Commercial and comic artist John Watkiss has created some wonderfully eerie black light paintings (acrylic on plastic) just in time for Halloween.

Last Saturday, deep in the bowels of Dublin’s Mansion House, the great, the good and the misbehaved, of the internet gathered round to celebrate the best of the Irish websites.

And it was no mean feat that Liam and Craig of The Comic Cast fame nabbed the gong for Best Independent Podcaster. Our very own scamps are now, officially, Ireland’s best podcast!

Congratulations lads!! Hugely deserved and fantastic recognition for all of the hard work.

Five books have been shortlisted for this years award and this is the first year that the illustrators are jointly recognised with the author. It’s an Oireachtas na Gaeilge award and the winner will be announced in the National Library on Tuesday the 15th of November 2011.
Five titles shortlisted are:
 

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Have you heard the latest and greatest show to hit the airwaves? Check out Gráinne Clear’s show, Little Pages on RTEjr – tackling all things books from way back when to the the hottest thing next week.

You can catch the first show here.

The superb Culture File (Mon-Fri at 6.40pm on Lyric fm) sent Regan Hutchins to talk with illustrator Helen Oxenbury about the books she made in collaboration with cult Scottish writer and musician, Ivor Cutler. Listen here. (Also, in an episode from a few weeks ago, they talked to IGI member Steve McCarthy which you can listen to here.)

“All you will need is a pencil, some paper, a global recession and some corporate anger and you’ll be able to draw this handsome fellow.” – Merill Kazanjian

Fresh Air‘s Terry Gross conducts a heartbreaking interview with Maurice Sendak which mainly focuses on his old age.  Listen here.

Watch the making of video of the concert poster DKNG made for  Explosions in the Sky here.

Illustrators Ireland member Eoin Coveney was recently approached by Sony Ireland to produce an illustration to accompany the new single by Christy Moore- “My little Honda 50″ - the Client’s concept was to film a time-lapse video of an illustration to accompany the song instead of the usual route of showing stills or other arbitrary imagery…

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