Archive | November, 2007

Propaganda walks the dog with Korgi

27. November 2007

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This is Propaganda, I’m Richard Bruton and this is what I’ve been reading lately… Korgi Book 1: Sprouting Wings Christian Slade Molly and I sat down the other day and spent a little time reading some of our favourite comics. Molly’s already reviewed some of them (and delightfully illustrated her review herself too, see here – Joe), but [...]

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Bosc cartoons

27. November 2007

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Mike Lynch has posted some excellent work by the late cartoonist J M Bosc, taken from the 1950s book Cartoons the French Way (edited by Rene Goscinny). The cartoons have that seemingly simple structure which actually works (for me anyway) rather better than some much fussier, more detailed works. I’ve never come across this artist’s [...]

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Billie to return to Doctor Who

27. November 2007

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Rejoice, my fellow geeks! The BBC has confirmed that Billie Piper is to return as Rose Tyler for three episodes of the next season of Doctor Who, currently filming in Cardiff as we speak. There are precious few details at the moment, other than the fact that Rose returns (despite being in a sealed alternate [...]

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“No comment” – Super-Sam meets the media

27. November 2007

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(click the pic to visit full-size version and the archive of Darryl’s other strips. Art ©2007 Darryl Cunningham; if you want permission to reproduce any part of it you should ask him) How many interviewees have wanted to do this to Jeremy Paxman, I wonder? Shame he never got to ask if Super-Sam goes to the [...]

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Camel cigarette cartoon capers

27. November 2007

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Tobacco giant RJ Reynolds is getting some flack over a four-page cartoon pull-out in a recent issue of the famous Rolling Stone magazine. The cartoon supplement features a pull-out centre splash covering Indy music, with a Kirbyesque centrepiece, bookended by pages featuring the Camel logo and large warnings that smoking cigarettes can cause serious side [...]

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Card-i-cature a week

26. November 2007

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Birmingham cartoonist and caricaturist Alex Hughes has been running a feature called ‘card-i-cature a week’ over on his website, picking out a topical figure each week for treatment (there are plenty of previous works to browse on his site too). The latest victim is the somewhat disaster-prone Alistair Darling, MP, the current chancellor of the [...]

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Propaganda – to know the Unknown

26. November 2007

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This is Propaganda, I’m Richard Bruton and this is what I’ve been reading lately: Omega the Unknown Written by Jonathan Lethem with Karl Rusnak Art by Farel Dalrymple Tellingly this is described on the very first page as “A version of an unfinished dream by Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes and Jim Mooney”. This is a reference to the original [...]

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World Press Cartoon Sintra 2008

26. November 2007

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Neorama has details of the World Press Cartoon Sintra 2008, which will cover three main categories: editorial cartoon, caricature and gag cartoon. Entries for consideration must have been published between January 1st and December 31st 2007 and be accompanied by a copy of the printed page in which they appeared, with any entries to arrive [...]

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Happy Feet and Aardman win at Children’s BAFTAs

26. November 2007

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Bristol’s Aardman Animation were named independent production company of the year at the Children’s BAFTAs yesterday, while Tiger Aspect’s Charlie and Lola won the best Pre-School Animation category; the show is based on Lauren Child’s popular (and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning) children’s books and had previously tasted success at the prestigious Annecy awards in the summer. [...]

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Verity Lambert passes away

24. November 2007

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Sad news from the BBC with the announcement that Verity Lambert passed away on Thursday, just a day before the 44th anniversary of an odd little television show she was the very first producer of – Doctor Who. As producer on the very first series with William Hartnell back in 1963 she sheperded the embryonic [...]

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Gordon Rennie writes

23. November 2007

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Okay, of course Gordon Rennie writes – he’s a writer, for Grud’s sake. What I mean is he has started a new column for Spong, the computer game site, which shouldn’t be that surprising since, as well as being a highly respected comics scribe – the wonderfully odd Necronauts, the psychedelically looney-but-brilliant (in a [...]

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A Comics Reporter Christmas

23. November 2007

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Tom Spurgeon’s Comics Reporter is a site several of us here read daily and one that should be bookmarked by anyone interested in the ninth art. He offers up news, pertinent links, regular interviews and analysis of mainstream underground and non English-language comics work, always presented in an accessible, informed and intelligent manner. This applies [...]

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BBC to revive “Survivors”

23. November 2007

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The BBC has confirmed that it has concluded a deal with the estate of the late Terry Nation to create a new version of the cult 70s science fiction show Survivors. Nation, well-known to SF viewers for Blake’s 7 (creaky sets, often hammy acting and yet many of us still loved it), not to mention [...]

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Bloodspell and Open Rights Group screening in London

22. November 2007

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Hugh Hancock will be joining blogger and Creative Commons exponent Andres Guadamuz for a Q&A chaired by the Open Rights Group’s Lilian Edwards following a special screening of the feature-length cut of the machinima fantasy animation Bloodspell (see here for more on the series and the feature-length edit) at the London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre [...]

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Classic British animation and comic art exhibition on Resonance

22. November 2007

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Alex Fitch rounds up more interesting subjects for his splendid shows on Resonance FM, including a chat with Jim Mahfood and Bill Shag at their London art show at the Dreamspace Gallery and animator Grant Rogers. The shows go out this evening (full details from Alex below) and as ever you can tune into Resonance [...]

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