Archive | November, 2005

Déjà vu Podcast

14. November 2005

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You may remember one of the first novels we featured on the FPI blog when we started earlier this year, Déjà vu. Well, the author of that rather cool tale has been in touch to let us know that he is adapting Déjà vu for podcasting, under the creative commons license (as championed by Charlie [...]

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Edinburgh SF Book Group December Meeting

13. November 2005

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The December meeting of the Edinburgh SF Book Group will take place on Thursday December the 8th at 6pm in Henderson’s on Hanover Street; all are welcome to come along and enjoy a good discussion of a fine book. Following November’s classic reading with Alfred Bester’s (in my opinion) brilliant The Demolished Man (was it [...]

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Steve Savile Needs Help With Slaine

11. November 2005

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Ariel at the Alien Online has posted a plea for help from author Steve Savile who is working on a Slaine novel for Black Flame – seems Steve needs some assistance from comic fans on some of Slaine’s back-stories: “I have Warrior’s Dawn, The King, Time Killer, and The Horned God I, II, III,” Savile [...]

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Comic Television

11. November 2005

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The new Blade TV series is due to begin filming in Vancouver next week with Kirk ‘Sticky’ Jones (no, I don’t know why he’s called that) playing the title role, with the other major cast players confirmed as Jill Wagner, Neil Jackson, Nelson Lee and Jessica Gower. David Goyer is executive producer and Peter O’Fallon [...]

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Whedon speaks: Buffy, Angel, Spike!

11. November 2005

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The revered deity that is Joss Whedon has been talking about a return to comicdom for Buffy (in a series that will be considered canon), the chances of a Spike movie, the X-Men and a caetain Amazon warrior woman we all know to be a Wonder. In fact, instead of me relating it, why not [...]

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Graphic novels for teens

10. November 2005

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The American Library Association’s site is running a compliation of Great Graphic Novels for the Young Adult Library Services Association looking at good graphic novels for young adults (what the book trade calls the 12 years old through teenage market). So far there has been a quite varied list, including Black Hole by Charles Burns, [...]

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Marvel shares

10. November 2005

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Comic Beat reports the bad but not unexpected news – Marvel’s share price has taken something of a beatings, down $3.64 to $14.40 according to the Wall Street Journal. As the Beat noted Marvel has been an investor favourite for some time so perhaps after growth a reduction and fall was inevitable at some point. [...]

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Coraline graphic novel

10. November 2005

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Ariel over at the Alien Online tips us off to news which emerged at London-based event with Neil Gaiman (currently doing a UK tour for Anansi Boys) when Neil confirmed rumours that his extremely cool ‘children’s’ novel Coraline was going to be adapted into a graphic novel by no less a luminary than P Craig [...]

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Animated Hellboy

10. November 2005

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Revolution Studios and IDT Entertainment are joining forces to produce the Hellboy animated series. The good news is that both Ron Perlman and Selma Blair from the Hellboy film will provide voices for their respective characters in the cartoon version; even better news for fans is that the movie’s director (and huge HB fan) Guillermo [...]

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New Spider-Man movie villain revealed

9. November 2005

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Columbia pictures have revealed the super-villain Thomas Haden Church will play in the forthcoming third movie instalment of Spider-Man. Church will essay Flint Marko, also known as William Baker also known as… The Sandman! Nothing to do with Neil Gaiman’s brooding dream lord, Marko’s Sandman gained the power to make his body behave like animated [...]

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Ted Rall Addresses the Nation

9. November 2005

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The great cartoonist and commentator Ted Rall is taking to the airwaves. Ted announced on his blog Rall.com that he will beging a show on San Francisco’s Free FM this coming Sunday: “The inaugural airing of the new Ted Rall Show is scheduled for Sunday, November 13. The show, which will air Sundays from 11 [...]

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China barfs at Scarfe

9. November 2005

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In a rather timely story (considering the Chinese president’s visit to the UK and debate over China’s poor civil rights and censorship record) the Independent reports that the new Gerlad Scarfe book, Drawing Blood, ran afoul of China’s censors and thought police, forcing the printing to be moved off shore. “We had to print half [...]

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Star Trek Manga

8. November 2005

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Joshua Ortega is to script a new tale set in the universe of the original Star Trek as part of the 40th anniversary of the series next year. Tokyopop has commissioned Ortega to create a new tale, executed in the Manga style, featuring the classic Star Trek characters from the original USS Enterprise. “It’s truly [...]

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The Goon

8. November 2005

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Eric Powell’s The Goon has always been one of the more unusual, not to mention downright cool comic book creations. And now, ladies, gentlemen and fellow geeks, we have The Goon action figures!!! Joey the Ball! Frankie! Zombie Priest! The Goon! Superb!

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Angel – previews of The Curse

7. November 2005

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Checking through my email in-tray today and I find something to warm my comic-loving bones on a chilly autumn morn – several pages of terrific art from the brand-new Angel series from IDW. Obviously we’re all big fans of all things Whedon here at FPI; we loved the series, we lapped up the comics, we [...]

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