Archive | August, 2006

Edinburgh SF Book Group September

31. August 2006

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The September meeting of the Edinburgh SF Book Group will be held on Tuesday 26th in Henderson’s on Hanover Street, starting slightly earlier than usual this month at 5.30pm. The book under discussion will be the near-future satire of Western consumerism run mad, Jennifer Government by Max Barry.

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New Universe returns – with previews

31. August 2006

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Marvel’s short-lived New Universe is to return in December, courtesy of Salvador Larroca and Warren Ellis. The New Universe, set outside the mainstream Marvel universe, is due to launch in December with issue #1 – meantime the House of Ideas are going to show off a page of previews from the new series every day [...]

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Four-blog

30. August 2006

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Joseph and Drew have a comics blog where, as they put it “two grown men take a remedial course in Marvel Comics history by reading the first 102 issues and eight annuals of the Fantastic Four”. Check out Four the First Time for more FF detail than you can handle!

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Comic art

30. August 2006

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Boing Boing has a great story about Jeremy Adolphson who began sending 4″ by 6″ notecards to artist he admired when he was 17, asking them to draw a picture on it (he included an SAE). Now several years on he has an amazing collection of work by a huge range of artists, including some [...]

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Hernandez in the NYT

30. August 2006

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The Comics Reporter has links to a profile of the excellent Jaime Hernandez (one of the finest cartoonists of the last couple of decades) in the San Antonio Current. There is also a link to a series of strips which I didn’t even know existed, which Jaime has been doing for the New York Times’ [...]

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Dan Goldman doing prints

30. August 2006

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Dan Goldman, artist on (among other things) the damned fine Shooting War webcomic, has set up his own online shop selling limited edition, signed prints of his art, including Shooting War material.

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Stardust gets new edition

30. August 2006

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With work on the film adaptation of Stardust (starring Michelle Pfieffer and Robert De Niro among others) now having moved on to post-production and the film hopefully slated for release next year DC has announced a very tasty looking over-sized hardback edition of the Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess book for January. Rather than a [...]

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Fantastic Four Animation

30. August 2006

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Marvel held a press conference yesterday to discuss the debut of the new Fantastic Four animated series on the US Cartoon Network this weekend, debuting with an episode entitled “Trial By Fire”, with the FF’s arch-nemesis Doctor Doom being saved for the second episode. The series is said to have a strong ‘anime’ feel to [...]

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In the Doghouse

29. August 2006

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I’m an excited fanboy today; I’ve been dying to blog this news for a while but had to contain my excitement and wait for the official release first – yes, at last Rebellion are giving Johnny Alpha the treatment he deserves. The first volume of Strontium Dog: Search/Destroy Agency Files has been announced for publication [...]

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Jeff goes Bats

29. August 2006

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Jeff VanderMeer is featured on #59 of the wonderfully-named Bat Segundo Show, discussing all manner of literary matters, including the influence of mushrooms, the New Weird, Ambergris, Gormenghast, the writer as a sadistic god, the Shriek movie and more – well worth a listen and a show I may have to tune into more regularly.

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Comica

29. August 2006

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Matthew on Bugpowder notes that Paul Gravett has posted full details of the upcoming Comica event at the ICA, as well as a number of other comic-related events you may want to pencil into your diary.

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Hugo 2006

28. August 2006

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Cheryl has missed the opportunity of free sushi to blog the results of this year’s Hugo awards at the Worldcon. Robert Charles Wilson bagged the best novel for Spin, tele and movie SF fans will be well chuffed with Joss Whedon’s Serenity winning the Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form while Blighty’s own Doctor Who proved [...]

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Sláine recalled

28. August 2006

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Rebellion has recalled all copies of the new Sláine: the Book of Invasions Volume 2 due to a printing error. The book was due this month but obviously will now be delayed while this problem is sorted out and we will let you know when it becomes available. On the plus side thought Rebellion have [...]

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Superman to tie the knot?

27. August 2006

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Superman actor Brandon Routh has announced his engagement to his girlfriend Courtney Ford, with the couple (who made a short film, Denial, together) planning to marry next year (Luthor permitting presumably).

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Edinburgh International Film Festival

27. August 2006

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Well that’s another Festival season coming to an end and the finale of the 60th Edinburgh International Film Festival – where did the time go? Among the diverse films I managed to catch at this year’s Film Fest there were a number of interesting genre pieces drawing on comics and the fantastic genres, not least [...]

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