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Thursday 24th December 2009
Aled comics Christmas Special 1989
Going back exactly twenty years, the Christmas 1989 issue of Richard's Aled comics has been added to the galleries section...
Click here to see the Aled comics archive...
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Monday 14th December 2009
Competition reminder
This coming Friday (18th Dec) is the closing date for our competition to win a signed copy of The Silent Years on DVD and a 2010 charity calendar featuring Richard Sargent. Good luck!
Click here to read more and enter...
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Monday 14th December 2009
Richard Sargent Christmas card for Argos
Richard has once again produced a Christmas card for Argos Sheffield branch. This year the hot toy is Go Go Hamster, which is the target of this humorous festive picture now added to Richard's Argos gallery section.
Click here to see the 2009 Argos Christmas card by Richard Sargent...
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Sunday 11th October 2009
Win a signed copy of The Silent Years DVD and a 2010 cheeky charity calendar!
Enter our free draw for a chance to win these prizes in aid of Ashgate Hospice (and other charities). Competition closes 18th December 2009.
Click here to read more and enter...
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Tuesday 6th October 2009
Charity Calendar Competition
Richard Sargent has recently found himself roped into the 'Say Cheese' 2010 Charityboyz calendar (he can be seen in the November photo!). The calendar this year is in the style of a cheeky postcard. Hopewell Studios have donated a copy of The Silent Years DVD, signed by Richard Sargent & Simon Webster, to the Calendar launch party raffle and auction event, which takes place at Chandlers Bar in Chesterfield tomorrow. We will also be running a competition right here to win a calendar and signed DVD, so stay tuned!
Click here for more information at ALF Designs...
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Monday 28th September 2009
Fountains Abbey page added
A new webpage detailing the buildings and layout of Fountains Abbey (inspiration for The Silent Years), complete with location photographs, has been added to the site.
Click here to read about Fountains Abbey...
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Thursday 4th June 2009
Richard Sargent iPhone artwork
For those with iPhones, a new application called 'Beer We Go!' has been launched, for which Richard did a series of cartoon character designs.
Click here for details...
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Wednesday 13th May 2009
Fountains Mill
A page has been added about the area of Fountains Abbey where Simon & Richard's film The Silent Years is exhibited, including photographs.
Click here to read about Fountains Mill...
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Sunday 19th April 2009
PayPal £10,000 Giveaway
Between now and May 20th 2009, Paypal are giving away £10,000 a week. All you need to do to enter the weekly draw is make a purchase online using Paypal. So why not buy a copy of The Silent Years from our online shop and be automatically entered into the competition!
Please note: This competition has now finished.
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Wednesday 1st April 2009
'Where's Reg?'
Richard Sargent's comic character Reg now has a Facebook group devoted to locating his real-life alter-ego Andrew Reast...
Click here to visit the Facebook group (sign in to facebook required)...
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Wednesday 11th February 2009
The Silent Years on YouTube
Two short clips from Simon & Richard's animated film have been added to YouTube, "The Silent Years clip" and "The Silent Years clip2" by username 'MedievalNoviceMonk' (yes, that's us!). The clips are also available in the Portfolios section of this site.
Click here to see the first clip...
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Thursday 29th January 2009
Aled Comics update
The Aled comics archive has been updated with another issue and thumbnails of all the Aled issues.
Click here to see the Aled archive...
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Monday 15th December 2008
Merry Christmas from The Silent Years
A festive scene from our favourite Novice character, and the Abbot...
Click here to see the Christmas image...
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Sunday 30th November 2008
More Richard Sargent comic pages added
A further issue of Richard's 1990s 'Aled' comics has been added to the galleries section.
Click here to read the 'Aled Comics'...
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Sunday 26th October 2008
Simon Webster & Richard Sargent discuss The Silent Years
Extracts from the interviews which were filmed for the making-of documentaries on The Silent Years DVD, where Simon and Richard talk about their experiences of making both the original and special edition versions of the film.
Click here to read the interviews...
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Friday 12th September 2008
Exhibition featuring The Silent Years in Europe
For the last three years The Silent Years has been included as part of a European travelling expedition called Converting Sacred Spaces. The exhibition is currently in Saint Michel en Thierache. DVDs of The Silent Years have just been shipped and will soon be on sale from their shop.
