Archive | July, 2008

Alex’s audio round-up

31. July 2008

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Yes, its Thursday afternoon already and here’s aural gymnast Alex Fitch with a round-up of the podcasts and broadcasts he’s involved with for the next week, ranging from the work of Steve Ditko to the X-Files; as ever if you miss the original air dates check the Panel Borders blog for details and podcast links: Strip!: [...]

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Molly’s Euro-tour

31. July 2008

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Molly Crabapple tells me that she is just preparing for a trip the the UK, taking in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow along the way. Her main focus will be on some Dr Sketchy’s events. If you’re not familiar with the growing Dr Sketchy’s then here’s an excerpt from the official site: “Dr. Sketchy’s is what [...]

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Doctor Who – expect new monsters

31. July 2008

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The BBC website reports on a talk incoming Doctor Who big cheese Steven Moffat gave at last weekend’s Comic-Con in San Diego, where he affirmed that there would be more new monsters when he takes over and that there wouldn’t be so many appearances from old characters: “We’re not in the business of being nostalgic, [...]

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A very nasty supervillain…

31. July 2008

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Top caricaturist Drew Friedman (who has several fine cartoon collections published by Fantagraphics) delivers a particularly scary supervillain – yes, its George Dubyah Bush as the Joker, created for Vanity Fair. I have to say I like it but I would have thought the Joker was cleverer than Dubyah. (via Boing Boing)

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Anthologies

31. July 2008

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It seems this summer is the season for comics anthologies – I’ve come across three large-scale comics collections just in the last week or so. There’s the fascinating-looking Typhon from Danny Hellman that Rod posted a long review of here last week and Image have not one but two large anthologies just out. Popgun Volume [...]

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We Can Still Be Friends by Mawil

31. July 2008

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We Can Still Be Friends by Mawil Published by Blank Slate Do you remember the absolute torment of being young? If so, no doubt you also remember those moments when the girl of your dreams, the girl who fills every moment in your thought, the girl you want to lean over and tell you she loves you actually [...]

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The first Beano artist

30. July 2008

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Steve Holland adds to the celebrations for the immortal Beano’s 70th birthday bash with a look at Reg Carter, the artist behind Big Eggo, the ostrich character who was the star of the front page strip on that very first Beano back in 1938. 1938 – I know we’ve been discussing the Beano’s anniversary a [...]

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Join the HiveMind

30. July 2008

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Stephen Hunt, SF guru, head honcho of the excellent SF Crowsnest site and now acclaimed author, drops me a line to say that the Nest has now set up the HiveMind. No, it isn’t an experiment in collective conciousness, its a new social networking site. yes, I know, your thinking, hold on, I already have [...]

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New Miyazaki trailer online

30. July 2008

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We tend to get excited when there’s news of a new Studio Ghibli movie – let’s face it, Hayao Miyazaki is an absolute gem of world animation and he’s one of the creators most directly responsible for making Japanese feature-length animation so successful world-wide, not to mention inspiring many other animators in theor own works, [...]

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Another way to die

30. July 2008

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“Another Way to Die” will be the theme song for the next James Bond movie, the Quantum of Solace. The producers have announced that White Stripes/Reconteurs’ Jack White will be teamed with R&B diva Alicia Keys for the title song, which apparently marks the first ever duet on a Bond theme song. Quantum of Solace [...]

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Transexual toilet

30. July 2008

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Its nothing to do with comics, but when I saw this graphic for a sign on the BBC news site this morning I couldn’t resist sharing it: Yes, it is the signage for a toilet for transexuals. The Beeb reports that a school in Thailand is proud of its pristine, flower-bedecked facilities and that nestling between [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Coiffeurs Pour Dames

30. July 2008

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Every weekend during the summer, the Belgian daily Le Soir offers its readers a satirical supplement in which a bunch of cartoonists and comic creators give their take on current events and the state of the world.  El Rios, as it is called, is a production by the new graphic studio, Coiffeurs Pour Dames, set [...]

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Lego Stross

30. July 2008

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If you haven’t read Charlie Stross’ Singularity Sky then this might not mean much to you (and it means you should go and read it), but I thought it was genius – a Lego interpretation by Gambort of one of the wonderfully old-fashioned starships Charlie describes in the novel. To give you a little context, [...]

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Superman, that nice Jewish boy

29. July 2008

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Over on Boing Boing Cory Doctorow blogs that Roy Trumbull has posted up a very good reading of Cory’s short story The Super Man and the Bugout, “a story about Superman as a Jewish boy raised in Toronto’s suburbs (Superman’s creators being, of course, nice Jewish boys from Toronto!), put out of work by the [...]

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CCL talks to Roy Thomas

29. July 2008

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I had my regular weekly listen to Chris Marshall’s Collected Comics Library podcast towards the end of last week but, being the muddle-head I am (actually I prefer the term ‘eccentric’, thank you very much) I just realised I forgot to mention on here that he has an interview with the legendary comics scribe Roy [...]

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