Archive | November, 2006

Mike Carey in Spanish

23. November 2006

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You may recall me posting an interview with Mike Carey in Septemeber, discussing his comics and his new Felix Castor novels from Orbit. Well Entre Comics.com has translated what looks to be the whole thing into Spanish and posted it on their blog. May have been a little more polite to ask permission first of [...]

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Rebus whisky

23. November 2006

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Bestselling Scottish crime novelist Ian Rankin has been in the Orkney Islands, at the Highland Park distillery to be exact, where they are selecting a single malt whisky to mark the 20th anniversary of his most famous creation, Inspector Rebus (I can personally vouch for the quality of Highland Park). Next year Ian, who I [...]

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Signe Wilkinson

23. November 2006

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Tom at Comics Reporter notes happily that Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has created the Library of Congress’ Woman Who Dare calendar, an honour, as Tom observes, that is unlikely to be bestowed on most other cartoonists in the near future. You can check out Signe’s official site here for more; I thought this one [...]

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Whedon on Buffy ’season 8′

23. November 2006

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Entertainment Weekly has an interview with the god-like Joss Whedon, discussing the new Buffy comic due from Dark Horse in the spring of 2007. As reported some time back this will be an official continuation of the existing Buffy series, leading on from the final TV season, being in effect an eighth season, with Joss [...]

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Comics sarnie

23. November 2006

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Fancy a comics sandwhich? No, I’m not talking about popping the latest Civil War issue between a pair of 52s. How about a sandwich shop themed around a comic? Business Week carries a story about Dagwood’s Sandwich Shoppe in Florida, liberally decorated with work from the long-running cartoon strip Blondie, created back in the 30s [...]

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On independent publishing

22. November 2006

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Paul Burke, who you may recall me mentioning here a few weeks back when he undertook to post the progress in developing Hardboiled Ed on his blog, tells me that there is quite a bit of new material for folks to have a look at now, including some nice art work showing the pencilled image [...]

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Holy Frak!

22. November 2006

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Dynamite Entertainment has released details for the first graphic novel collection of their New Battlestar Galactica comics. Filling in gaps between the episodes of the hit series (which has recently begun airing its third season in the US) the comics have been going down well with fans hungry for more of the characters. I will [...]

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La Muse web serialisation

22. November 2006

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Adi and Scot at Big Head Press sent me details of a forthcoming new work, La Muse, which will be serialised on the Big Head Press site beginning in January, with plans for a full-colour print version to be published the following year (have a browse while you are there as the team have more [...]

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Mad

22. November 2006

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We’ve got the huge and utterly desirable Madman Gargantua collection from Image up over on the webstore. Over 800 pages of hard-bound Mike Allred goodness, fellow fans start your drooling now… As with the equally tasty Complete Invincible Library Volume 1 from Image, Madman Gargantua will be limited to a one-off print run of 2, [...]

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The Next Generation

22. November 2006

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Whil Weaton shares an important moment in a parent’s life as he talks to his son: “I think you’re mature enough to have full access to my comic and graphic novel library.” And thus is the comics baton passed to a new generation. Mind you, he was a little more wary of letting him near The Collection. [...]

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Thunderbirds are going, going, gone

21. November 2006

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The BBC website has pictures of some of the work from Thunderbirds which will be going under the hammer at Bonhams auction house in London. Material from other Gerry Anderson shows, including the original Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and Stingray will also feature in an auction likely to have many a fan’s mouth watering, including [...]

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Jackson out of Hobbit movie

21. November 2006

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New Line has informed Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson that his services are not required for a film adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s Hobbit, shocking fans. Jackson has been in a financial dispute with New Line following an audit and it looks as if New Line are not prepared to settle this and then move on to [...]

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Aronofsky on the Fountain

20. November 2006

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Darren Aronofsky talks to Ain’t It Cool News about the long-in-production movie The Fountain, as well as the graphic novel interpretation he and Kent Wiliams created, as well as commenting on his talked-about attachments to the movie versions of Watchmen and Lone Wolf and Cub.

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Chris Ware in the New Yorker

20. November 2006

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Oh! Bags full of Chris Ware goodness from the site of the New Yorker – go, look, enjoy. Thanks to Comics Reporter for the link.

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Graphic novels and libraries

20. November 2006

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Following on from the recent trouble over graphic novels in libraries in the US (although the problem is by no means confined to America) Comics News Tracker carries a link to an article in the Columbia Daily Tribune about graphic novels, library policy and the issues surrounding them.

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