Archive | October, 2007

Banksy art exceeds sales expectations

25. October 2007

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Okay, I’ll try and make this the last mention of Banksy this week: the sale of his works at London auction house Bonham’s has apparently soared way beyond the anticipated £300, 000 mark, coming in at a staggering £546, 000 (almost a million dollars US) according to this BBC article. Nice work if you can [...]

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New Wonder Woman?

25. October 2007

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No, before you get excited the still lingering in development limbo Wonder Woman film hasn’t suddenly lurched into gear again and cast a leading lady. This is a picture from a Halloween episode of the TV series ‘Bones’ which stars Angel and Buffy’s David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel as Doctor Brennan (the titular Bones), hence [...]

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The Uncanny Alan Moore

25. October 2007

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Brian Hughes’ Again With the Comics has posted up some utterly bonkers Alan Moore scripted comics from the 90s – pages from 1963 Book 3: Tales of the Uncanny, where the Bearded Comics God is partnered up with Steve Bissette (Swamp Thing) and Chester Brown (Yummy Fur) for a fabulously freaky cosmic tale that I’m [...]

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“ASBOs come to Trumpton” – meet Johnny Bean

25. October 2007

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This week’s edition of that venerable British comics institution The Beano (#3404) boasts a brand-new strip, Tales of Johnny Bean from the Happy Bunny Green, courtesy of Laura Howell, who has been slaving away on preparing it for months. On Laura’s main site she describes it as a bit like “ASBOs come to Trumpton” (for [...]

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Hare we go – drawing Bugs Bunny

24. October 2007

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John Kricfalusi has posted a look at a classic Tex Avery period Bugs Bunny cartoon, examining Rod Scribner’s animation style and posting a step-by-step ‘how to’ guide for budding animators wishing to emulate him – there’s even a link to a Quicktime movie of John drawing it in case you can’t quite follow it from [...]

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With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child

24. October 2007

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With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child Volume 1 Written and illustrated by Keiko Tobe Top science fiction publisher Orbit – home to the likes of Iain M Banks and Charlie Stross – is finally dipping its toes into the field of graphic novels: in conjunction with the Yen Press they are launching a series of manga [...]

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Venting your spleen at 24 Hour Comics Day

24. October 2007

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Tom Humberstone – the British small press artist better known to readers as The Vented Spleen, creator of the excellent Art School Scum – took part in 24 Hour Comics Day at the weekend and has posted the results up on his website for all to see. Actually Tom not only met the challenge and [...]

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Visual art versus graffiti

24. October 2007

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In the same week that a number of original works by street artist Banksy are about go go under the hammer at prestigious London auction house Bonham’s (see yesterday) the council of Tower Hamlets has declared that work on buildings in its area are to be treated as vandalism and removed. The council were asked [...]

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30 Days of Night

24. October 2007

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Chris Marshal of the Collected Comics Library podcast (now with new-look blog page) has seen the 30 Days of Night movie and judges it good; I’m jealous – I’m a big fan of Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s original comics and annoyed UK audiences have to wait a bit longer before the movie opens here [...]

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Lunch with John Romita Sr

23. October 2007

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I missed hearing about this, but since the auction continues until the 28th of this month I suppose it is better late than never: one of the most respected comics artists in the business, John Romita Sr, is donating his time to help the Hero Initiative, a charity which helps comics creators in need. The [...]

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How manga conquered the US

23. October 2007

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Wired magazine has decided to take a look at the incredible growth in popularity – and influence – of manga in the USA (and let’s be honest, everywhere else too, even in countries well served by quality comics like France). Rather than a lengthy prose article though, Wired has decided to use the medium to [...]

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Tales From the Flat Collected

23. October 2007

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Oliver Lambden and Laurence Powell have a new publication out: Tales From the Flat Collected Edition Volume One. As the name suggests this is an omnibus edition, collecting the first three issues of TFTF, which is a very enjoyable comic from the homegrown talent in our British small press scene that should help fill the [...]

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Clarion South

23. October 2007

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Marianne de Pierres tells me that she will be taking part in the 2009 Clarion South Writers Workshop, along with a number of other respected science fiction and fantasy writers, including Kelly Link (who appears on so many awards lists I’ve lost track) and Margo Lanagan. Some readers will already be familiar with the Clarion [...]

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Prix Aurora Awards

23. October 2007

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Science Fiction Awards Watch has the winners of the recently announced Prix Aurora Awards, given annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association for works in both French and English. The Best Long-Form Work in English/Meilleur Livre en Anglais went to Dave Duncan for Children of Chaos, while the Meilleur Livre en Français/Best Long-Form Work [...]

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Banksy auction

23. October 2007

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The BBC has a selection of pictures drawn from an upcoming auction of art by the mysterious street artist Banksy at Bonham’s of London, including this one (below) of a rat with a sword, which puts me in mind of David Petersen’s Mouse Guard. The ten original Banksy works – which includes Lenin on roller [...]

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