Click here to visit the Converting Sacred Spaces site...
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Saturday 23rd August 2008
IMDb update
The Internet Movie Database listing for The Silent Years has now been updated with a poster image of the film and a still image.
Click here to visit The Silent Years page on IMDb...
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Thursday 14th August 2008
New Portfolio galleries added
In addition to the slideshow version already available, new static galleries of Richard Sargent's artwork are now featured on the site, including some extra material.
Click here to see the new static gallery...
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Wednesday 6th August 2008
'The Silent Years' Behind the Scenes gallery
A selection of photographs taken on set during production of The Silent Years, from both the original shoot in 1994/95 and the recent Special Edition in 2005/06.
Click here for the Behind the Scenes gallery...
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Tuesday 29th July 2008
'The Silent Years' on IMDb
The Internet Movie Database, a huge online TV and movie listings site, now features a page for 'The Silent Years: A Day in the Life of a Medieval Novice Monk' by Simon Webster & Richard Sargent. We plan to update the listing with more details soon.
Click here to visit IMDb...
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Thursday 17th July 2008
'Contact details' webpage alterations
Under the 'Contact Us' section of the website the option has now been added to contact individually either Edward Webster, Simon Webster or Richard Sargent. This is in addition to the general Hopewell Studios 'info' contact option which we were using previously.
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Sunday 29th June 2008
'Suspended Animation Limited' phased out
The company founded in 1998 by Simon Webster, Richard Sargent & Nick Case-Leng, specifically to handle VHS tape sales of 'The Silent Years' film, is now officially defunct. Simon and Richard started 'Webster/Sargent Productions' earlier this year in anticipation of the DVD/website sales, so any outstanding invoices for VHS copies will be transferred to the new partnership. All cheques sent to Hopewell Studios for DVDs should be made payable to Webster/Sargent Productions. Paypal payments are unaffected.
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Tuesday 3rd June 2008
What's on the Menu? DVD article added
Bringing 'The Silent Years' to DVD was not just a matter of bunging the film onto a disc; Simon & Richard ensured that an extensive themed menu would guide viewers around the DVD, based on the layout of abbey buildings. This article provides still images and information about that process...
Click here to read 'What's on the Menu?'...
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Saturday 24th May 2008
'The Silent Years' DVD on sale at Fountains Abbey gift shop
Simon & Richard's animated film was inspired by the ruins at Fountains Abbey, near Ripon in North Yorkshire. The link continued when the original VHS version of 'The Silent Years' went on sale in the gift shop in the late 1990s, and it has sold there ever since. This week we can finally report that visitors to Fountains Abbey will also be able to buy the DVD there.
Click here for the official Fountains Abbey website...
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Monday 12th May 2008
Richard Sargent's 'Reg 3: Reg Over The Edge' comic added
The final story in the 'Reg' comic trilogy, this graphic novel was written & illustrated by Richard over a long period in the late 1990s; first begun as a project at Leeds Metropolitan University in 1995 and finally completed in 1999. The full story has now been uploaded into Richard's profile page.
Click here to read 'Reg Over The Edge'...
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Sunday 4th May 2008
The Silent Years: 1995 and 2006, Part 2 added
The second part of the article by Richard Sargent that compares the differences between the 1995 original student film and the 2006 Special Edition version of The Silent Years.
Click here for Page 2 of '1995 and 2006: A Comparison'...
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Sunday 4th May 2008
Remastering: Before & After gallery added
A selection of images that illustrate the work that went into restoring and improving upon the 1995 original student film The Silent Years to create the 2006 Special Edition.
Click here to see the gallery...
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Thursday 1st May 2008
The Silent Years: 1995 and 2006, Part 1 added
The first part of an article by Richard Sargent that compares the differences between the 1995 original student film and the 2006 Special Edition version of The Silent Years. Part 2 will follow soon.
Click here to read Part 1 of '1995 and 2006: A Comparison'...
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Wednesday 16th April 2008
'The Silent Years' back in stock at Amazon
The Special Edition DVD of The Silent Years, by Simon Webster & Richard Sargent, is available once again to purchase from Amazon.co.uk, after being out of stock for a short while.
