella I'm writing, to be illustrated by my old mate Matt Brooker, the artist generally known as D'Israeli. This'll be the first substantial work we've done together in... christ, nigh on 20 years, since LAZARUS CHURCHYARD.
And it's to be published by BERG, the London design consultancy group.
Regular readers of this site will know BERG well. For the rest of you, check out their work -- you might well find you realise you already knew them.
SVK is about... well, SVK stands for a few things, including "Surveillance, Very Kafka." In one meeting I also described the book as "Franz Kafka's Bourne Identity," which seems to have stuck.
The story, concerning a recovery agent and a thing lost that should probably never have been made, is set in London. So it has to be about surveillance at some level, as London is probably the most surveilled city in the world, one estimate pegging the level at one CCTV camera to every eight people. At any one time, in fact, a fifth of the world's CCTV cameras are live in the UK.
There is an interesting and possibly unique physical aspect to the book that we're not discussing right now. But BERG are very good at making things that are about perception, like the (pre-INCEPTION!) Here And There map. When Jack Schulze at BERG came to me with the core idea that SVK's built on, I knew I had to at least try this, just to see if it'd work...! It's going to be a surprise, I think, and this sort of envelope-tampering is only going to happen somewhere like BERG. Strange Vector of a Komik.
Also, there are going to be strange and lovely opportunities for a few advertisers therein. Not quite product placement. Details at the BERG link.
SVK will be with you next spring.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278862#Comment_2788622011-01-15T11:12:12-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00roadscumhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7712
Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Ooh! Thumpathumpathump!
Downstairs they brush the plaster dust from their shoulders and reach for the broom handle again...
Downstairs they brush the plaster dust from their shoulders and reach for the broom handle again...]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278876#Comment_2788762011-01-15T12:18:17-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Monohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9270
I Am Happy Now. And drooling a bit.
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278882#Comment_2788822011-01-15T12:36:56-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00icelandbobhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250
yeah i seemed to collect a small pool of drool next to my PC when i first read this. Yes this is truly good...
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278883#Comment_2788832011-01-15T12:38:02-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00ian hollowayhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961
good news - especially the matt brooker part. eye candy par excellence.
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278884#Comment_2788842011-01-15T12:38:21-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Artenshiurhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8804
I am very curious now. Will keep my eyes open.
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279039#Comment_2790392011-01-16T08:26:31-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Sonnyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1167
This sounds very promising!
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279045#Comment_2790452011-01-16T09:49:32-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
Exciting stuff, particularly this 'unique physical aspect'. I'm a fan of D'Isreali's work to boot - my favourite comic panel is by him, and I did wonder why BERG logos kept cropping up in his recent ...
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279232#Comment_2792322011-01-17T17:37:16-08:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Corey Waitshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=453
Really excited to see the final product.
Any idea what kind of distribution we're going to see? Comic store? Book store? Sold exclusively through BERG's website?
I'm hoping it's not the latter ...
Any idea what kind of distribution we're going to see? Comic store? Book store? Sold exclusively through BERG's website?
I'm hoping it's not the latter because postage might prove expensive to the colonies, but I'll still be getting a copy regardless.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297322#Comment_2973222011-06-08T07:29:35-07:002011-06-08T07:29:57-07:00Kradlumhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3664
Update on Warren's website. I thought I'd mention it because we know no-one ever reads it: SVK
SVK]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297385#Comment_2973852011-06-08T16:01:13-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00StefanJhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961
I like Wm. Gibson's tweet on SVK:
"And it comes with a specially-designed device capable of revealing dubious stains on hotel room carpets. As so few comics do, today."
"And it comes with a specially-designed device capable of revealing dubious stains on hotel room carpets. As so few comics do, today."
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SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297480#Comment_2974802011-06-09T10:45:03-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Sonnyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1167
I'm going to have to remember to ask my Dealer about this next time I go in to get comics. I'm guessing he'll probably be cool enough to order this for me.
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297519#Comment_2975192011-06-09T15:17:29-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Brandon Seiferthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=333
Remember folks, SVK isn't being sold through comic or book stores. Warren's stated repeatedly that it's going to be sold mail-order only.
Thinking your retailer is going to order it for you, when ...
SVK isn't being sold through comic or book stores. Warren's stated repeatedly that it's going to be sold mail-order only.
Thinking your retailer is going to order it for you, when it isn't available through a distributor or at a wholesale discount, isn't all that likely. Why would your retailer pay cover price + shipping for a book, just to resell it to you at-cost? I doubt many retailers are going to bother doing that.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297528#Comment_2975282011-06-09T16:00:01-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Brian le Golemhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1817
I'm currently reading William Gibson's Spook Country. Just one sentence:"If Brown had declared the Queen of England to be a shape-shifting alien reptile, craving the flesh of humans infants, ...
Considering this is exactly what Warren depicted in Hellblazer, a few years earlier, my question: do you guys keep reading each others? I love this "cameo", but there's just so much interaction!]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297530#Comment_2975302011-06-09T16:07:54-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00warrenellishttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2
No, we both got it from the same place: the work of David Icke.
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297545#Comment_2975452011-06-09T17:30:12-07:002011-06-09T19:07:24-07:00Brian le Golemhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1817
Ok! Now I'll go and dig about David Icke.
Thanks!
Thanks!]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297548#Comment_2975482011-06-09T18:14:39-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Brandon Seiferthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=333
@Brian le Golem — In case you haven't seen it, there's a thread devoted to asking Warren questions.
a thread devoted to asking Warren questions.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297553#Comment_2975532011-06-09T19:07:05-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Brian le Golemhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1817
@Brandon: oupsie-daisie, you're right. Cut and paste, then. Thanks
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297791#Comment_2977912011-06-11T13:53:14-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Sonnyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1167
Oh, my bad. I haven't seen that information (that this won't be sold in shops).
