Archive | August, 2007

HTTP error cartoons

10. August 2007

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Ape Lad, the same artist who brought us the ‘true’ origins of the internet phenomenon LOLcats, has created a set of cool cartoons to accompany those annoying HTTP errors we all get sometimes as we are innocently browsing – this one is for ’404 – Not Found’:

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ANZACs at war

9. August 2007

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Comics Down Under offers, appropriately, an Australian take on the latest anthology of the classic British war picture library, Commando: ANZACs at War, which like the earlier 12 Toughest Commando Books Ever, collects 12 themed stories from the series – here all obviously featuring Australian and New Zealand soldiers – into one very large collection. [...]

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She’s a wonder…

9. August 2007

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The Sequential Tart (via Neorama) has an interview up with Gail Simone, who is moving from one high profile comic with a mostly female cast, Birds of Prey, to the best known superheroine, Wonder Woman, where her words bode well for the mighty Amazon princess – I especially likes this reply: “I like a Wonder [...]

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Hal Foster, Prince of Holiday Advertising

9. August 2007

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Via Culpable Y Perdedor comes a link to Golden Age Comic Book Stories, which has a treasure trove of classic illustrations to browse from books, comics and other works. Hal Foster, before beginning his still much-loved run on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ immortal hero Tarzan and long before his amazing Prince Valiant strip debuted, was earning [...]

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The Pilot of the Future

9. August 2007

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Some terrific news via Chris Weston’s blog as he reveals that he has been occupied on the design sheets for new 12 inch Dan Dare action figures for Underground Toys. I’m utterly delighted at this news – Dan Dare is still (rightly) revered as one of the UK’s greatest ever comics characters (indeed, Dare who [...]

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British Fantasy Awards

9. August 2007

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I missed the other night, but Ariel caught it at the UK SF Book News site: the shortlist for the British Fantasy Awards have been announced – in the novel category we have: Chaz Brenchley, Bridge of Dreams, Ace Books Mike Carey, The Devil You Know, Orbit Books Mark Chadbourn, Jack of Ravens: Kingdom of [...]

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Kelly

9. August 2007

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As well as more Kelly material on Act-I-Vate Dan Goldman would like to point out that he will have to change his old mailing list soon, so for those (like me) who want to stay on the receiving end of email updates from Dan, they need to sign up again at his main website.

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Yen Press – Orbit announces new manga range for UK and the US

8. August 2007

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Orbit, the top science fiction publisher which counts Iain M Banks, R. Scott Bakker, Charlie Stross and Mike Carey among its authors, has announced they will be working with their sister company the Hachette Book Group in America on the simultaneous publication of a new range of manga, the Yen Press. Yes, I know, some [...]

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The Truth is out there – in Edinburgh

8. August 2007

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Edinburgh is full of strange characters at the best of times, but during the Festival strange almost becomes the norm. Which makes it much more difficult for me to check over my shoulders to make sure I’m not being followed by government spooks, Men In Black or other furtive and strange people as I try [...]

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From our Continental Correspondent – Tintin in the Congo controversy comes home to roost in Belgium

8. August 2007

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As the international row about alleged racism in Tintin in the Congo seem to be quietly dying down, a Congolese man has pressed formal charges against Moulinsart, which manages the rights to the work of Tintin creator George Rémi, on the basis that this book is racist and should be withdrawn from the market. The [...]

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Naji Al-Ali article

8. August 2007

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Tom at Comics Reporter spotted this article from the Yemen Times profiling one of the greatest cartoonists to come out of the Middle East, Naji al-Ali, which makes a good companion to the pictorial memorial the BBC posted a couple of weeks ago.

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Propaganda – Rom-Com-Comics

7. August 2007

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This is Propaganda, I’m Richard Bruton and this is what I’ve been reading lately: I love Romantic Comedies. The soppier the better. I love the elaborate set-ups, the predictable “true love never runs smooth” plots and the feeling of contentment and fun they elicit. Yet, in comics, the Rom-Com is a tiny, tiny genre. Which [...]

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Gelert – new mixed media graphic novel from Factory

7. August 2007

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Howard Webster drops me a line to point us to this brief teaser clip for a new ‘second generation’ graphic novel as he calls it. As with the upcoming Jonas Moore Howard’s Factory Publishing have been creating buzz about, ‘Gelert‘ will again take advantage of the Web 2.0 era to mix art panels with music [...]

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Gentlemen’s Duel pulled

7. August 2007

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The very cool animation A Gentlemen’s Duel which I mentioned yesterday has, sadly, been pulled with the video hosting site showing a ‘breach of Terms of Use’ sign in its place. I did hear from one friend with connections in the animation world that it may have been posted without official sanction from Blur Studios, [...]

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Steve Yeowell on Panel Borders

7. August 2007

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Panel Borders‘ interview with the Most Excellent Steve Yeowell is now available as a podcast to listen to, while we’re promised the pleasure of Glenn Fabry and John McCrea in an upcoming PB episode on Resonance FM (and available as a podcast shortly after the broadcast).

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