Archive | December, 2008
Sir Terry Pratchett, Knight of the Realm!
Internationally bestselling (and much loved) fantasy author Terry Pratchett has been knighted in the New Year’s Honours list. Its not every day someone from our beloved SF&F genre gets recognition like that, well done Sir Terry. Sadly I am still waiting on Her Majesty to offer me a K for services to sarcastic blogging, but [...]
Continue reading...Kim Thompson interview – a telling look at the comics medium in 2009
31. December 2008
Joe linked to the interview by Tom Spurgeon with Fantagraphics co-founder Kim Thompson early in the week, but on reading it I thought it was worth putting this excerpt up for us all to read: “The industry has changed far more radically, and for the better, than I ever could have imagined, in terms of the [...]
Continue reading...More Comics Reporter Interviews: Kurt Busiek
31. December 2008
Following on from the excellent Eddie Campbell interview we reported on yesterday, Tom Spurgeon, of the must read Comics Reporter website, has another interesting interview subject on the blog in his series of holiday interviews: Kurt Busiek. Also, if you fancy losing a couple of hours like I just did, Spurgeon also has his interview archive [...]
Continue reading...Super-Sam – decision time for John
30. December 2008
During this festive week here’s a further treat for you all, not one but two brand new episodes of Super-Sam courtesy of Darryl; has John fallen into that oldest of traps, trying to do good through questionable means?: (click the pic to visit full-size version and the complete archive of Darryl’s previous Super-Sam and John-of-the-night strips. [...]
Continue reading...Eddie Campbell interviewed by Tom Spurgeon
30. December 2008
Comics Reporter; the must read comics website and news blog run by Tom Spurgeon has an interview up with Eddie Campbell. So, that’s one of the best interviewers with one of the best interviewees. A must read…..
Continue reading...Paul Pope DKNY clothes line and wallpapers
30. December 2008
Paul Pope, he of Batman Year 100, Heavy Liquid, THB and the best damn cheek bones in comics, has a long association with DKNY where he’s been responsible for some incredible window displays. And now comes the culmination of this collaboration; the Paul Pope DKNY range of clothing. All featuring Popes wonderful artwork and quirky [...]
Continue reading...From Our Continental Correspondent – Translation Please special: Erik De Graaf
29. December 2008
For this latest in the Translation, Please series, where Wim highlights some of the excellent and highly respected works from the Continental comics community and asks why no UK or US publisher is translating them for the English language market, we have something of a special post as Wim talks to one of the creators [...]
Continue reading...Propaganda celebrates the season with Hellblazer issue 250
29. December 2008
John Constantine: Hellblazer – issue # 250 by Dave Gibbons & Sean Phillips, Jamie Delano & David Lloyd, Brian Azzerello & Rafael Grampa, Peter Milligan & Eddie Campbell, China Mieville & Giuseppe Camuncoli. Cover by Lee Bermejo. DC Comics / Vertigo. Incredibly, with this 250th issue, Hellblazer has been going for nearly 21 years. Quite an achievement for [...]
Continue reading...Best of 2008 – Richard’s Best Of Propaganda 2008 (with added Molly aged 9)
28. December 2008
Looking back over the entire year, I seem to have reviewed an awful lot of comics. And interestingly I found that the most fun and innovation to be seen in comics was in the small press field. I’m pretty sure this isn’t just because the UK small press is particularly vibrant (although it is). It’s [...]
Continue reading...The final London Underground Comics Camden Comic Stall video….
28. December 2008
Ooops, meant to blog this one pre-christmas, but things rather overtook us on the blog front. However, Oli Smith has put up the very last LUC Camden Comics Stall video on You Tube. The end of an era. Camden Comics Stall was a fantastic achievement all round and even though it’s gone now, I’m certain that [...]
Continue reading...Best of the Year: Paul Cornell
27. December 2008
Another best of 2008 feature, this time from friend to the blog; Paul Cornell. Paul, if you don’t already know is a multi-talented writer of prose, comics and has a string of television writing credits to his name including some great work on Doctor Who. He’s responsible for the excellent two parter Human Nature / [...]
Continue reading...FPI brings you the finest in cutting edge furniture design!
27. December 2008
Yes, we’re branching out and adding furniture to our extensive repertoire! A one to one scale replica of Captain James Tiberius Kirk’s command chair from the original 1960s bridge of the Enterprise. Oh. My. God. Seductive yeoman in incredibly short red mini-tunic not included. (featuring the most stylish in 23rd century contemporary interior design, the Command [...]
Continue reading...Sofanauts shortlist nominees
26. December 2008
The crew of the damned fine StarShipSofa podcast have launched their first ever awards, the Sofanauts, where the listener is invited to vote for the winners. The first round is over and the longlist has been whittled down to a final shortlist of nominees: FLASH FICTION The Switch – Tony C Smith (episode 34) In The Olden Days [...]
Continue reading...From Our Continental Correspondent – Frank: portraitist to the stars
26. December 2008
Frank Pé, with books like Zoo and Brousaille an important comics creator in his own right, is also a great fan of all things comics. For a new book, Les Portraits Heroiques, published earlier this month by Dupuis, he created portraits of important comic characters from the Franco-Belgian tradition, in his own style. You’ll get [...]
Continue reading...David Gemmell Legend Award
26. December 2008
Voting opens today on the first David Gemmell Legend Awards, created to honour and celebrate the life of one of the UK’s best loved writers of fantasy. There’s an impressive long list of nominees on the site which the organisers want readers to look at and select their own preferred book to whittle the selection [...]
Continue reading...
- Ask Alan
- And the 2009 Observer/Cape graphic short story prize winner is.......
- The DFC up for sale
- Comic Con for London? Nope, say SDCC organisers
- Something for Everyone: a conversation with Shane Chebsey
- Peter Facinelli at FP Dublin
- Childhood's end.....
- The Mighty Moore Marathon - part three of Pádraig's talk with Alan Moore
- Rod's musings - Cartooning in the 21st Century and Beyond
- We are (fantastic) four
- Frances: Thanks for posting my strip - its much appreciated...
- Faz Choudhury: A great idea to feature some of the non-winning en...
- Natalie d'Arbeloff: Many thanks for posting my strip (follow the link ...
- Richard: A wonderful lot of comments on this post - you may...
- Maddy: Rob, you were one of the people I saw a while back...
- The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Jason Cobley & Paul Harrison Davies, Natalie d’Arbeloff & Frances Castle
- The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Rob Davis, David O’Connell, Luke Pearson
- And the winner of the Cape/Observer 2099 Graphic Short Story Prize ISN’T………
- Jeffrey Brown’s Fantastic Fool’s Day
- Jamie Smart’s Desperate Dan….
- Twenty years young lad…….
- Lady S – more exotic euro thrills from Van Hamme
- Doctor Who – the Waters of Mars
- Comica Comiket this weekend
- Alex’s audio round-up
Latest Flickr photos
Visit Our Sites
Subscribe
Subscribe to this site's RSS feed.
31. December 2008
0 Comments