Archive | February, 2006

Hack Slash movie

23. February 2006

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A young girl survives a vicious attack by a slash killer and decides to embark on a trip around the country tracking down more slashers and taking them out. Yes, it is the adventures of Cassie Hack and her chum Vlad from the pages of the cult hit from Devil’s Due, Hack Slash. Tinsel Town’s [...]

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Even Jedis like sales

22. February 2006

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The FX Lightsabers have been hugely popular with our customers for years, not to mention our own staff who also get the urge to collect the different colours and editions. The metal-handled replicas with the solid, light-up blade and authentic sounds are wonderfully detailed and terrific for displays. My colleague Lee tells me that we [...]

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The Shusters 2006

22. February 2006

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“NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2006 JOE SHUSTER AWARDS FOR CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATORS ANNOUNCED / LES NOMINATIONS POUR LES 2006 JOE SHUSTER PRIX POUR LES CRÉATEURS DE BANDE DESSINÉES CANADIEN ANNOUNCÉ” Yes, the bilingual announcement can mean only one thing – Canada’s premiere comics awards nominations, the Shusters, have been announced. Named, of course for the late, [...]

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Python on stage

22. February 2006

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Eric Idle’s stage adaptation of Monty Python’s Holy Grail, the musical Spamalot is coming to London’s West End after an award-winning run on Broadway. Idle quipped he chose to open the stage version in America because the critics were easier to bribe. Genre fav Tim Curry will reprsie his role as King Arthur with Simon [...]

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Ban the Bond?

22. February 2006

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A group of 007 fans, outraged at the casting of actor Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, have launched a website calling for fellow Bond fans to boycott the new movie currently in production, Casino Royale. The site explains that they are incensed over the questionable way the producers got rid of Pierce Brosnan [...]

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Animation Anniversary

21. February 2006

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Did you know that movie animation is almost 100 years old? I didn’t. I knew that trick photography, such as Melies’ Voyage Dans La Lune and Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur dated back to the early parts of the 20th century, but I knew nothing about this. Which is why The Hollywood Animation Archive Project [...]

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Scanner trailer

21. February 2006

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Richard Linklater’s unusual (well, it would have to be really…) adaptation of Philip K Dick’s A Scanner Darkly using a new form of rotoscoping animation (think Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings animation but more sophisiticated after all these years) has a new trailer available to view. A graphic novel version is also due quite [...]

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Dead By Dawn 2006 sells out

21. February 2006

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Scotland’s leading lady of ghoulishness and the only Scream Queen to be promoted to Scream Empress, Adele Hartley, writes to let us know that the top Scottish horror film festival, Dead by Dawn, has sold out, some two months in advance. DbD has such a loyal following from all over the UK and further afield [...]

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The Streets of Dublin Signing event

20. February 2006

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FPI are very proud to announce a signing event with two of the fair city of Dublin’s finest, Gerry Hunt and Bren B. The boys will be meeting fans and signing copies of their brand new volume of The Streets of Dublin, a critically acclaimed volume which has been likened to Will Eisner and R [...]

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New Zulli site

20. February 2006

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The most excellent artist Michael Zulli has finished revamping his website. It has a luscious gallery for you to feast your eyes upon, a journal, links and also a section on Ebay sales of Michael’s original art (alas, beyond my means!).

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Political SF

20. February 2006

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Farrah Mendlesohn, a well-known and well-respected writer and critic in the SF community, is feeling so aggrieved by the new anti-terror legislation being pushed through Parliament and the way it could impinge on freedom of speech that she is putting her own time and money into a new anthology of SF short stories which would [...]

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BAFTAs

20. February 2006

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Most of the BAFTA awards at last night’s ceremony for movies with a fantastical bent fell into the behind-the-scenes or technical category, with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire winning for Production Design, King Kong for Achievement in Special Visual Effects (which I find odd considering some of the effects shots clearly were not [...]

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From Buffy to the Beano

18. February 2006

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Steady yourselves fanboys and girls – meet the forthcoming 1/4 scale exquisite Buffy Summers figure. It is Joss Whedon’s Vampire Slayer at her best, combining sheer sexiness with the power and strength of the Chosen One. Yes, that is a stake in her hand and she is pleased to see you! If Buffy isn’t your thing [...]

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FAQ

18. February 2006

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FAQ? Famous American Quills? Forgotten About Questor (now there’s an obscure SF reference for you!)? Focussed Atomic Quarks? Nope, it is, of course Frequently Asked Questions; my colleagues and I have added a the start of our FAQ sections to the new FPI webstore. It is a work-in-progress with more section and entries to follow, [...]

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Absolute Sandman

17. February 2006

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Over on his journal Neil Gaiman has been mentioning how work is progressing at DC on an Asbolute Sandman volume. The Asbolute slipcased, hardback volumes from DC are quite gorgeous books, as any of you have checked out the Absolute Watchmen will know. Pricey, certainly, but you do get what you pay for and these [...]

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