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British Indy comics creators speak

12. July 2006

One aspect of British Comics Month which has made the online team at FPI very happy is that we’ve had a number of UK self-published comics creators getting in touch with us to get listed on our new (and growing) British Small Press section. A few days ago I posted a quick roundup of some [...]

Did you miss me? Peter Bagge

11. July 2006

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My colleague Kenny is planning to pick out some of the more unusual titles from the recent releases, interesting titles which you may have missed but are well worth tracking down. Today he draws our attention to Peter Bagge, in print and online: If you are a fan of modern comics, many hold Peter Bagge [...]

Schoolyard Rules!

11. July 2006

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David McDonagh has dropped me a line to tell us about his British webcomic: “As its British Comic Month I thought that I’d drop you a mail to inform you of my own publication recently launched on the web, brought on by the lack of UK comics in what is now a heavily dominated American [...]

Comics in Lancaster

11. July 2006

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Down the Tubes carries information on the Lancaster Comics Festival on the 28th of October, which is being widely promoted to the small press community. Good news is that Litfest is joining forces with them to help promote it – details, including guest lists (Bryan Talbot is confirmed – hurrah), can be found over on [...]

Dan Goldman interviewed

11. July 2006

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Dan Goldman, artist on the excellent Shooting War I’ve mentioned here a number of times, writes to tell me a rather good interview with him has gone up on Newsarama. The next episode of Shooting War should go live on Smithmag on Wednesday – meanwhile Dan and Anthony are in talks to create a print [...]

Neil Gaiman video

11. July 2006

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Those nice folks at SciFi have made a video of Neil Gaiman’s speech at the SciFi Hall of Fame induction ceremony available online so we can all see it. According to the information they sent and which Neil has posted on his journal SciFi have also made videos of some of the acceptance speechs available [...]

Nice figure

11. July 2006

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The David Tennant 12″ Doctor Who figures have begun arriving in the stores in the last few days. I want one. I have no real need for one and I’m running out of shelf space to display it on, but I still want one. Can’t wait to see the Cyberman in the same range, but [...]

Batwoman debut in DC’s 52

11. July 2006

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You may recall back in May I was discussing the global media attention focussed on DC’s 52 series. More specifically the amount of attention being directed at the new Batwoman character, which, of course, had nothing to do with the fact she was a very fit woman in tight clothing who happened to be a [...]

Rebellion talks 2000AD

10. July 2006

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I think it’s pretty obvious from various posts and reviews that I am something of a 2000AD fanboy. This is not unusual among British comics readers and is especially common to those of us who were the first to be exposed to Thrill Power back in the late 70s as Punk fought with traditional celebrations [...]

Campbell Award

10. July 2006

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Robert J Sawyer has beaten an impressive field of shortlist nominees, including Ken MacLeod, Charlie Stross and Stephen Baxter, to win the John W Campbell Memorial Award for his novel Mindscan (thanks to SF Crowsnest for the heads-up).

Virgin comics signs movie directors

10. July 2006

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Richard Branson’s new Virgin Comics (is there anything left he hasn’t had a go at??) announced in the Independent at the weekend that film director Guy Ritchie, best known for a string of cheeky, cockney gangster flicks and for being ‘Mr Madonna’, is to write a so-far untitled comic for them, featuring the goddess Devi [...]

Casting Call – Customer Raves!

10. July 2006

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Not content with giving you the podcast and the blog … we are now looking to produce a short film entitled ‘customer raves’ starring YOU! We want you to record a short piece of video (no longer than 3 minutes) of you playing your toys, showing us your collection or just generally larking about in a [...]

British Comics Greats – Alan Moore

7. July 2006

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For today’s focus on the great Alan Moore – a comics writer even Time magazine paid homage to – I’m relinquishing the blog to my chum, Pádraig Ó Méalóid. Pádraig is well-known among the SF community for his organisation of events like Dublin’s Phoenix Conventions, running Irish SF News and his many articles, interviews and [...]

British Comics Month – new titles roundup

7. July 2006

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Well can you believe it is Friday already? A whole week of British Comics Month gone by already and boy we’ve been busy with articles, interviews and organising more to come throughout July. Of course, this is only one side of BCM – the other is supporting British independent comics creators and thanks to coverage [...]

Video VanderMeer

6. July 2006

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Jeff has been busy playing with video again, this time experimenting with a reading from the excellent City of Saints and Madmen with illustrations accompanying the narration. If you haven’t read City yet then check it out for a taster then think about getting hold of the book.

Archive | July, 2006

British Indy comics creators speak

Did you miss me? Peter Bagge

Schoolyard Rules!

Comics in Lancaster

Dan Goldman interviewed

Neil Gaiman video

Nice figure

Batwoman debut in DC’s 52

Rebellion talks 2000AD

Campbell Award

Virgin comics signs movie directors

Casting Call – Customer Raves!

British Comics Greats – Alan Moore

British Comics Month – new titles roundup

Video VanderMeer

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