Archive | December, 2006

Stan on the radio

28. December 2006

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Stan Lee can be heard on NPR discussing how he brought realism to comics fantasy (okay, when they say ‘realism’ they are obviously stretching the OED definition somewhat, but you know what they mean). And while we’re at it, happy birthday Stan (link via Newsarama).

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Rushkoff mugged

28. December 2006

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Newsarama blog reports that Douglas Rushkoff, writer of the bloody brilliant Testament series, was mugged outside his home on Christmas Eve (presumably by the Ghost of New York Muggers Past) – despite some obvious material losses thankfully Doug is unharmed.

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Old Moore comic scanned

28. December 2006

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Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Irish SF con organiser, bookseller and expert on all things Alan Moore has scanned in a special four page Stars My Degradation story written and drawn by Alan Moore (under the name Curt Vile) back in December 1982 for Brit music magazine Sounds, called The Bride of Pressbutton, all up on Pádraig’s [...]

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Captain Jack ties the knot

28. December 2006

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Torchwood and Doctor Who star John Barrowman, who plays Captain Jack has signed a civil partnership with his long-time partner Scott Gill in a ceremony in Cardiff (where both shows are filmed) – congrats to both of them. I’m also pretty damned pleased Torchwood will be coming back for a second season. In Who news [...]

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Sale time!

26. December 2006

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The post-Christmas period is a traditional time for sales and who are we to argue with tradition? So if you head on over to the main FPI webstore now you will see a whole new sale section with a number of goodies from Alien wall reliefs to statues of Dr Strange at big, big discounts.

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Collected Comics Podcast reaches the magic #100

24. December 2006

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My mate Chris has put up the number #100 of his damned fine Collected Comics Library podcast and in true comics landmark fashion it is a Giant-Sized issue (nearly 50 minutes) as Chris calls on some extra help to celebrate the big one hundred, with a special discussion of Maus on top of the regular [...]

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Talking Coffee and Comics

24. December 2006

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My old mucker Ariel (a stalwart of the UK SF scene) has posted a chat with me about the setting up of the Coffee and Comics book group for graphic novels announced here previously over on the UK SF Book News blog.

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Who beats Beano

23. December 2006

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The Beano Annual, for many years utterly secure atop the Yuletide bestsellers list (just as the DC Thomson comic sits king-like in the UK comics sellers) has been pipped at the post for top Christmas seller for the first time in years. And it wasn’t outstripped by another comics-based annual but by this year’s Doctor [...]

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Famke – from Phoenix to animal-loving Angel

22. December 2006

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From the Newsarama Blog comes this link to the animal-rights group beloved of many a celeb, PETA, and a certain former Bond girl and X-Men star Famke Janssen posing as a very sultry angel for their new advert campaign (as JK on Newsarama wryly observes Famke has gone from playing Phoenix/Jean Grey to Angel, heheheh). [...]

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50 greatest cartoons

22. December 2006

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Via Boing Boing comes this link to CityRag which has taken a list of the top 50 cartoons as voted for by the animation industry in the 90s and then found links to all of them online. Topping the list is the Bugs Bunny classic “What’s Opera, Doc?”, which combines some amazing animation (the simple, [...]

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Silver Surfer movie pic

22. December 2006

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Comics Continuum has a picture of the Silver Surfer from the next Fantastic Four movie (pinched from USA Today I think):

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Walking in the Air

22. December 2006

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Irn Bru (Scotland’s ‘other national drink’ and the finest hangover remedy known to humanity) produces some wonderfully clever adverts, almost up there with the Guinness campaigns, but often more subversive – witness the latest one released for the festive season which appears to pay homage to the British animated classic The Snowman. The ‘”We’re Walking [...]

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Xmas greetings from Strangehaven

22. December 2006

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Gary Spencer Millidge, creator of one of the success stories of UK small press comics, the frankly excellent Strangegaven (now translated into several foriegn languages) has decided to skip his customary Abiogenesis Press Christmas card this year for several reasons, principal among them “my Christmas cards are in danger of being more frequent than new [...]

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Kidnapped in Edinburgh

21. December 2006

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The graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel of adventure, Kidnapped, by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy, will be part of a major celebration of Scottish literature in February. Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature trust are organising the event, which is being backed by the city council, the Scottish Arts Council and Edinburgh [...]

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Dracula

21. December 2006

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The BBC has a new interpretation of Dracula due to air over the holidays (I say interpretation rather than adaptation since it looks to be taking liberties with the story), with Stephanie Leonidas as Mina – Stephanie was the central player in Gaiman and McKean’s visually splendid MirrorMask movie. The new version goes out on [...]

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