Archive | November, 2006

Holy costumed shenanigans, Batman! It ain’t over till the fat dolphin sings…

14. November 2006

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Also at the Beat’s blog is a link to this story in the Daily Mail about a police raid involving officers dressed up in costume as Batman and Robin. Truth is indeed often stranger than fiction. In other bizarre Batman news Boing Boing points to this story about scientists at the Living Seas in Disney’s [...]

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Xeric winners

14. November 2006

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The Beat has the list of recipients of the Autumn 2006 Xeric Grant awards – looks like poor Heidi has had fun trying to Google some of the winners! Joel White – Bronzeville Gregory Corso – And How Aron Nels Steinke – Big Plans Toc Fetch – Kids of Lower Utopia – V6 No 1 [...]

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Supergirls dare to bare

14. November 2006

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A priceless article here in the Portland Tribune (via a link on Journalista via When Fangirls Attack) about Lincoln High School’s homecoming dance (no, I don’t know what that is – any American readers please enlighten me). The principal set a superhero theme for the dance but was then taken aback to find that many [...]

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New Babylon 5 from Straczynski

14. November 2006

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My fellow Bab 5 fans rejoice – the mighty J Michael Straczynski is taking a break from his (often excellent) comics output to return to the franchise which made him a household name among geeks worldwide. ICV2 carries news from Warners that JMS will write and direct a straight-to-DVD new segment entitled Babylon 5: the [...]

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Royal(e) Bond

14. November 2006

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The new Bond movie Casino Royale is getting the Royal treatment today, with a premiere for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in London. Daniel Craig was interviewed on BBC Breakfast News this morning and when asked if he ever thought as an actor he would end up with the famous Bond gig he [...]

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Dark Horse in the NYT

13. November 2006

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Comics Reporter points me in the direction of this feature in the New York Times profiling Dark Horse in their twentieth anniversary year, picking up on obvious titles like Sin City, Hellboy and Concrete (is Paul Chadwick a comics god? Oh yes, I think so) but also discussing Dark Horse‘s other varied projects, from manga [...]

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Good things come to those who wait…

13. November 2006

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…As they say in the Guinness adverts. Why am I quoting Guinness advertising slogans to you (apart from the obvious fact that I enjoy a pint of the black stuff?)? Because Ashley Wood mentions on his blog that he is working on the next Guinness Rugby campaign. He also has some pictures up of the [...]

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The Prestige

13. November 2006

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Christopher Nolan has done it again; his debut feature Memento with Guy Pierce and Carrie-Anne Moss showcased not just a fascinating idea (how do you deal with events when your short term memory lasts mere minutes before fading?) but utilised a fractured narrative which, as well as being unusual, had the effect of disorientating the [...]

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Moore in the Simpsons

13. November 2006

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The Northants News carries news of one of their better-known residents, Mister Alan Moore. In-between writing some of the best comics work on the planet and lending his weight to local housing campaigns it seems Alan is to receive one of the highest honours for any person. No, not a Knighthood or a Nobel Award, [...]

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Bond Timeline

13. November 2006

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The BBC’s website has a handy timeline for James Bond just head of the release of Casino Royale. My plans to turn up at the opening night in an Aston Martin may have to be revised to a more realistic approach of turning up with one of Corgi’s Aston Martins in my pocket…

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Lost in Translation panel discussion transcription

10. November 2006

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This is the transcription of the panel discussion which followed Paul Gravett’s talk at the Lost In Translation event held on Friday 3rd November by the Goethe Institute and Alliance Française, Park Circus, Glasgow. Taking part were Paul Gravett, Sandra and John from Metaphrog and Arne Bellstorf, with Marc Baines chairing the discussion. I’ve tried [...]

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Doctor Who an ‘icon of Englishness’

10. November 2006

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An online government project has added Doctor Who to a list of icons of England on a site with entries voted for by the public. It seems a little odd to me that any one part of the United Kingdom should have any particular claim over the series, currently produced by BBC Wales and starring [...]

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Snyder on the Watchmen script

9. November 2006

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SciFi Wire has a chat with Zack Snyder after a press sneak-peek at some of his 300 footage and manages to ask him about the endlessly-in-development Watchmen movie. Snyder told SciFi that the studio (Warners) are happy with the latest draft, which has returned to the source, commenting that he and his fellow scribe Alex [...]

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Did You Miss Me? Buenaventura Press

9. November 2006

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Gather round, folks, as my colleague Kenny offers us up another of his Did You Miss Me? columns, where he focuses on comics work which may not get as high a profile as others and is too easy to slip past your comics radar but are often worth your time: Ok I was going to [...]

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SF Britannia

8. November 2006

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BBC 3 has a short series called Science Fiction Britannia coming up very soon; over on SFX’s site Ian Berriman is impressed with what he’s seen. I’m pleased to read that there is a good emphasis not only on the rich radio and TV SF heritage but also British SF novels, something we have always [...]

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