World Cup Journal Launch Party With William Goldsmith and Christopher Rainbow

We are thrilled to welcome William Goldsmith and Christopher Rainbow to the shop this November! To celebrate the launch of their brand new comic World Cup Journal, from Sputnikat Press, the creators will be joining us on Friday 18th November, from 7-9pm.

World Cup Journal, a collaboration between Goldsmith and Rainbow, collects a wide range of different stories, illustrations and reports reflecting on the artist's impressions and their observations while living abroad in Russia during 2018. This compassionate and thoughtful examination of life in Russia compares the country during a time where it enjoyed international tourism with it current state of self-isolation following the ongoing Ukranian invasion. It will be printed on risograph by Moscow-based publisher Sputnikat Press and here are a few words about the book from the artists themselves:

World Cup Journal is a collection of observational anecdotes from William Goldsmith and Christopher Rainbow, two British comics artists living in Russia. These stories will reveal a range of perspectives: fans travelling on an overnight sleeper, Kyrgyz restaurant owners facing closure, a Muscovite five-a-side team, sticker-swapping school kids, stewards and police, England fans in Volgograd, and much more. This is an intimate, alternative take on World Cup reporting, and on Russia itself. Our research will take us cross-country, including Sochi, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don and Moscow. We will produce around 40 one-page vignettes as 6-panel comics during the World Cup, posting updates as we go. These will be supplemented by additional illustrations post-tournament, to make a final book of around 80 pages, beautifully printed on risograph through Sputnikat Press, on an initial run of 300 copies.

We look forward to welcoming William Goldsmith and Christopher Rainbow to the shop on Friday 18th November, from 7-9pm. If you can't make the launch event, you'll be able to pre-order a signed edition of the comic from our website.

Keep up to date with any updates on our Facebook event page.