Archive | July, 2006

David Gemmell passes

29. July 2006

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I missed the news last night and was shocked to see on the BBC’s website today that author David Gemmell died suddenly of heart problems following a recent bypass operation. I’m quite shocked – I’ve hosted a few author events with David over the years and knew he wasn’t old (57 according to the BBC). [...]

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FPI Podcast #3 live

28. July 2006

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The third FPI Podcast featuring myself and my virtual shipmates Paul and Lee is now available on our main webstore, where you can listen to it as a stream or download it as an MP3 to listen to it on the move. Paul has been very busy wrestling with feeds and you can now subscribe [...]

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Superhero comedy at the Fringe

28. July 2006

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Comedian Rob Deb drops me a line to let me know he will be performing a free show, Krypton 2 Clapham, during the Edinburgh Festival period, aimed specifically at the comic book fiend. Rob will be at the Jekyll and Hyde pub (which has one of the coolest hidden doors to the loo of any [...]

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British Comics Month – new titles roundup, week 4

28. July 2006

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My goodness, hard to believe this is the end of week four of British Comics Month already and time for a quick roundup of new titles to join our growing British Small Press section since last week. This time round we start with four offering from an outfit with the brilliant name of Banal Pig [...]

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Vive la difference

28. July 2006

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You’ve probably noticed me remarking form time to time how the French treat the comics/sequential arts genre with far more respect than the medium is usually accorded in English-language countries (outside the comics community I mean). Well Matthew Badham at Bugpowder (thanks, Matt) passed on this cool bit of news about a new title Anthologie [...]

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Shooting War gets print deal

28. July 2006

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Anthony Lappé and Dan Goldman dropped me a line with some excellent news: their frankly brilliant webcomic Shooting War has secured a deal with a publisher (there is more comics news in the same Publisher’s Weekly article here). Warner Books in the US have signed a deal with the guys to publish Shooting War, probably [...]

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Clute online

27. July 2006

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Cheryl reports that John Clute has now established his own website which he aims to be a ‘window’ on his work, although alas the world will still be deprived of a Clute blog it seems.

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What The Author Says – Paul Gravett

27. July 2006

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As British Comics Month enters its twilight phase, the setting comics sun stretching long shadows across the four-coloured landscape, I’m quite delighted to introduce another special guest to the FPI blog. Paul Gravett is a well-known and respected writer, promoter and supporter of good comics; he has been involved in publishing both Neil Gaiman and [...]

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War of the Worlds?

26. July 2006

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Pendragon, the movie company I blogged about last year who produced a more faithful to the book adaptation of H G Wells’ classic War of the Worlds than the (in my opinion OTT and silly) Spielberg movie are having a go at Dark Horse’s recent graphic novel version, reports the Newsarama blog. Pendragon are alleging [...]

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British Comics Month – Bryan Talbot speaks

26. July 2006

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Alternate realities, heroes as likely to indulge in sex and drugs as save the world, Beatrix Potter, child abuse, rabbit holes, Sunderland, Lewis Carroll, the ghost of Sid James and more. Oh yes, my chums, today we have someone quite remarkable talking to us for British Comics Month… FPI: Today we’re fortunate enough to be talking [...]

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Paul Cornell goes to Marvel

25. July 2006

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As regular readers will know I’ve discussed the growing trend for comics publishers to employ the talents of established novelists or screenwriters in recent years. Cheryl on Emerald City points me to news that Marvel has gone the whole hog and signed up a novelist and screenwriter in the shape of Blighty’s own Paul Cornell. [...]

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British Comics Month goes Toxic

25. July 2006

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In celebrating British Comics Month the intrepid comics pirate crew has sailed forth into areas off their charts, the British Indy scene being a case in point. Well today we unfurl our nauticomical charts and fill in another area as we explore strips being commissioned from UK creators specifically for the younger male reader [...]

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Did You Miss Me? Gerry Alanguilan’s Elmer

25. July 2006

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This week my colleague Kenny has been scouring the international world of comics to bring us this relatively unknown gem for his Did You Miss Me? piece: Did You Miss Me? Well this is one you almost certainly did, as up until now it hasn’t actually been available in the UK. Elmer is the [...]

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Book Group postponed

24. July 2006

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The July meeting of the Edinburgh SF Book Group has been postponed due simply to too many members being off on holiday or otherwise engaged. So the Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin, which was the July book, now moves to Tuesday the 29th of August at 6pm in Henderson’s. on Hanover Street.

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Cartoonists on the front line

24. July 2006

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Matthew over on Bugpowder has news of an interesting programme on BBC TV this evening, with former MP-turned-broadcast-political-pundit Michael Portillo interviewing the great Steve Bell, cartoonist for the Guardian to discuss his political caricatures. The description on the Beeb’s site refers to those pictures as ‘cruel’, but I don’t think I agree with that. Yes, [...]

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