Archive | February, 2006

That cartoon controversy

17. February 2006

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Most news organisations have been following the storm created by the Danish and other cartoons which so upset the Islamic World and the response by Iranian newspapers that are running a competition for a Holocaust cartoon. Step up the Israeli comics collective Dimona who are launching their own Jewish anti-Semitic cartoon contest! Nice to see [...]

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More Fab, Furry Freaks

17. February 2006

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ICV2 carries further news (via Variety) on the stop-motion animated film featuring Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers which we reported on recently. The film is called Grass Roots (bearing the Brothers interest in ‘herbs’ the word Grass could just possibly have more than one meaning) and is being produced by Celluloid Dreams and X [...]

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New Bond Girl

17. February 2006

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The new Bond Girl for Casino Royale has been announced, with French actress Eva Green taking the role, playing alongside Daniel Craig’s new James Bond. Green, who will play the character Vesper Lynd, was last seen in Ridley Scott’s Crusades ‘epic’ Kingdom of Heaven, although we’ll try not to hold that against her. Jeffrey Wright [...]

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Sexy Chix

16. February 2006

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We’ve mentioned superhero comics, horror comics and indy material a lot recently, so perhaps it is time to look at something slightly different. ‘For your consideration’ as they say in Oscar-land – Sexy Chix. No, it isn’t a collection of voluptous superladies in tight spandex with gravity defying cleavages, so get your mind out of [...]

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Katsulas passes

15. February 2006

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Sad news on SciFi Wire today, as it reports that the actor Andreas Katsulas passed away at the far-too-young age of 59 from lung cancer. Andreas had appeared in numerous stage, TV and film roles, with many genre entries including Alien Nation, Max Headroom and various Star Trek episodes. However, to most of we SF [...]

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SF News podcast

15. February 2006

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The always-excellent SF Crow’sNest pointed me towards a video podcast of SF news from Down Under, courtesy of Lynne Gryphon, updated weekly by the looks of it, with an attendant blog – well worth having a look.

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New DC, new Image

15. February 2006

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The latest pre-orders for DC and Image Comics have gone onto the graphic novels site and the main FPI site. There are some very interesting titles to look forward to: DC are continuing their Showcase range (very similar to Marvel’s Essentials, reprinting classic material in an affordable black and white anthology) with some Silver Age [...]

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One of our androids is missing

14. February 2006

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Life – at least the cybernetic version of it – imitates art as the android Philip K Dick goes walkabout, presumably off looking for the Tyrell Corporation and trying to figure out how to hack his insept date…

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Uncle Owen actor passes

14. February 2006

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CNN reports that Phil Brown, the actor who originally played Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen in the first Star Wars movie way back in 1977 has passed away of pneumonia at the age of 89, after a career of more than 60 years.

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Hulk smash, Hulk… Arrest?

14. February 2006

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Lou Ferringo, the extremely muscular actor who played the Incredible Hulk whenever Bill Bixby got angry in the old TV show beloved by many of us has joined the ranks of law and order, becoming a reserve deputy sheriff in California! No, its not some new plot from Marvel, it was on CNN so it [...]

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Animated Britain

14. February 2006

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The BB of C reports that the British Animation Awards are almost upon us, with Aardman Animation’s delightful Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit gaining three nominations (especially nice to see after it dominated at the recent Annies we reported on). Screenings of some of the movies in the running will be held [...]

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SPLINK!

13. February 2006

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SPLINK, you say? Why, yes – SPLINK. Apparently a way of remembering the stages of the Green Cross Code for getting children safely across busy roads – and presented by none other than the third Doctor Who, Jon Pertwee in this 1970s public information film. Sadly there is no sign of Daleks attempting to negotiate [...]

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What the Author Says – Charlie Stross

13. February 2006

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One of my favourite bearded SF writers, the Hugo-winning Charlie Stross, is the latest scribe to add to our What The Author Says feature on the SF&F books section of our webstore. If you are new to the site, this is where we are encouraging authors to share a short but personal take on their [...]

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Wondercon

13. February 2006

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The comic news sites are full of reports from the various publishers’ panels at the weekend’s Wondercon. With so many publishers showcasing their wares and coming attractions there isn’t room to cover them all, but here are a few tidbits which caught my eye. Bill Willingham is bringing us an original graphic novel from DC’s [...]

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Art School

11. February 2006

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The trailer for the forthcoming Terry Zwigoff/ Dan Clowes collaboration, Art School Confidential is now available on the official site, along with various other goodies… At least, according to Boing Boing, who are normally bang-on; all I could see was short animated intro and ‘coming soon’ when I tried to access the trailer… Perhaps, like [...]

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