Click here for the Amazon link...
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Tuesday 15th April 2008
Sheffield Telegraph newspaper article
A brief news story about Simon & Richard's DVD release of The Silent Years has appeared in the Sheffield Telegraph.
Click here to see the page on their website...
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Friday 11th April 2008
Appeal for DVD reviews
We are currently in the process of setting up a webpage devoted to reviews of the The Silent Years DVD by Simon Webster & Richard Sargent. If you own the DVD or have seen the film and would like to have your opinions published online please send your comments (short or long) to us via the link below.
Click here to send us a review by email...
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Tuesday 8th April 2008
DVD Production Diaries Part 2 added
The story behind the production of the The Silent Years DVD by Simon Webster & Richard Sargent, is concluded in the second of these articles by Richard Sargent, covering the project as it evolved over two years.
Click here to read Part 2 of the Production Diary...
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Saturday 5th April 2008
Richard Sargent's 'Reg 2: The Lights of Fylingdales' comic added
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Thursday 3rd April 2008
'The Silent Years' sold out at Amazon
The Special Edition DVD of The Silent Years, by Simon Webster & Richard Sargent, has now been listed as 'no longer available' at Amazon.co.uk. although we hope they will re-order more copies from us soon. Of course, you can still purchase the DVD from us!
Click here to be linked to The Silent Years Amazon page...
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Tuesday 1st April 2008
Medieval Novice monk from 'The Silent Years' visits the 21st century
He starred as an apprentice Cistercian monk in The Silent Years, set in the 12th century. He recently visited Hopewell Studios to be interviewed for the newly released DVD, but it was never exactly clear to us how he came to be here, and he returned to his medieval abbey shortly afterwards to complete his training....
How did he do that? Well, this exclusive photo seems to answer our questions!
Click here to discover the Novice's secret...
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Tuesday 25th March 2008
Article about 'The Silent Years' on Leeds Met Alumni website
The Silent Years was made at Leeds Metropolitan University while Simon & Richard were students there. The official website for Leeds Met alumni has added a brief piece about the DVD of the film under their Alumni News section, with a link to Hopewell Studios. With thanks to Hilary Ashton at www.leedsmetalumni.net.
Click here to read the article...
Edit: July 08 this article appears to have been moved/deleted
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Saturday 22nd March 2008
Richard Sargent's 'Annualed 1995' comic added
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Wednesday 19th March 2008
Simon Webster & Richard Sargent's 'The Silent Years' now available at Amazon
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Monday 17th March 2008
The Novice character profile page added
It seemed only fair that since Edward, Simon and Richard all have their own pages the Novice should have one too! Star of The Silent Years animated film, Novice's profile is now linked to his spot on the homepage.
Click here to see Novice's profile page...
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Friday 14th March 2008
Richard Sargent's 'Reg vs the Moon Zombies' comic added
Richard has produced many comic strip stories over the years, and we have begun uploading a selection. This story was written & illustrated by Richard as a project at Leeds Metropolitan University in 1993 (just before work started on The Silent Years).
Click here to read 'Reg versus the Moon Zombies'...
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Sunday 9th March 2008
DVD Production Diaries Part 1 added
The story behind the production of the The Silent Years DVD by Simon Webster & Richard Sargent, is told in detail in the first of these articles by Richard Sargent, covering the project as it evolved over two years.
Click here to read the Production Diary...
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Wednesday 5th March 2008
'The Silent Years' Special Edition DVD out now!
The recently completed Special Edition DVD of The Silent Years, by Simon Webster & Richard Sargent, is finally available to purchase direct from this website via our Online Shop.
This project has been in development since 2005, and we are very pleased to be able to offer it here on our site.
Please click here to buy your copies now...
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Monday 3rd March 2008
Hopewell Studios launches new website
We have had a static website for a couple of years now, but with the launch of our DVD The Silent Years we thought it was time for a revamp.
We now have an online shop, using Paypal. We have added more portfolios of our individual work, and more will be added over time.
Special thanks to Chris Thompson of Connect 24 for lots of hard work putting together this new site.
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