Archive | October, 2008

IO9 talks to Richard Morgan

23. October 2008

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Science fiction site IO9 talks to one of my favourite authors, SF&F and sometime comics scribe Richard Morgan, with some particularly interesting material coming up in relation to his critique of the runaway free market in Market Forces and his recent Black Man (published as Thirteen in the US) which won this year’s prestigious Arthur [...]

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Angoulême: the official selection

23. October 2008

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100 days before the festival takes place, the official selection for the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée has gone up on the Festival’s website, and it’s impressive. As an Anglophone who only occasionally dips her toes into Francophone waters, most of the titles are French and utterly unfamiliar to me, but the list proves [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Plunk at Angoulême

23. October 2008

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One of the major exhibitions at the Angoulême 2009 festival will focus on the comics from Flanders, the heaven on earth that yours truly calls home.  Luc Cromheecke and Plunk will be very much present there, as the design for his exhibit attests. (Luc Cromheecke’s Plunk design for Angoulême, which looks to be showing the [...]

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New comics superheroine?

23. October 2008

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(the Sarah Palin comic from Bluewater, art by Patricio Carbajal, hockey mom grin (c) Palin) The comics-politics crossover in America continues with Bluewater announcing a Sarah Palin comic. I think I can actually feel my will to live shrivelling as I write… Now if it were a comic about Michael Palin, that would be another [...]

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Downsized Bristol

22. October 2008

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There’s been some speculation in British comics circles following the announcement that the Bristol Comics Expo would not be using the now traditional (and usually hot and stuffy) venue of the Commonwealth Hall for 2009, being restricted only to the Ramada Hotel. While the Ramada is usually a part of the proceedings most folks were [...]

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Watchmen trailer from Spike Scream Awards online

22. October 2008

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Michael Moran has a YouTube version of a Watchmen trailer which aired at the weekend’s Spike Scream Awards, introduced by Zack Snyder. The clip marks itself as a world exclusive, backed up by a comically growling voice-over saying the same (at least I hope it was meant to be comical), although from what I recall [...]

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This is so wrong it’s almost unbelievable

22. October 2008

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Tony Lee has been posting on the 2000 AD forums, Matt Badham tells me – nothing unusual in that, perhaps, a comics writer who contributes to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic commenting in their forums about positive and negative reaction to his series Stalag #666, which, as Tony notes, has divided opinion – some readers love [...]

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Kill Sam!

22. October 2008

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Apologies, we’re running a day later than usual on Super-Sam this week (we’re blaming Boss Millions, solar flares and a dodgy Conservative MP approaching us about money (allegedly) as we frolicked on Aquaman’s yacht), but its worth the few hours extra wait because the current story arc is really moving along: (click the pic to [...]

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Mundo Fantasma talks to Oliver Lambden

22. October 2008

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“Voltei a reler Bone do Jeff Smith, que, como toda a gente sabe, é maravilhoso. All-Star Superman acabou, por isso também vou lê-la em breve. As colectâneas Flight que a Image tem publicado são fantásticas, não passa um dia sem que eu não leia uma delas. Oh, e também estou a adorar o Daredevil do [...]

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20 Questions With Cartoonists

22. October 2008

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Cartoonist Austin English has started a new interview blog where he delves into the mysteries of the creative process with some of comics’ brightest talents. Austin himself has recently had his work nominated for an Ignatz and is close to our heart not only for his fine comics work and his new blog exploring the [...]

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Billie is a mummy

22. October 2008

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The Beeb reports that former Doctor Who star Billie Piper is now a mother; the actress, who married husband Laurence Fox last year, had an emergency Caesarean operation in London’s Portland Hospital, with their new son, Winston James, brought into the world around 1am on Tuesday morning. Big congratulations to the new mother and father. [...]

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Propaganda has a Black Summer

22. October 2008

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Black Summer by Warren Ellis & Juan Jose Ryp I’ve decided that I’m going to stop reading Warren Ellis comics and from now on will just read his work in collected form. Because for the last few years the only comics of his that have been wholly satisfying as comics have been Crecy (a one-shot, [...]

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The Oli Smith

22. October 2008

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Oli Smith, creator of some fine small press comics which Richard has said some very nice things about as well as being a large part of the driving force behind the London Underground Comics group, has decided his old website clashed with his new shirt and so has created a new website, principally for his [...]

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Watching the Watchmen in Edinburgh

22. October 2008

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The Edinburgh SF Book Group will be discussing Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel Watchmen for the October meeting. The meet will be on Tuesday 28th of October (meetings are usually the last Tuesday of the month) from 6 to 7pm in the regular venue of Henderson’s on Hanover Street, all are welcome.

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Last Word – Ray Lowry

21. October 2008

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I almost missed this but BBC Radio 4′s Last Word – a programme which looks at the lives of people who have passed on recently – covers legendary British artist, designer, writer and cartoonist Ray Lowry, who died last week,  in the latest edition, which went out on Friday evening but should be available to [...]

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