Archive | March, 2006

New Pixar

13. March 2006

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Pixar’s Brad Bird of Incredibles fame has been confirmed to direct a new film called Ratatouille for Pixar, their eighth animated feature, due in the summer of 2007. The Hollywood Reporter explained: “Pixar Animation Studios’ Brad Bird will direct “Ratatouille,” the computer-animated mouse tale that was developed in-house by the studio’s Oscar-winning short-film director Jan Pinkava [...]

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Lost Girls

13. March 2006

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Splendid Indy publishers Top Shelf have announced details of their rather luscious-looking new Alan Moore publication, Lost Girls. Collaborating with Melinda Gebbie he is taking three of fantasy’s most famous modern girls – Dorothy, Alice and Wendy – and, now that they are all grown up, using them to explore not only fantasy but erotic [...]

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What the Author Says – Jaspre Bark

13. March 2006

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You may recall a few days ago I posted about the new range of SF, Fantasy and Horror novels coming from Rebellion, the publishers of 2000AD. I’m pleased to say that one of the authors involved in that launch, Jaspre Bank, has become the latest writer to add some personal insights into his book in [...]

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Hellboy 2

13. March 2006

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SciFi Wire has Ron Perlman telling them about the second Hellboy movie, with Guillermo del Toro and Mike Mignola crafting it once more (which keeps fanboys like me very happy). Ron said that he understands the title is now the Golden Army: “I think that that’s an invention based on a number of different things that [...]

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Cool new toys!

13. March 2006

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There have been some very tasty new bits of merchandise appearing on our site and newsletter recently. I thought since BBC digital is currently repeating the classic Avengers episodes every week (barking mad half of the stories, but still wonderful) it seemed an appropriate time to point out that the Series 2 figures from the [...]

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Crivens!

10. March 2006

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A small bit of comics history this week as Scottish newspaper strips Oor Wullie and The Broons both make it to their 70th birthdays. Seven decades on and both still appear every week in the Sunday Post – not my cup of tea, but incredibly popular with generations of Scots, young and old alike while [...]

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Civil War

10. March 2006

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Marvel has put up a movie-style trailer for the major new story arc, Civil War, on their main site. Mostly it is artwork from the series being moved around rather than actually animated, but its still an unusual form of marketing for a comics series with a style of presentation that reminds me a bit [...]

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La Perdida

10. March 2006

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Time magazine continues to cover the comics genre with an interesting new article on the just-released La Perdida graphic novel by Jessica (Artbabe) Abel. The article, by Andrew Arnold, discusses both comics and the influence of Latin American cultures on the mainstream before concluding :”For a smart, involved and serious graphic novel read, La Perdida [...]

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Rebellion Novels

10. March 2006

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Rebellion, the home of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, 2000AD, are publishing a brand-new range of original SF, Fantasy and Horror novels this summer. There will be four books in the initial wave which between them will encompass a fair old range of the fantastic, from serious SF to outright horror and even throws in Nazis [...]

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British Animation Awards

10. March 2006

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The British Animation Awards were held last night in London, where Tim Burton’s delightfully macabre Corpse Bride beat off competition from the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit to clinch the best feature film award. Aardman didn’t go away empty handed however as their Angry Kid for BBC3 won an award (best [...]

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Ken speaks

9. March 2006

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Top Scottish SF author and blogger Ken MacLeod takes that oft-asked question at conventions and author signings “where do you get your ideas from?” and decides to run with it over on his blog The Early Days of a Better Nation (a title taken from the great Scots writer and artist Alasdair Gray), allowing those [...]

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Peter Kay in new Who

8. March 2006

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Comedian Peter Kay has a role in this spring’s new Doctor Who series after writing a fan letter to Russel T Davies! Despite his comic credentials it will be a straight role it was confirmed; Kay has essayed some serious acting roles in the past (I must say I am relieved since personally I have [...]

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British Fantasy Society short story competition

8. March 2006

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The British Fantasy Society is celebrating its 35th anniversary (happy birthday!) with a short story competition, with guest judges including Chaz Brenchley, Stephen Gallagher and Christopher Fowler with monetary prizes and publication in the excellent Dark Horizons for the winners; details on the BFS site.

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Dana Reeve

8. March 2006

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The BBC carries the sad news that Dana Reeve, actress, singer and widow of the late Superman star Christopher Reeve has passed away after a fight against lung cancer. The couple were married in 1992; when the Superman actor was paralysed in his terrible accident three years later Dana devoted herself to caring for him [...]

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What the author says – Adam Roberts

7. March 2006

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The most excellent Adam Roberts, one of the most erudite of the contemporary Brit SF writers, is the latest author to add some of his personal insights into his works in the What The Author Says feature on our SF&F book pages. Not content with giving readers a fascinating insight into The Snow, the forthcoming [...]

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