Archive | July, 2008

A special birthday wish for the Beano

24. July 2008

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Yes, I know, we have been mentioning the Beano’s 70th anniversary a lot in the last couple of weeks, but, hey, why not? It isn’t every day a comic reaches its 70th and its been great seeing the coverage it is receiving not only on comics sites and magazines but in the mainstream press. Today, [...]

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“The nature of monkey was … irrepressible!!!!”

24. July 2008

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Those of you of a certain age probably remember that line from the opening prologue of the utterly bonkers Asian TV version of Monkey, a wonderfully nuts piece of cheesy telefantasy which still has something of a cult following today. As we’ve mentioned here a couple of times recently one time Tank Girl co-creator Jamie [...]

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Iain Banks interviewed

24. July 2008

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Over on the Iain Banks site there’s an interview up where Banksie answers some questions emailed in by readers. “Q: Could you write a science-fiction novel without wars and violence? Iain Banks: Good grief yes. I’ve toyed with the idea of writing a Shakespearean – okay, a sub-Shakespearean – comedy set in the Culture where [...]

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Propaganda goes on a Smuggling Vacation

24. July 2008

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Him & Her’s Smuggling Vacation Written & Drawn by Jas Wilson, Crime Consultancy by Tony Spencer Him & Her’s Smuggling Vacation is a good old fashioned laugh out loud caper tale, using good old fashioned Whizzer & Chips meets Hunt Emerson meets classic Euro art. Carry On Drug Smuggling the movie could be made from [...]

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Aberystwyth to finally get The Life of Brian?

23. July 2008

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Monty Python’s Life of Brian – one of the funniest movies ever made in my opinion – may finally be allowed in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth. Astonishingly it seems the ban imposed by local authorities back in the late 70s when the movie first came out is still technically in force, a situation made [...]

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Ken Sprague cartoon competition winner announced

23. July 2008

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This year’s Ken Sprague cartoon competition has attracted more entries than the previous competition, with more than 300 cartoons sent in for consideration from 55 countries. This year the the theme was global warming and the threat to the world environment and the judging panel, chaired by Guardian regular cartoonist Martin Rowson, said they had [...]

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Merlin

23. July 2008

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The BBC has revealed a little more about the upcoming new fantasy series, Merlin. The series, which is currently filming in Wales and France, stars Richard Wilson, former Bionic Woman Michelle Ryan, Santiago Cabrera (Isaac from Heroes) and John Hurt, with newcomer Colin Morgan taking the title role as a young Merlin, still coming to [...]

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Early Coppola/Corman horror available free online

23. July 2008

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Boing Boing links to a free, downloadable version of the first ‘proper’ film by a man who went on to become one of the most famous directors of the 20th century, Francis Ford Coppola. Long before the heady cinematic heights of works like the Godfather and Apocalypse Now Coppola, like more than a few other [...]

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Rod’s musings – Danny Hellman’s Typhon

23. July 2008

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In Greek mythology, Typhon was all superlatives; he was the largest, the most powerful, and the most grotesque of all creatures that ever lived.  His head, covered with a hundred hissing, spitting, serpents, scraped the skies and touched the very stars themselves.  Venom dripped from his evil eyes, and red-hot lava poured from his gaping [...]

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Phil Jupitus on meeting Trudeau and Bell

22. July 2008

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Gosh, seems like the Guardian is constantly getting a mention these days for comics-friendly content – today Matthew Badham‘s better half pointed us in the direction of this article by comedian Phil Jupitus, which touches on themes covered in his recent BBC Radio programme (which can still be played on the listen again feature for [...]

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Batman star arrested in London

22. July 2008

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Batman star Christian Bale, currently in London for the UK premiere of The Dark Knight, has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police, reports the BBC. Bale has been arrested apparently in connection with an alleged assault on his mother and sister in the extremely posh Dorchester hotel on Sunday. According to a brief statement from [...]

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The Beano Birthday Bash

22. July 2008

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“The Beano was always down on the kids’ level, it saw everything from their perspective. … It was such a treat, my Beano every Saturday, and once I got it, you couldn’t disturb me. I had to go somewhere quiet and read it from cover to cover, and I just loved being in that world,”  [...]

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Celebrity endorsements

22. July 2008

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I love this cover from the upcoming DC Universe: Decisions by Stephane Roux. (cover to DC Universe: Decisions #3, art by Stephane Roux, (c) DC) I wonder who Supes would actually endorse – he’s the Big, Blue Boy Scout after all, so you might think he’d be fairly conservative, but he’s also pretty humanitarian so [...]

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Super-Sam – art appreciation

22. July 2008

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The unfolding Super-Sam story continues to move into more mysterious realms (plus it gives Darryl a good excuse to draw a jungle. He likes jungles). I have to say I’m intrigued by where this is going (I think the strip has developed quite nicely in recent months) and I especially love the colour work Darryl [...]

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Animal friendly superheroes – Batman out, Hellboy in

22. July 2008

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The other day I posted a link to PETA’s top ten animal-friendly superheroes and you might recall I wondered at missing out Hellboy, given not only his love of cats but his rescue of a box of fluffy kittens. Well those of you who dislike moggies look away, those like me who adore them can [...]

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