Archive | June, 2007

Sean Azzopardi on Flickr

30. June 2007

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Looking at some new pictures added to friends of the FPI Flickr stream (one of the nice functions, being able to see each other’s latest additions) and lookee here, some lovely sketchbook artwork from British comics writer/artist Sean Azzpoardi. Go and have a look – Sean’s also added some more comics pages as well recently, [...]

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Texas Steampunk

30. June 2007

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Remember I mentioned how some creators are using Creative Commons licensing to allow their work to be more freely disseminated? Lea Hernandez has put her older story Cathedral Child (previously published by Image in the late 90s) onto Creative Commons so she can put it online free, partly as a way of reaching new, non-US [...]

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Arab cartoons on Gaza

29. June 2007

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The Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI) site has gathered together a range of reactions to the recent in-fighting between Fatah and Hamas in Gaza from the Arab press; a few at the end are similar in tone to the ones mentioned last week which laid some responsibility also with external forces (some were also possibly [...]

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Who finale

29. June 2007

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This weekend is the great finale for this season of Doctor Who and with his nemesis The Master returned (as the Prime Minister of Great Britain!) and an alien invasion things are not looking too bright – it may well all be up to Martha. The official BBC Doctor Who site has a whole bunch [...]

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ROK announces major prize for new comics talent

29. June 2007

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John Freeman has been in touch to say that ROK, set up to facilitate comics adapted for the mobile phone market, is offering a pretty good opportunity for comics creators, backed up with the incentive of a very tasty £5, 000 (around $10, 000 US) prize. ROK are actively looking for more comics creators to [...]

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Pottermania

29. June 2007

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Unless you have been living in the secret world at the Earth’s Core wrestling with dinosaurs you can’t have failed to notice the build up of magical energy in the air which always precedes an outburst from the world of the boy wizard, Harry Potter. With the final book in the series this summer and [...]

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Comic-Con Animation Jam

29. June 2007

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No, this isn’t some kind of cartoon-related jar of preserves on offer at the San Diego Comic Con (although perhaps that is a possibility for a new line of merchandising?) but a call by ASIFA-Hollywood for animators to take part in the Second Annual ASIFA-Hollywood Paperless 2D Animation Jam at the San Diego con. Animators [...]

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Blast Off in San Francisco

29. June 2007

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San Francisco, hometown to the Emperor Joshua Norton, will play host to the Blast Off event in July at the Asian Art Museum. Blast Off is described as a “pop culture extravaganza” of Japanese manga, music and anime for the serious otaku and the newbie, adult and child alike, taking place on Saturday July 7th [...]

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“Superpowers, a scintillating wit and the best body money can buy…” – Propaganda gets Astonished

28. June 2007

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This is Propaganda, I’m Richard Bruton and this is what I’ve been reading lately: Astonishing X-Men Written by Joss Whedon, Art by John Cassaday Volume 1: Gifted Volume 2: Dangerous Volume 3: Torn Astonishing X-Men is the only X-Men book you really need to read on the shelves at the moment. It’s self contained, there’s no annoying crossovers, no [...]

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“The new Sci-Fi”

28. June 2007

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Gareth McLean has a decent-sized article in the Guardian, looking at the growth not only in science fiction and fantasy on TV but in the growing acceptance of them by a more mainstream audience outwith the SF community. Looking at the award-winning Battlestar Galactica for the most part but taking in shows like Lost and [...]

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Searle talks about his Edinburgh connection for St Trinian’s cartoons

28. June 2007

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The British cartoonist, illustrator, animator and satirist Ronald Searle is featured briefly in the Edinburgh Evening News (my local paper which I normally read and yet I missed this – thankfully Marko at Neorama pointed it out to me). Searle has created cartoons and illustrations for many decades, but he is probably still most famous [...]

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From our Continental Correspondent – Join in the Tournament

28. June 2007

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Coinciding with the Wimbledon tennis tournament that’s well under way right now (except when it is raining, which is a lot – Joe), Asterix fans are invited to take part in a tournament of their own : the Tournament of the Indomitables, which is now in its third round. On the Asterix website visitors can [...]

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Our last, best hope for peace…

28. June 2007

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SFX points us to this Warner Brothers site for Babylon 5, where we can at last get a glimpse of the upcoming direct-to-DVD new Bab 5 by J M Straczynksi, the Lost Tales, with behind-the-scenes videos and a trailer (although on an annoyingly small player window). According to the site the DVD goes on sale [...]

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Yomiuri Cartoon Contest

28. June 2007

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The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper has announced details of their 29th international cartoon contest, with the frankly brilliant theme this year of – wait for it – teeth! Maybe it’s just the mid-week craziness hitting but for some reason that just tickles me, especially when you read some of the accompanying text: “Teeth are necessary parts of [...]

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Gay representation in comics

27. June 2007

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Alex Fitch tells me that he is doing two shows this Thursday on Resonance FM; in addition to his usual spot on I’m Ready for my Close-up (which has covered a lot of comics and SF material) where he will be talking to gay director Duncan Roy about his new movie The Picture of [...]

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