Archive | April, 2007

The Art of Bryan Talbot

25. April 2007

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The Newsarama Blog spotted something I missed in the Bryan Talbot interview on Comics Alliance (I was busy trying to get Tweedledum and Tweedledee out of the Blogcave again, cheeky scamps) – NBM are to publish The Art of Bryan Talbot this autumn. You wait ages for a major new Bryan Talbot work then get [...]

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Fire strikes Dark Knight

25. April 2007

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Fire broke out on a location shoot for the Dark Knight, the sequel to the film Batman Begins, while shooting in Chicago’s old Post Office building which had been redressed for the movie to stand-in for Gotham National Bank. According to the Chicago Tribune though, the fire was due to faulty old ventilation and nothing [...]

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Captain America in the news for the wrong reasons

25. April 2007

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Sexual molestation and drug use aren’t what you would normally associate with Captain America, but this odd news story tells the unfortunate tale of a doctor dressed as the Cap who assaulted a woman then tried to flush his drugs stash before being arrested. This is wrong on sooo many levels… No wonder Boing Boing [...]

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John Kricfalusi interviewed

25. April 2007

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Ren and Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi is interviewed over on Cold Hard Flash, complete with old and new artwork as well as video material, discussing his own body of work as well as offering comment on new and classic animation and advice for up and coming animators – well worth a visit! Asked about contemporary [...]

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Arab cartoons on terrorism

25. April 2007

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Here’s an interesting flipside to the outcry from the Muslim world over the Danish cartoons – political cartoons from Arab newspapers condemning acts of terrorism. The Middle East Media Research Institute has selected a number of cartoons from the Arab press decrying terrorism and the bombers; I find it rather interesting that this is a [...]

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…

25. April 2007

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SciFi Wire discusses the imminent new book The Making of Star Wars by J W Rinzler, which makes use of some newly unearthed material to throw light on one of cinema’s biggest-ever hit series as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. Interestingly some early material the author found shows that the film makers were less than [...]

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From Cartoons on the Bay to award-winning CG animation

25. April 2007

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From Salerno’s Cartoons on the Bay festival comes new of the Pulcinella Awards for animation – in Italian on the official site, but handily the Animation World Network has reposted them in English, with the UK’s Charlie and Lola doing very well and Cartoon Film of Germany and Italy’s Maga Animation Studio sharing Studio of [...]

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Postcards from Palestine

25. April 2007

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Andrew Luke at Bugpowder pointed me in the direction of Katie Miranda’s fascinating blog Postcards From Palestine, from whence comes the above image supporting international calls for Alan Johnston, the kidnapped BBC reporter, to be released. Katie is working on art classes with Palestinian kids who don’t always get the chance to actually enjoy just [...]

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I’m Ready For My Close-up talks gets Savvy

25. April 2007

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Alex Fitch from Resonance FM’s “I’m Ready For My Close-Up” show, which has featured some top comics and SF&F talent this year, will be talking to Louis Savvy this week, the organiser of the upcoming SciFi London festival; check Alex’s accompanying blog for more details as he posts them and links to audio files to [...]

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New Who for US viewers

25. April 2007

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Variety reports that the US SciFi Channel has picked up the rights to broadcast the third season of Doctor Who in America. The new season, which started a couple of weeks ago here in Blighty, should begin in the US in July (ironically with the Christmas special); the first couple of seasons have been solid [...]

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Zombies invade Stoke

24. April 2007

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I’ve got a little change of pace for you today; a shambling, stumbling, rotting foot-dragging pace as we find ourselves surrounded by the living dead. The man most directly responsible for the zombie carnage on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent is one of our own, Mike Cartwright, who works part time at the large Hanley branch [...]

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Read a comic, become a priest

24. April 2007

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Dirk at Journalista has a link to this story which has had me giggling hysterically for the last few minutes – the Catholic Church is using manga comics as a way to encourage yoof into an ecclesiastical career. From the Independent Catholic News: “The Church has also stepped into new territory, using Japanese Manga style [...]

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Lumbering Dead

24. April 2007

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David Berner from Broken Voice Comics tells me that the last pages of issue one of Lee Munday’s The Lumbering Dead are now live on the Broken Voice site, meaning you can now read the entire issue. From David’s description: “Written and illustrated by UK artist Lee Munday, “The Lumbering Dead” is a five-part mini-series [...]

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KomMissia Festival of Cartoon Stories

24. April 2007

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KomMissia 2007, the major Russian festival taking in cartoons, comics, manga, BD and other works will open in Moscow on April 27th and run through to May 13th; I’m afraid I can’t glean much in the way of details from the official site as my Russian is pretty much limited to saying “nuclear wessels” in [...]

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The John Murray archive attracts literary support

24. April 2007

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Bestselling fantasy author J K Rowling and crime novelist and soon-to-be comics writer Ian Rankin have joined Sir Sean Connery in supporting a campaign to help the National Library of Scotland to purchase the John Murray archive. The Edinburgh-born publisher went on to become one of the most famous publishers in British book history, printing [...]

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