Archive | July, 2005

Haunted

29. July 2005

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Our chums at the excellent indie press that is Slave Labor Graphics tell us that they are publishing the first of their tie-ins with the Mouse Kingdom this autumn. The first Disney title will be The Haunted Mansion, inspired by the famous ride rather than the Eddie Murphy movie (I can hear sighs of relief [...]

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Ice Haven

28. July 2005

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Since the Most Excellent Dan Clowes, creator of (among others) Ghost World is being featured in today’s Guardian newspaper (which reports he is working on a movie adaptation of Art School Confidential) this would seem to be an opportune moment to let you all know that his latest collection is now in stock. Ice Haven [...]

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New Who Suit

27. July 2005

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The BBC’s wardrobe department has given us the spectacle of David Tennant modelling his new Doctor Who costume – pinstripes, trenchcoat and trainers – as filming of the new series gets underway. In even more exciting news – at least to the old fans like me – Auntie also announced that the wonderful Elisabeth Sladen [...]

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Mastermind

27. July 2005

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With an emphasis on ‘mind’ (sorry, you have to be a fan of Culture novels to get that bit). Cheryl in Emerald City reports that one of our favourite authors, Iain M Banks, is to appear on the seriously heavyweight Mastermind programme. His specialist subject will come as no surprise to those who know him [...]

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New Asterix

22. July 2005

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Oh, yes indeedy, you read it right – there is a brand new Asterix the Gaul album coming our way. What’s it called? I don’t know. What’s the story? I really couldn’t say. In fact, other than the price and the fact it is coming in October I can’t tell you much at all, since [...]

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Quesada gets contract extension

22. July 2005

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Marvel Comics editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada, has had his contract with Mighty Marvel extended and also takes on the additional role of chief creative officer, publishing. “Over the next couple of years, my ultimate goals will remain further growing Marvel Comics’ leadership position and expanding our mainstream presence. I want comics to have the same consumer prominence [...]

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Transformers

22. July 2005

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Paramount, Dreamworks and Hasbro made a joint announcement recently to confirm not only that the live-action Transformers movie is indeed going into production but that is was scheduled for a July 4th 2006 release. Since the Independence Day opening weekend is one of the biggest slots in the US summer movie calendar this could be [...]

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Infinite Crisis

22. July 2005

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It seems that everyone in the comics world has been talking about DC’s Infinite Crisis saga for months now (in-between talking about Marvel’s equally huge House of M series). Well, my colleague Anna tells me that the first issue of Infinite Crisis (due in October) is now available to pre-order from the FPI comics [...]

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Trekking at the Edinburgh Festival

20. July 2005

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The award-winning actress and financial consultant (now there’s a mix!) Bari Hochwald, familiar to SF fans for several appearances in a variety of Star Trek shows, has told FPI that she is bringing her very own show to this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Yes, August is almost on us and that means the world’s largest set [...]

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DC October

20. July 2005

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The DC titles for October are now live on our site for advance orders (a day later than usual due to the big San Diego Comic Con). There are some cool-looking titles in there, including Catwoman – When in Rome from the top-team of Jeph Loeb ad Tim Sale, leading on from their excellent Batman [...]

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FPI Mag

15. July 2005

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Yes, it’s finally here! The brand-new FPI magazine is coming into our stores this very day, oozing with style and sex appeal (which may have something to do with Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer on the cover of course – she’s interviewed inside). Yes, our popular colour catalogue is still in there, choc-a-block with all sorts [...]

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MirrorMask in Edinburgh

14. July 2005

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The phrase ‘eagerly anticipated’ doesn’t really quite cover the way fans feel about the movie collaboration between Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman. MirrorMask wowed them at the Sundance Film Festival and I’ve been waiting along with many others to see if it was likely to appear on the programme of this year’s Edinburgh International Film [...]

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Fauna

13. July 2005

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The Xeric Grant has encouraged and nurtured a number of independent comics creators, including Alex Fellows. We’ve just added on a new Xeric winner to the graphic novels pre-orders which I reckon is well worth a look – Fauna by Zack Gardner. Obviously I haven’t read it yet, but I have to say I am [...]

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So tempting they should be a Sin…

12. July 2005

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Dark Horse’s advance orders for November are now live on the graphic novels site. My attention was drawn straight away to the second, gorgeous-looking Sin City collection. Frank Miller’s Sin City Library Set II to give it its full title. As with the first set it is a collection of four hardback, prestige-format graphic novels [...]

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JLA – the game

12. July 2005

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Sony PS2 and X-Box owners look set to have their playing fingers tapping over a new superhero game as Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment announced they were working on a new game for those platforms based around the popular Justice League of America comic. Jason Hall, Senior Vice President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment was quoted [...]

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