Archive | July, 2007

Jenna J to work with Virgin Comics

26. July 2007

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“I’m thrilled to be collaborating with Virgin to bring this story to life, first as comics and eventually in film and other formats. Working with comics is creatively liberating – everything is possible. My character is sultry, sexy and kicks ass!” – yes, folks, adult superstar Jenna Jameson (stop pretending you don’t know who she [...]

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Jim Henson puppets donated for exhibition

26. July 2007

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A huge range of puppets and sketches from the collection of the late, great Jim Henson will be donated to Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts by his family, reports the BBC, with a new wing named after Henson being created to display some 700 items, including characters from fantasy works such as Labyrinth and the [...]

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Simon Fraser interviewed at Walrus

26. July 2007

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Walrus Comix has an interview up with the very fine Simon Fraser, who has done a lot of work for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic from The Family to Judge Dredd but is probably best-loved by fans as the co-creator of the swashbuckling Nikolia Dante for 2000AD. Simon discusses his influences (moving through some influential Brit [...]

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“We are the Champions, my friends…”

26. July 2007

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The finished version of Austin Grossman’s Soon I Will Be Invincible has an extra treat that the proof version I first read didn’t – a bonus section of colour artwork (on glossy paper no less). There are sketches and preliminary pencils by Bryan Hitch for the wrap-around cover he created (see below), plus a number [...]

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Caroline Munro at FPI Manchester

26. July 2007

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One of the most beloved actresses from British science fiction and fantasy movies, Caroline Munro, will be making an appearance at the Manchester Forbidden Planet International store (65 Oldham Street, Piccadilly) this Friday (the 27th) from 2 to 5pm. Caroline is well known to fans for her appearances in movies from At The Earth’s Core [...]

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Explore the ‘verse of Serenity

26. July 2007

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Visit scenic and historic Serenity Valley… We’ve just heard about this very cool and unusual new piece of merchandise for fans of Joss Whedon’s Serenity/Firefly, a set of posters for the Blue Sun Travel Agency, which encourages Alliance citizens to explore the many amazing vistas of the Republic, from taking the tea ceremony at the [...]

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Little Nemo, dreaming of race

25. July 2007

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Checker, the same publisher who brought us the much-appreciated Winsor McCay Early Works series, has just released the first hardback volume of their Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland by McCay. It isn’t quite as impressive as the enormous Sunday Press’s edition of collected Sunday strips the other year, but then it is less than a [...]

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World Congress on Communications and Arts

25. July 2007

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Marko at Neorama has details (in two languages) of the upcoming World Congress on Communications and Arts and a call for papers to be submitted. The Congress will be held from 18th to the 21st of November in São Paulo, Brazil, and the topics for discussion include a wide range of the arts, from media [...]

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Propaganda enjoys a Black Summer – “a nasty little superhero book”

25. July 2007

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This is Propaganda, I’m Richard Bruton and this is what I’ve been reading lately: Black Summer Issue 0 Written by Warren Ellis Art by Juan Jose Ryp 8 Pages. 8 bloody pages. That’s all there is in this issue 0. 8 pages to introduce us to Warren Ellis’ new 7 issue series from Avatar starting [...]

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AnimClips challenge – vote now!

25. July 2007

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Steve Ogden at the fine animation site AnimWatch drops me a line to remind folks that they can vote now for AnimClips Challenge #2, with some fourteen submissions this month for your consideration, with some very creative entries to pick from. Of course, this means you have to watch some interesting animation before you can [...]

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From our Continental Correspondent – comics events in Europe

25. July 2007

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It hasn’t been the brightest summer so far and you may find yourself looking for something interesting to occupy you – luckily there are a couple of interesting comics events here in Europe if you aren’t going to be over on the West Coast of America for the San Diego Comic-Con. If you happen to [...]

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Passionate about art

25. July 2007

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Not comics, but this arts story on the BBC did make me smile – a woman called Sam Rindy visiting the Collection Lambert museum in Avignon in southern France was apparently so overcome by the pristine whiteness of a canvas by American artist Cy Twombly that she leaned over and planted a great big smacker [...]

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Dresden Files campaign

24. July 2007

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The Orbit blog reports that despite decent audiences and reviews the new TV show The Dresden Files, based on the novels of Jim Butcher, has not so far been confirmed for a second series. As regular readers will know I am utterly biased when it comes to the Dresden books – I think Jim Butcher’s [...]

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Sarah Connor Chronicles school violence scene reworked

24. July 2007

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The BBC reports that a scene in the upcoming Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series, which is set between the events depicted in the Terminator movies, may need to be revamped. The scene in question depicts an attack on the teenage John Connor in a school classroom, which the producers may alter after the recent horrific [...]

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Le Jeuves – ‘corrected’ cartoon

24. July 2007

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Alberto from Spain’s Entre Comics kindly updates us on the ongoing fiasco of the state attempting to censor satirical magazine El Jeuves over a cartoon depicting members of the Spanish royal family. Following on from the legal letter from the judge they posted on their website in place of the offending cartoon (see this post [...]

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