Archive | August, 2006

2000AD art auction for charity

10. August 2006

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John at Down the Tubes has news of a major auction of original art from the 2000AD team to raise funds for the charity Draw the World Together, which aims to bring together arts communities to provide aid for children who have little or no access to even basic health and education facilities. The artwork [...]

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She Hulk

10. August 2006

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I loved this cover by Greg Horn for She-Hulk #11, where marital bliss seems to be miles away for the green gal and her new beau Man-Wolf (not to be confused with Wolfman, which is the old Universal monster) as she refuses to be ‘the little lady’ and he refuses to shave. Nice riff on [...]

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Manga growth

9. August 2006

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Ariel of Alien Online fame pointed me in the direction of this article in the hallowed pages of Time magazine on the incredibly growth of Manga in the West (which follows on from their previous coverage of serious graphic novels such as Watchmen – nice to see the medium getting some repsectable coverage). As anyone [...]

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2000AD trailers

8. August 2006

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Matthew at Bugpowder points out that the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic has been busy, adding the first of a new series of trailers for forthcoming comics goodies, with this trailer for Judge Dredd: Origins by the damned fine team of Wagner and Ezquerra being the first. I really don’t know much about this but the flashes [...]

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Just 1 Page for charity

8. August 2006

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The latest entry on to our British Small Press section is an unusual charity anthology, Just 1 Page. The 2006 collection (the fourth issue) was launched recently, drawing on a range of contributors (including a number from Brazil this time, giving it a nice international touch) with a theme this year of football. Each artist [...]

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What The Author Says – Martin O’Shea

8. August 2006

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This is a rather unusual WTAS, involving the rather heavy-duty subject of child abuse by the clergy, a dreadful experience which has formed the basis for one of the British small press titles added recently to the FPI site, The Least Among Us –it is disturbing material and may not be easy for everyone to [...]

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Family Guy vs American Dad

8. August 2006

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With the whole crew on the good ship FPI being huge fans of ‘Family Guy’ and ‘American Dad’ we were hugely excited when it was announced that the series would be returning in September 2006, and with a new series comes a new marketing campaign – you have to check this out! http://www.americandadvsfamilyguy.com/ And with [...]

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New Romero movie

7. August 2006

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Horror movie god George Romero is to write and direct Solitary Isle; based on a short story by Japanese writer Koji Suzuki, who brought the world Ring and Dark Water. According to Hollywood Reporter the story is based around an expedition to a deserted island where an unknown force soon means things take a lethal [...]

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manga festival

7. August 2006

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John at Down the Tubes reports that the International Manga  and Anime Festival will return for a third year, taking place at County Hall in London’s Westminister from Friday 10th to Tuesday 14th of November.

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World Fantasy Award Nominations

7. August 2006

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Cheryl points me in the direction of the excellent Locus online who have the list of nomimations up for this year’s World Fantasy Awards (good chum of FPI, Jeff VanderMeer is one of those judging this year). It is a very wide mix, especially the novel catagory, which includes works by authors most readers and [...]

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Politician sues cartoonist

4. August 2006

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Comics Reporter has news that Recep Tayyip Erdoga, the Turkish Prime Minister, is doing his bit to improve his country’s already dodgy reputation for free speech (a number of writers have been charged in recent years for brining the country into disrepute because they criticised the government). Yes, he is suing a political cartoonist for [...]

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Paper Tiger’s call to (un)arms

4. August 2006

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John at Down The Tubes has news that the Brighton-based Paper Tiger group are still looking for submissions for a small press anthology, War. Varied themes on the topic of War are encouraged with the hope being to produce an anthology which is diverse and thoughtful without being overly preachy. The collection will be non-profit, [...]

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Second Hellboy movie

4. August 2006

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Despite the success of the first (excellent) Hellboy movie the sequel has been in development hell due to the fact that Revolution, the studio who made the first film, closed down. Guillermo Del Toro recently commented that the success of the first movie made it attractive to other studios but many were reluctant to invest [...]

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Bloodspell

4. August 2006

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Hugh Hancock drops me a line to remind me to have a look at an interesting new development I’d heard about on Boing Boing but not had a chance to actually check out until now. Bloodspell is an animated fantasy/adventure series, already up to the seventh episode online (with part eight due on the 16th [...]

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Jeph Loeb charity auction

4. August 2006

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Jeph Loeb (Long Halloween, Hush and far more) will be involved in a charity auction at the Wizard World Chicago convention this weekend. Sadly Jeph lost his son Sam last year but is determined to make something good out of such a dreadful loss, with the monies raised going towards a college scholarship fund for [...]

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