Archive | December, 2008

Cartooning Christmas

25. December 2008

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One of the nice things about the graphical storytelling medium is that it means that come Christmas we tend to see a flurry of activity by many of the artists in the medium, doing their own pictorial Yuletide greetings. Richard has already posted up some of them on the blog, but there’s always a little [...]

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Merry Christmas

25. December 2008

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   Merry Christmas one and all from all at the FPI blog. If, in between the enormous turkey (or cashew nut roast) and Doctor Who you fancy something to read may we suggest you have a look through the archives and maybe lose yourself in a good interview. Friend of the blog Padraig, has spent [...]

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A tale of two Doctors

24. December 2008

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The BBC’s Lizo Mzimba has a video report going behind the scenes of tomorrow’s Doctor Who Christmas special, asking if the ‘other’ Doctor in the story (David Morrisey) is going to be revealed as David Tennant’s replacement, or is he an alternative version of the Doctor, or… Well, fill in your own speculation as you [...]

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Best of the Year – Jon Haward

24. December 2008

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Today’s Best of the Year choices come from Jon Haward, a stalwart member of the British comics community, Jon has illustrated a huge variety of works, from comics to annuals, film story boards, game character designs, kid’s books and more, in a career which has seen him depict characters from Sooty to Judge Dredd, Dan [...]

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“I’m gonna spend my Christmas with a Dalek”

24. December 2008

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Time for a little Doctor Who related seasonal nonsense – Steve Flannagan posted a look at some Christmas-related Who material last year which I totally missed, but its still worth a look now if you didn’t see it before, including the above panel from a 60s TV Comic Doctor Who strip featuring the first Doc, [...]

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Season’s Greetings from Laura Howell

24. December 2008

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Another nice e-card came today, the Mighty M celebrates Christmas by Laura Howell, who wants to extend her season’s greetings to everyone reading the FPI blog as well. Catch Laura every week in the DFC and visit her website for more.

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Merry Christmas from Paul Rainey and Matthew Craig ….

24. December 2008

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These e-cards are coming thick and fast! Season’s Greetings from Matthew Craig, author of Hondle and Trixie Biker (review & review) and Paul Rainey’s Credit Crunch Santa. Paul’s excellent There’s No Time Like The Present will see review in 2009, but why wait – head to his website now! (Matthew Craig) (Paul Rainey)

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Darryl Cunningham’s Christmas card …..

24. December 2008

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The very talented Darryl Cunningham, maker of the very fine Super-Sam here on the FPI blog sends Christmas wishes via his blog:

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Alan Moore’s Christmas story – Frantic Winter Special 1979

24. December 2008

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Alan Moore writes and draws his own little Christmas story from the Frantic Winter Special 1979. As usual with these things, thanks to Glycon for the link. (But the reminder came from LMG). Another couple of pages at the link.

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John Cei Douglas says Merry Christmas

24. December 2008

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Another day, another little Christmas message. John Cei Douglas (of the great Buffalo Roots – review here) sent this in an email with the lines: Here’s a little seasonal card made by my own hand to warm your very cockles. Have a merry thing and a happy you know, John x PS. If you find [...]

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The DFC Christmas present ….. free previews

24. December 2008

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In all of the coverage of the DFC we had over the last month, one factor became obvious. We all wanted the DFC to do well and I kept wondering how the DFC could manage to raise it’s exposure to those that needed to see it most. After all, if children can’t see it, they’re [...]

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Best of the year – Isobel Rips

23. December 2008

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Today’s Best of the Year choices come courtesy of my colleague Iz, our senior buyer (in addition to constantly tackling numerous other tasks) and also the translator for Blank Slate Books’ two Mawil titles, We Can Still be Friends and Sparky O’Hare. Here’s Iz sharing what floated her boat in movies, TV, books and comics [...]

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Carlos Ezquerra guest of honour at Eastercon

23. December 2008

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The one and only Carlos Ezquerra (who has been one of my favourite comics artists since I was a kid) will be the Guest of Honour at British science fiction and fantasy’s annual Eastercon shindig in 2010. The artist, who has worked on numerous strips for a variety of publishers but is probably still best [...]

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Super-Sam – entering the endgame

23. December 2008

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As we enter the final act of this terrific story arc Darryl’s sent us a few thoughts and observations along with this week’s artwork: “I’m now very close to the end of this particular Super Sam and John of the Night story. After which there will be a break while I work on other projects. [...]

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Propaganda weathers the Slow Storm

23. December 2008

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Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff First Second Books Danica Novgorodoff won the Isotope award for her mini-comic A Late Freeze and is currently the designer for First Second. Which of course rather sets the alarm bells ringing. Is this a sympathy book, published by the people she does design work for? But within the first [...]

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