Archive | November, 2008

Alex’s Thursday audio round-up

27. November 2008

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Thursday rolls around once more, so it time to hand the microphone over to Alex Fitch for his weekly update of show’s he’s involved with; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows: Strip: The work of Art Spiegelman, tonight on Resonance FM at 5pm Guest [...]

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Stars on Canvas – art for a good cause

27. November 2008

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(cartoonist Simone Lia’s contribution to Stars on Canvas) A large number of people have donated artwork to the Willow Foundation to raise funds for the charity, which helps arrange special days out for seriously ill 16 to 40 year olds, to give them some respite and joy in the face of ongoing illness (the charity [...]

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The DFC at 6 months: At last, an interview with someone under 30 who reads it: Molly (aged 9)

27. November 2008

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As I was thinking about doing some articles on the DFC comic I quickly realised that, amongst the relatively few bits of Internet chatter and magazine articles that surround the comic there are very few chances for the actual target market of the comic to have their voices heard. The nearest I could find was [...]

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From Our Continental Correspondent – Hergé under the hammer

27. November 2008

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At a special auction at Artcurial in Paris, an important body of private correspondence by Tintin creator Hergé was auctioned off over the weekend.  The material had been put up for sale by Georges Rémi, a nephew of the late Belgian cartoonist, and consisted of photos, sketches and letters between Hergé and Germaine Kieckens (his [...]

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Comic Book Dreams

26. November 2008

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A few weeks ago when Pádraig Ó Méalóid talked to Todd Klein (see here), Todd mentioned he was working on a third signed print, following on from his highly successful collaborations with Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. That third collaboration is with acclaimed comics artist Alex Ross and Todd has now announced that this print, [...]

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“The skull beneath the skin”

26. November 2008

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“Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless creatures under ground Leaned backward with a lipless grin. ” (David Tennant regards ‘Yorick’ in the RSC production of Hamlet) The BBC reports that the skull used by Doctor Who star David Tennant for the famous ‘Yorick’ scene in his [...]

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Taking it to the top – Pratchett to deliver petition to the Prime Minister

26. November 2008

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“There’s only two ways it can go: researchers, with as much help you can give them, may come up with something that reduces the effects of this dreadful, inhuman disease, or we will have to face the consequences of our failure to prevent the final years of many of us being a long bad dream. [...]

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Talking about the DFC …… Six months in.

26. November 2008

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This week marks the six month point for the publication of the DFC, the subscription only weekly comic with 36 pages of all original comic stories, posted straight through your letterbox every Friday. And all this week on the FPI blog I’ll be writing about various aspects of why it’s so very, very good. (That’s [...]

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Sparky O’Hare

26. November 2008

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Continuing with our exclusive preview from the new Blank Slate Books translation of Mawil’s Sparky O’Hare: (Sparky O’Hare preview courtesy of and (c) Mawil, published by Blank Slate Books, click the image for the larger picture; you can visit Mawil’s site here)

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Win a thousand pound shopping spree at FPI Belfast!

25. November 2008

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Yes, you read that right – we’re giving one extremely fortunate person in Northern Ireland a chance to win a shopping spree in the Belfast branch of Forbidden Planet International (52-54 Ann Street) worth a whopping great one thousand pounds. For one lucky person Christmas is going to come early – imagine winning the chance [...]

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Worry Doll Down Under

25. November 2008

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Matt Coyle’s unique, unusual and fascinating graphic novel Worry Doll will be the subject of an exhibition in Willow Court, Tasmania, a rather appropriate setting for the exhibition as some of the artwork was based on local landmarks. The artwork will be “presented in a unique walk-through installation that brings to life the historic asylum [...]

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Paterson Joseph interviewed on the Beeb

25. November 2008

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Paterson Joseph is interviewed on the BBC site about his role in the updated new version of Survivors, which started at the weekend, although I suspect many SF fans will be more interested in checking it out because the actor is apparently the bookie’s favourite to replace David Tennant in Doctor Who (and it may [...]

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Next Door Neighbor – Glenna

25. November 2008

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Good news – a new Next Door Neighbor strip has been posted on Smithmag: Glenna Evans by Barbara Rushkoff and Nathan Schreiber. A young couple with a new baby move into an apartment next door to an elderly former showgirl – cue arguments, guilt trips and a strange relationship which captures that combination of irritation [...]

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Life on Mars and Aardman score at International Emmys

25. November 2008

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(Philip Glenister and John ‘the Master’ Simm in a publicity pic for Life on Mars, (c) BBC) It looks to have been a good night at the International Emmy awards for British productions, with wins in seven categories, with science fiction, time-travelling cop show Life on Mars picking up the Best Drama gong (will the [...]

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Six months in: The DFC goes into Tescos – for one week only

25. November 2008

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The DFC, the subscription only comic featuring some of the best in British cartoonists and doing it’s very best to bring a love of comics to a new generation is 6 months old this week. The FPI blog will be having a few special posts dealing with the DFC this week, but to kick it [...]

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