Archive | February, 2006

The cartoon furore – Joe Kubert’s take

10. February 2006

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The ongoing international crisis over the Danish cartoons which caused so much upset in the Middle East and elsewhere draws an editorial opinion by comic giant Joe Kubert and Rafael Medoff over on the US Newswire, discussing the conflicting qualities of comics and cartoons, how a medium often derided by some as “less than serious” [...]

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Priestess of White hit the charts

10. February 2006

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Orbit are utterly delighted at the moment – as well as having one of the finest stables of new and established SF&F authors in the UK they have two of their authors, Ken MacLeod and Charlie Stross in both the BSFA and the Arthur C Clarke awards shortlists. Now they’ve discovered that the newly released [...]

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The BSFA and Arthur C Clarke Awards

9. February 2006

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One of the differences between picking books here at FPI as opposed to a general bookstore is that we like SF&F. In fact we love it, we read it, we plead or bribe authors to talk to our blog or add a personal slant to their recent books on our web site, we do our [...]

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Shaken, not stirred

9. February 2006

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We may have to wait a fair while yet for the next James Bond movie, Casino Royale, as well as the debut of the new Bond, Daniel Craig, but Aston Martin has already announced that their new Aston Martin DBS will be used by Bond in the film, with the classic DB5 also making an [...]

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Wolves in the Walls

9. February 2006

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Neil Gaiman notes in his blog that Improbable and the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of his and Dave McKean’s children’s picture book, the Wolves in the Walls, will be on stage very soon in the fine city of Glasgow. The show will run at the very cool Tramway venue in Glasgow from March 22nd [...]

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Love, Dalek style

9. February 2006

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No, not some naughty new Kama Sutra for people with a fetish for genocidal mutant lifeforms, nor is it some Whovian slash fiction. It is a show coming this weekend on the digital radio channel BBC 7: Dalek, I Love You follows a young obsessive Doctor Who fan who has trouble with relationships with anyone [...]

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More Futurama?

9. February 2006

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Still no Big Official Word (or BOW as we call it in the trade) on a resurrection of Matt Groening’s excellent Futurama series, but there has been a very excited posting by Billy West who plays Fry in Futurama on his message board about some DVD movies of the show: “HERE’S GREAT NEWS! Here’s the [...]

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They’re furry, they’re freaks, they are fabulous!

9. February 2006

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Until I spotted an article on Harry’s Ain’t It Cool News I had no idea that attempts were underway to make an animated version of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Gilbert Shelton’s classic under-the-counter-culture strip from the glory days of Comix. According to Harry the man behind the attempt is Dave Borthwick, who created the [...]

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Darkman

9. February 2006

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Dynamite have announced another licensing deal, this time to create a new comic based around Sam Raimi’s Darkman. Few details are forthcoming as of yet, but it is thought Kurt Busiek may be writing, which would seem appropriate since Kurt wrote a Darkman mini-series for Marvel many moons ago when the original Sam Raimi Darkman [...]

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Aardman Annie Success!

8. February 2006

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The 33rd annual Annie Awards from the International Animation Film Society of Hollywood have been announced with British traditional animators, our own beloved Aardman having much reason to smile after the disaster of their storeroom fire last year: they not only won, they swept the boards. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit took [...]

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Cromwell joins Spidey

7. February 2006

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James Cromwell is the latest actor to sign on to Spider-Man 3, where he will essay the role of Captain George Stacy, father of Gwen (Spidey fans senses are tingling – this is getting into serious Spidey heartland territory here, you can tell Sam Raimi is a fanboy like the rest of us). Will the [...]

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Moore and Reppion are Dynamite

6. February 2006

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Leah Moore and John Reppion, currently working on the cool revival of classic Brit comics characters with Albion, have signed to Dynamite Entertainment. “We’re very, very excited to be working with the company responsible for great comics like Army of Darkness, Red Sonja, and Re-Animator,” Moore and Reppion jointly commented. “We’ve read them, we’ve enjoyed [...]

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Charity begins at P-Con

6. February 2006

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Pádraig informs us that the kind-hearted souls at Dublin’s premiere SF&F convention, P-Con, are to hold a charity auction (please note he has spelt his email details out to avoid spamming from web bots): “Many of you will know David Stewart, a long-time fixture of Irish SF fandom. David is an ex-chair of Octocon and [...]

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Munster passes on

5. February 2006

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Al Lewis, beloved by many fans of cult tv for playing the elderly vampire Grandpa in the classic Munsters show has passed on at the age of 95. His enduring fame for his Munsters role carried over into his later life, including naming his restaurant in Greenwich Village “Grandpa’s”. I loved both the Munsters and [...]

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A dame to kill for?

5. February 2006

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Or at least a dame to dump Jennifer Aniston for, perhaps… Yes, the latest casting rumour for the second Sin City movie is, according to Harry on Ain’t It Cool News, is Angelina Jolie as the titular A Dame To Kill For. Of course, she has already played Lara Croft who has been a game [...]

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