Archive | September, 2005

SF Junkie

14. September 2005

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I guess that’s a phrase that applies to a lot of us here. Richard Hawkins proudly admits to it; in fact he has gone as far as creating a new SF website, SciFi UK.com especially for the SF junkies among us (we’re not junkies, we could give it up any time we wanted, honest… It’s [...]

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Nova Scotia interview

14. September 2005

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Yes, I know we’ve been mentioning the Scottish SF anthology Nova Scotia a lot here, but, hey, it’s a damned fine anthology (see how this piece fits seamlessly with yesterday’s blog on graphic novel anthologies?!) of new and established writers, we love it, we chose it for the book picks in our very first FPI [...]

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New Anthology

13. September 2005

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We’ve seen some interesting collections recently on the comics anthology front. The big publishers such as DC have offered readers a chance to sample their imprints with the likes of the Vertigo First Taste collection while the good folks over at Fantagraphics have brought us diverse mixtures of old and new artists and writers with [...]

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Underworld

13. September 2005

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The IDW graphic novels for December are now live on the Pre-orders section. Among them is an adaptation of the forthcoming movie Underworld Evolution, a sequel to the Kate Beckinsale and Bill Nighy vampire film, Underworld. I enjoyed the original in a basic way but considered it to be very much style over substance – [...]

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Bookcrossing in Edinburgh – the inside skinny

12. September 2005

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The Edinburgh writer Deborah J Miller, author (under the name Miller Lau) of the excellent Last Clansman series (partly set in Edinburgh) celebrated the publication of her first novel with Tor Macmillan by going round the city recently and leaving copies of Swarmthief’s Dance (one of the SF book picks in the first issue [...]

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Comic Industry Hurricane Relief

9. September 2005

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Michael Avon Oeming is the latest in a line of generous-hearted folk from the comics industry to step up and try to do something to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Speaking on the Pulse Michael explained what artwork he was donating: “One is the POWERS #1 COVER, drawn in 1998. This is the first POWERS [...]

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Betty Boop in Hooters

2. September 2005

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No, it may sound like one of those copyright-dodgy 60s comix pornographic spoofs of a beloved old character, but actually its a report that cartoon pin-up gal Betty Boop has been signed up to the American chain Hooters, which my US chums tell me is some sort of gentlemen’s leisure club with attentive maid service. [...]

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How the Future Used To look – Dan Dare and Flash Gordon

2. September 2005

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Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. These words used to send thrills down the spines of a generation of post-war kids every week. Imagine, cold, grey, post-war Britain – still in the grip of the Austerity measures and with many cities still full of bombed-out sites from the devastation of World War Two. Then imagine [...]

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DC to help comic retailers in Gulf Coast

1. September 2005

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DC (the comics giant, not the home of federal government) has generously announced that it will do its best to offer assistance to fellow comic retailers caught up in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina across southern Gulf States. “We are extremely concerned about the safety of these comics retailers and their families, and DC will [...]

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