Archive | December, 2006

Battlestar Galactica as the Simpsons

14. December 2006

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Again via Boing Boing comes this link to Dylan Meconis’ Live Journal where he has created pictures of the characters from one of my favourite shows, Battlestar Galactica, as they would look in another of my favourite shows, the Simpsons! Go and look and cheer yourself up!

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Batman – Russian agent?

14. December 2006

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Via Boing Boing and the BBC comes this rather unusual image of the logo on the floor at the Russian intelligence headquarters. When did Batman begin working for the Russian spy agency? And does he know anything about the alleged Polonium poisoning plot? I thought Superman was the Red Son… This is bizarre – even [...]

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Special offer at Back Issue Comics

14. December 2006

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My colleague Gary has sent me details of a very generous special offer on our Back Issues Comic site – a chance to get FREE COMICS!!!! Yeah, that got your attention! “You guys have really taken to the back issues website with unmatched enthusiasm. We have mailed out many thousands of really good reading comics [...]

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Titan looking for comics talent

14. December 2006

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Andrew James from Titan Magazine has dropped us a line to let comics creators know about a potential opportunity for them: “Titan Magazines, the UK-based publisher of the originated Wallace & Gromit Comic and such best-selling licences as The Simpsons, Futurama, SpongeBob SquarePants and Star Wars, will be expanding its range of originated comics based [...]

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Steve Niles interviewed on Skullring

14. December 2006

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Skullring has followed up their recent interview with Ben Templesmith by chatting to his sometime-collaborator Steve Niles, who, when asked how he got into horror replied: “When I was a kid I was scared to death of horror movies, but I’d keep watching them even after I was forbidden. After a few years my fear [...]

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Birmingham Comics Show report

13. December 2006

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Comics artist David Baillie has filed a report on the weekend’s Birmingham International Comics Show 2006 over on top Brit comics site Down The Tubes. David seems quite impressed with the decent treatment the small, independent press folks received: “The exhibition halls were both large enough without being cavernous and the aisles spacious. Exhibitors were [...]

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Ben Templesmith talks

13. December 2006

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The Skullring website has an interview with writer and artist Ben Templesmith, where he discusses his own work (a Wormwood collection is coming next year, as is a collection of Ben’s art, Conluvio), his collaborations with other creators and his level of involvement with the film adaptation of the damned fine graphic novel 30 Days [...]

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Second Torchwood season announced

13. December 2006

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Via John at Down The Tubes who spotted this before I did (thanks, John) comes some good news for Torchwood fans: “Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood has been commissioned for a second series and will premiere on BBC2 instead of BBC3. Speaking at the BBC2 winter/spring launch, channel controller Roly Keating said the new series would [...]

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The Best of the Year 2006

12. December 2006

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Yes, it is that time, as nights grow long, days grow short and icicles grow here in the Blogcave, to have a look at some of the releases from the last twelve months who which tickled our fancies. Rather than just list some of my highlights of 2006 I decided to ask some friends if [...]

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Paul Cornell

12. December 2006

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Writer Paul Cornell has been a busy boy recently; Rebellion is just about to release XTNCT as a hardcover graphic novel, his comic Wisdom is coming up from Marvel, while over on his blog he reports on listening to a read-through of one of his scripts for an episode of next season’s Doctor Who. Paul [...]

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Billie in Ruby

11. December 2006

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Those fans still missing Doctor Who favourite Billie Piper can catch her in period dress in the TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s Ruby in the Smoke over the festive period; the BBC site has full details.

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Comics in the radio

11. December 2006

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Paul Gravett has links to the three parts of his discussion of comics on BBC Radio Five available on the Articles section of his site (Quick Time required).

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Classic Brit comics podcast

11. December 2006

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Via John at top Brit comics site Down The Tubes comes some exciting news: Dirk Maggs, a name familiar to many listeners of audio fantasy in the UK (he was involved in the BBC radio adaptations of Superman and Batman among others and, of course, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) is planning a podcast [...]

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Martin Nodell passes

11. December 2006

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Martin Nodell, creator of the original Golden Age Green Lantern, passed away over the weekend. Nodell left the comics biz for a long stretch but was later brought to a new comics audience with classic reprints of his material and also new work for DC in the late 80s and early 90s. He was a [...]

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Kids doing comics

11. December 2006

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Greg Hatcher on Comic Book Resources has a great story about some kids in his Cartooning Class, specifically 12-year old Tiffany who wanted to draw a comic inspired by the books of Tamora Pierce (a very popular fantasy author for young girls). After Greg explained copyright to her and that she couldn’t just use someone [...]

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