Archive | July, 2006

What The Author Says – Paul B. Rainey

18. July 2006

1 Comment

Last week you may recall we hosted a very interesting ‘conversation’ between three independent British comics creators/publishers, Simon Perrins, Bevis Musson and the Ventedspleen. Pleased as we were with that piece though, it was originally meant to feature four comics creators; due to deadlines and other time constraints we just missed out on including [...]

Continue reading...

RLS gets the GN treatment

17. July 2006

0 Comments

One of my all-time favourite authors, Robert Louis Stevenson, is to get the graphic novel treatment according to the Herald, with no less a pair of talents than Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy adapting RLS’ classic Kidnapped. Waverley Books are planning to release the graphic novel adaptation sometime next spring as part of the ongoing [...]

Continue reading...

Talking Bulldogs with Neill and Jason

17. July 2006

2 Comments

FPI: Today I’m talking to both the writer and artist behind one of the highly acclaimed British Indy titles we’ve added on to the FPI webstore recently, Bulldog Empire. Jason Cobley and Neill Cameron are, as we say in Scotland, ‘well kent’ (well known) names in the British small press community, with both having worked [...]

Continue reading...

Matt Madden on Radio 4

17. July 2006

0 Comments

Graphic novelist Matt Madden is one of the featured authors on BBC Radio 4’s Open Book programme which aired on Sunday, discussing his new book 99 Ways to Tell a Story – as is usual for BBC radio programmes it should be archived for a few days so you still have a chance to listen [...]

Continue reading...

Tom Holt cover competition

17. July 2006

0 Comments

Orbit are running a competition for readers to design the cover for the next Tom Holt book, Barking. They are looking for something to compliment the usual comedic covers but do add that it shouldn’t take any longer than 30 seconds and artistic ability will lose you points!

Continue reading...

Mingola’s Screw-On Head cartoon online

17. July 2006

0 Comments

Remember a good while ago we were talking about the cartoon version of Mike Mignola’s Amazing Screw-On Head being made? Well, those nice folks at SciFi have put the pilot episode online for everyone to view ahead of the TV debut at the end of this month in the US. With voice talent including Paul [...]

Continue reading...

Painkiller Jane series greenlit

14. July 2006

1 Comment

SciFi has deciced to go with a 22 episode series of Painkiller Jane, following the cable TV movie adaptation. The cast hasn’t been finalised yet, but the series is thought to debut in January of next year in the US, based on the comics from Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada. Of course, we haven’t even [...]

Continue reading...

European art – Anke Feuchtenberger

14. July 2006

1 Comment

We’ve just added some very unusual comic art/illustration books onto the webstore, featuring the work of German artist Anke Feuchtenberger, an artist my colleague Kenny is a great admirer of (Europe is producing not only some amazing comics artists, it also treats their work as art and culture in a way British and American readers [...]

Continue reading...

British Comics Month – new titles roundup

14. July 2006

0 Comments

It’s been another busy week with more independent British comics creators and their titles added on to the FPI webstore’s new British Small Press section and again it is a diverse bunch with very different styles and themes. Let’s kick of with the letter ‘A’ this week, beginning with Accent UK, a comics collective headed [...]

Continue reading...

British premiere for Superman Returns

14. July 2006

0 Comments

Director Bryan Singer was delighted with the huge turn-out of fans for the London premiere of Superman Returns in Leicester Square yesterday, commenting that there were more fans there than there had been even for his X-Men premieres. Asked about a sequel to the movie which has topped the US box office though, Singer replied [...]

Continue reading...

Monkeys With Machine Guns’ Making Deals With Devils

13. July 2006

1 Comment

It struck me that we’ve been talking to British comics creators this month, telling you about the ones who we’re now representing on our webstore, talking to editors and so on, but I haven’t actually posted a review. Well, since Chris Lynch of the wonderfully monikered Monkeys With Machineguns press kindly sent me a [...]

Continue reading...

2006 Chesley Award nominations

13. July 2006

0 Comments

Acclaimed artist John Picacio drops me a line to say that the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) have posted the final ballot for the 2006 Chesley Award nominations, with, I am glad to say, John’s good self among those nominees. You may remember that John spoke about his new art collection Cover [...]

Continue reading...

Spider-Girl gone… Nope, she’s back!

13. July 2006

0 Comments

It is a U-turn in the Bullpen as Marvel, who wrapped up Spider-Girl with issue #100, to much outcry from fans, announced she is actually coming back in a new series, Amazing Spider-Girl, due this October, with a special issue zero before that which will recap her history. Which is great news for the fans, [...]

Continue reading...

Superman Returns

12. July 2006

0 Comments

I was lucky enough to see a press screening of Superman Returns at the weekend and should be reviewing it for this Friday’s Radio Café show on BBC Radio Scotland. Right from the start I had a good feeling, as an interpretation of John Williams’ classic theme comes up and after a brief prologue what [...]

Continue reading...

Latest Shooting War live

12. July 2006

1 Comment

Dan Goldman tells me that the latest (8th) chapter of Shooting War (entitled Unsheathed) is now live on the Smithmag site. Even by Shooting War standards this chapter contains some very strong material; it also manages to combine a dark humour with disturbing horror as the heads-up display with squad member’s names on it momentarily [...]

Continue reading...