Whitechapel - SVK Thu, 23 May 2013 03:53:01 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278846#Comment_278846 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278846#Comment_278846 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:55:22 -0800 warrenellis SVK.

This is the announcement post on the BERGblog.

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. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278862#Comment_278862 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278862#Comment_278862 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:12:12 -0800 roadscum
Downstairs they brush the plaster dust from their shoulders and reach for the broom handle again... ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278876#Comment_278876 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278876#Comment_278876 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:18:17 -0800 Mono SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278882#Comment_278882 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278882#Comment_278882 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:36:56 -0800 icelandbob SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278883#Comment_278883 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278883#Comment_278883 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:38:02 -0800 ian holloway SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278884#Comment_278884 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=278884#Comment_278884 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:38:21 -0800 Artenshiur SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279039#Comment_279039 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279039#Comment_279039 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:26:31 -0800 Sonny SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279045#Comment_279045 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279045#Comment_279045 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:49:32 -0800 curb SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279232#Comment_279232 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=279232#Comment_279232 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:37:16 -0800 Corey Waits
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. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297322#Comment_297322 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297322#Comment_297322 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:29:35 -0700 Kradlum SVK ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297385#Comment_297385 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297385#Comment_297385 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:01:13 -0700 StefanJ
"And it comes with a specially-designed device capable of revealing dubious stains on hotel room carpets. As so few comics do, today."
]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297480#Comment_297480 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297480#Comment_297480 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:45:03 -0700 Sonny SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297519#Comment_297519 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297519#Comment_297519 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:17:29 -0700 Brandon Seifert 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. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297528#Comment_297528 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297528#Comment_297528 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:00:01 -0700 Brian le Golem 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! ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297530#Comment_297530 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297530#Comment_297530 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:07:54 -0700 warrenellis SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297545#Comment_297545 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297545#Comment_297545 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:30:12 -0700 Brian le Golem
Thanks! ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297548#Comment_297548 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297548#Comment_297548 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:14:39 -0700 Brandon Seifert a thread devoted to asking Warren questions. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297553#Comment_297553 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297553#Comment_297553 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:07:05 -0700 Brian le Golem SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297791#Comment_297791 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297791#Comment_297791 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:53:14 -0700 Sonny SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297976#Comment_297976 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=297976#Comment_297976 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:56:33 -0700 sneak046 Universe-Hole Punching powers of the SVK torch? ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298096#Comment_298096 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298096#Comment_298096 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:38:53 -0700 Miranda's Eyes
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. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298196#Comment_298196 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298196#Comment_298196 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:10:12 -0700 cbkof SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298198#Comment_298198 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298198#Comment_298198 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:14:49 -0700 warrenellis
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. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298199#Comment_298199 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298199#Comment_298199 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:29:07 -0700 cbkof
Also, the lecture was indeed quite wonderful. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298259#Comment_298259 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298259#Comment_298259 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:14:59 -0700 Peter Kelly Really hope this is a huge success for everyone, lord know's you're already going to get my money. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298274#Comment_298274 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298274#Comment_298274 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:15:41 -0700 NickDonald 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. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298398#Comment_298398 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298398#Comment_298398 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:33:18 -0700 Kradlum SVK at the printers, for those that don't follow Warren's twitter. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298732#Comment_298732 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298732#Comment_298732 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:31:54 -0700 cbkof 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. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298737#Comment_298737 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298737#Comment_298737 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:54:00 -0700 warrenellis SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298765#Comment_298765 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298765#Comment_298765 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:46:45 -0700 cbkof
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. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298796#Comment_298796 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298796#Comment_298796 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:05:26 -0700 warrenellis SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298825#Comment_298825 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=298825#Comment_298825 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:16:26 -0700 cbkof SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299018#Comment_299018 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299018#Comment_299018 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:42:33 -0700 Gordon
Really, really looking forward to this title. If it's a success, will we be seeing further stories told in this fashion? ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299065#Comment_299065 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299065#Comment_299065 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:52:54 -0700 warrenellis am doing are photoshop jobs. ]]> SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299078#Comment_299078 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299078#Comment_299078 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:47:17 -0700 Beamish SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299082#Comment_299082 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299082#Comment_299082 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:58:05 -0700 Sonny SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299086#Comment_299086 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299086#Comment_299086 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:11:57 -0700 cbkof SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299144#Comment_299144 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=299144#Comment_299144 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:03:24 -0700 Frank SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=301786#Comment_301786 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=301786#Comment_301786 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:31:42 -0700 rdouek SVK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=309769#Comment_309769 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9421&Focus=309769#Comment_309769 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:16:46 -0700 dok101