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297976#Comment_2979762011-06-13T10:56:33-07:002011-06-13T10:56:52-07:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
I trust everyone is up to speed on the amazing Universe-Hole Punching powers of the SVK torch?
Universe-Hole Punching powers of the SVK torch?]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298096#Comment_2980962011-06-14T09:38:53-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Miranda's Eyeshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1443
Maybe I'm being horribly jaded, but I'm more excited about this news than I am about the DC 52-title reboot.
Speaking of the UK and CCTV cameras reminded me of Alan Moore's V FOR VENDETTA. Back ...
Speaking of the UK and CCTV cameras reminded me of Alan Moore's V FOR VENDETTA. Back when he was first putting the series together, he wanted to create a visual symbol of his near-future fascist government's social control. So Moore came up with the concept of having ubiquitous CCTV cameras long before they became a commonplace item in the UK. I don't think having that idea become reality made him dance with joy.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298196#Comment_2981962011-06-15T09:10:12-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00cbkofhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8811
Was just watching BERG’s Matt Jones and Jack Schulze in the lecture posted on Warren’s Wordpress site but it is not clear to me when the lecture was given; their reference to an April release ...
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298198#Comment_2981982011-06-15T09:14:49-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00warrenellishttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2
We had to push the release date back a bit, that's all. Complicated, complex project.
It's not often a publisher has to design and arrange individual shipping packages to ensure a UV torch button ...
It's not often a publisher has to design and arrange individual shipping packages to ensure a UV torch button doesn't get depressed in transit.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298199#Comment_2981992011-06-15T09:29:07-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00cbkofhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8811
Expectations readjusting, The Fear subsiding.
Also, the lecture was indeed quite wonderful.
Also, the lecture was indeed quite wonderful.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298259#Comment_2982592011-06-15T21:14:59-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Peter Kellyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3000
the fact that they care enough about the UV torch not arriving with the battery dead makes me like this company/project even more.
Really hope this is a huge success for everyone, lord know's you're ...
Really hope this is a huge success for everyone, lord know's you're already going to get my money.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298274#Comment_2982742011-06-16T01:15:41-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00NickDonaldhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7215
No, we both got it from the same place: the work of David Icke.
Work seems a rather kind way of describing David Icke's silliness.
No, we both got it from the same place: the work of David Icke.
Work seems a rather kind way of describing David Icke's silliness.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298398#Comment_2983982011-06-17T09:33:18-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Kradlumhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3664
SVK at the printers, for those that don't follow Warren's twitter.
SVK at the printers, for those that don't follow Warren's twitter.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298732#Comment_2987322011-06-20T10:31:54-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00cbkofhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8811
We had to push the release date back a bit, that's all. Complicated, complex project.
It's not often a publisher has to design and arrange individual shipping packages to ensure a UV torch button ...
We had to push the release date back a bit, that's all. Complicated, complex project.
It's not often a publisher has to design and arrange individual shipping packages to ensure a UV torch button doesn't get depressed in transit.
Crap, I can't believe I fell for that.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298737#Comment_2987372011-06-20T11:54:00-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00warrenellishttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2
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SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298765#Comment_2987652011-06-20T14:46:45-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00cbkofhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8811
Well, when I saw this from Jamais Cascio: "SVK will only be available via mail order, and will be on sale very soon."
Plus, solution to UV flashlights is take out the battery.
Plus, ...
Plus, solution to UV flashlights is take out the battery.
Plus, all the near-readiness-looking pics and info.
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I thought you were pulling my leg.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298796#Comment_2987962011-06-20T18:05:26-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00warrenellishttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2
I swear to god, the IQ on the internet drops on a daily fucking basis lately.
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298825#Comment_2988252011-06-21T00:16:26-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00cbkofhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8811
ouch
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299018#Comment_2990182011-06-22T06:42:33-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Gordonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275
Burn! :)
Really, really looking forward to this title. If it's a success, will we be seeing further stories told in this fashion?
Really, really looking forward to this title. If it's a success, will we be seeing further stories told in this fashion?]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299065#Comment_2990652011-06-22T12:52:54-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00warrenellishttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2
The chances of me doing much more in the comics form AT ALL over the next couple of years are getting smaller all the time. We live in a bold new decade where people apparently think the projects I ...
am doing are photoshop jobs.]]>
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299078#Comment_2990782011-06-22T14:47:17-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Beamishhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8236
Whether it be a comic, book or box of cereal I will certainly enjoy it.
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299082#Comment_2990822011-06-22T14:58:05-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Sonnyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1167
Sad to hear. But I am eagerly awaiting your novel(s). And I always dig your essays; can't wait for the second DO ANYTHING, and whatever else you've got in-store for the world that is non-comics ...
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299086#Comment_2990862011-06-22T15:11:57-07:002011-06-25T10:59:42-07:00cbkofhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8811
I do get it, finally. I am clearly ignorant of how much more work needs to be done at this point and I certainly don’t mean to disparage anyone’s efforts. It’s a case of tossing wish thinking ...
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299144#Comment_2991442011-06-23T00:03:24-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00Frankhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1074
looking forward to this
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=301786#Comment_3017862011-07-13T11:31:42-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00rdouekhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7512
It's sitting in my bag, right now... mocking me. Too much work to do right now, but when I get home tonight, its mine!!
SVKhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=309769#Comment_3097692011-09-19T19:16:46-07:002013-05-25T00:01:32-07:00dok101http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7187
Ordered a copy a couple of days ago. Looking forward to it.