Archive | May, 2006

Books-comics-graphic novels-books

26. May 2006

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ICV2 carries interesting news of a deal Dabel Brothers have struck with book publishers to cross-promote some of their new comics based on existing SF&F novels. Their first such move is aimed specifically at targetting the female readership, which makes a lot of sense – although comics have moved on a lot in recent years [...]

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Who is bust

25. May 2006

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Oh! Oh! Oh! New Doctor Who merch!!! Okay, give me a second to calm down, you know how excitable my fanboy senses get around this sort of thing. The latest new Doctor Who goodies to go up on the site are some collectable mini-busts, which include both Eccleston and Tennant Doctors, Rose and the new [...]

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Piers Anthony gets revved

25. May 2006

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SF&F writer Piers Anthony has joined the ever-growing ranks of SF novelists to move into comics as he works with Jeremy Hall and David Nakayama for Revved: the Beginning. The first issue from Image Comics/Top Cow sees a young lad forced to steal a powerful sports car to clear his father’s debt, but things get [...]

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Ghost Rider trailer

25. May 2006

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Poor old Nic Cage – he has been keen to play a superhero for years and been attached to several film developments (including the new Superman movie at one stage, which, much as I like him, I have to say I am glad he didn’t end up in the cape as he isn’t terribly suitable). [...]

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Fangs but no fangs

25. May 2006

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Okay, very bad pun even by my standards, but bad musicals deserve bad puns. Yep the Elton John-Bernie Taupin adaptation of Anne “now writing for the Lord” Rice’s bestselling Vampire Chronicles, Lestat, is to close already after a brief run beginning in late April. Critics were less kind than one of Anne’s (in)famous public notices [...]

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Voyaging

25. May 2006

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OK, this post isn’t exactly SF, but not so many years ago it would have been the stuff of science fiction: the BBC has a fascinating update on the venerable Voyager spacecraft (no, not the type with Janeway and Seven of Nine). It is now an unbelievable 28 years on and these tiny craft with [...]

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Get Lost

24. May 2006

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No, I’m not being rude, I don’t mean it like that! I’m talking Lost the series which twists your brain like pythons playing Twister while eating super-chewy toffee. Good news for fellow Lost castaways, there is a range of action figures coming from McFarlane’s this autumn. No pictures of the actual figures yet, I’m afraid, [...]

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New books from Orbit

23. May 2006

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There are some terrific SF&F novels from top British publisher Orbit due over the summer and autumn months. I hate picking only a few out, but there isn’t time or space to go through each book in the length it deserves and anyway you can always browse the SF&F novels section of our site for [...]

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Harryhausen

23. May 2006

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Ain’t It Cool News carries exciting news of new film and TV work from the great Ray Harryhausen, although I share Quint’s concern at how ‘Harryhausen’ the work will look since the creatures will all be CGI…

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X at Cannes

23. May 2006

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The Hollywood Reporter has an early review of the X-Men: the Last Stand which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, which doesn’t seem to think the film is poor but doesn’t seem overly impressed either. Well, we all get to make up our own minds pretty soon on that score. In the meantime, don’t [...]

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Hatcher plays mummy for Coraline

23. May 2006

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Teri Hatcher will voice both the mother of Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning, as reported here earlier) and the Other Mother in the strange, parallel world Coraline finds when she goes through a mysterious door in her new home. The animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s delightfully dark younger reader’s tale (which will appeal to Edward [...]

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Follow the yellow brick road

23. May 2006

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To celebrate what would have been the 150th birthday of L. Frank Baum the Foley Centre Library at Gonzaga University is hosting an exhibition exploring the wonderful world of Oz. Oz and Beyond: Highlights from the L. Frank Baum Collection of Currie Corbin in the rare book room showcases a range of material, from [...]

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Whedon returns to Buffy

23. May 2006

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The mighty Joss Whedon will be returning to the Buffyverse for Dark Horse, with a new comics six-issue mini-series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer due to debut late this autumn. Joss has said that the new series will pick up on events taking place after the final episode of the TV series three years ago [...]

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Shaken, not stirred

22. May 2006

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Sony has posted a teaser trailer for the next James Bond movie, Casino Royale, due in November, giving us a glimpse of new Bond Daniel Craig. From the short trailer (pick ‘high’ and you get a nice full-screen video) it certainly looks as if the makers are sticking to the idea of taking Bond back [...]

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Galactica online

22. May 2006

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Jessica over at the SF Crowsnest points out that SciFi have put up an entire episode from the just-finished second season of the excellent Battlestar Galactica for free. The episode is Scar, where the Viper pilots are being picked off one by one by a damaged (hence the name Scar) but deadly Cylon Raider as [...]

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