Archive | January, 2009
Yakari creators in London, Cinebook on the road
Derib and Job will be in London showcasing work from the Yakari series at the Institut Français, 17 Queensberry Place, London, as part of Cinebook’s roadshow, which will see the publisher, which promotes a range of European BD works in English for both children and adults, from Lucky Luke to Largo Winch (something we obviously [...]
Continue reading...Gerry Alanguilan talks to Comics Career
28. January 2009
Over on Comics Career one of our favourite creators, Gerry Alanguilan, answers ten questions on his life in comics: “CC: What has been the most rewarding project in your professional career – in or out of comics – and why? Gerry: Working on Superman: Birthright was very rewarding to me creatively and financially. It’s probably my most [...]
Continue reading...Neil Jordan to direct Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book
28. January 2009
Following hot on the heels of the news that Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book has won the prestigious Newbery Medal (see the earlier post) Neil has announced on the Today Show in the US that Oscar winning director and writer Neil Jordan will helm a film adaptation of the novel. Jordan is probably best known for [...]
Continue reading...Space burial for Trek’s first couple
28. January 2009
The ashes of Majel Barrett Roddenberry will be launched into space along with those of her husband, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, it has been announced. Trek fans will probably be aware that some of Gene’s remains were launched into the Final Frontier after his death in the early 90s, a final voyage that was [...]
Continue reading...Neil Gaiman awarded Newbery
28. January 2009
“You are on a speakerphone with at least 14 teachers and librarians and suchlike great, wise and good people, I thought. Do not start swearing like you did when you got the Hugo. This was a wise thing to think because otherwise huge, mighty and fourletter swears were gathering. I mean, that’s what they’re for. [...]
Continue reading...Propaganda returns to the new, improved Ninja Bunny…
28. January 2009
Ninja Bunny by Philip Spence When last we spoke of Ninja Bunny it was a little thing of black and white beauty, perfectly formed and a great little bit of fun, and I said as much in the review: The Adventures Of Ninja Bunny is 66 pages of all out fighting bunny action, one panel per page, and [...]
Continue reading...Laura Howell’s new Strip-a-Day Spectacular
28. January 2009
Will ace artist Laura Howell be performing burlesque clothes-shedding routines? (we blame that Molly Crabapple’s influence!). No, its far too chilly. I refer to strip in the comics sense, I was just incapable of letting a potential double entendre go past. Laura, a regular in the Beano, DFC and Toxic among others, is about to [...]
Continue reading...Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig join Tintin movie
27. January 2009
Its been announced that James Bond star Daniel Craig (currently on our screens in the powerful WWII film Defiance) and Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell will be in the Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson Tintin movie. Craig and his smouldering blue eyes (steady now!) will be taking on the villainous role of Red Rackham, while Bell will [...]
Continue reading...Boys from the Dwarf are back
27. January 2009
Cult BBC science fiction comedy Red Dwarf is coming back. No, really. No, honest, this time it is, stop laughing… For those unfamiliar with Dwarfing the show has been the subject of more definite resurrections and comebacks than Lazarus and John Travolta’s career combined. In fact I remember doing events with two of the actors [...]
Continue reading...John Lasseter to be honoured at Venice festival
27. January 2009
Pixar big cheese John Lasseter is to be honoured at this year’s Venice Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award for his pioneering work in the field of computer animation. Quite deserved, in my opinion – some studios use computer animation simply because they can; Pixar push what they can do with it to make [...]
Continue reading...The Secret of Kells
27. January 2009
Artist and one of the organisers of the Irish 24 Hour Comics Day Cliodhna Lyons points us to an English language trailer (a French version beat the English language version to the punch, probably because it has a release in France and Belgium in early February) for the upcoming Irish animated film The Secret of [...]
Continue reading...Propaganda – Unmasked
27. January 2009
Unmasked by Martin Simpson Another small, small press comic from a newcomer to the UK small press scene. Martin Simpson is an illustrator and graphic designer who works in a variety of media to accomplish his lush, rich and extremely professional work. You’d only really know this was Martin Simpson’s first mini comic because he tells [...]
Continue reading...From Our Continental Correspondent – Ulf K for Strip Turnhout 2009
27. January 2009
Famed Swiss illustrator Ulf K is doing the poster for the Strip Turnhout 2009 festival, and he’s presented a preview on his website. Nice and clean – I like the idea that reading a book distracts you from upcoming disaster (even if that disaster is probably more fictional than the story you are reading)! Also, [...]
Continue reading...PCR TV
27. January 2009
In the latest video posting on Lurid’s PCR TV, P Craig Russell talks the viewer through narrative and the use of props using art from his graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Murder Mysteries.
Continue reading...Read Elmer online
26. January 2009
Gerry Alanguilan’s four-part Elmer series was a solid favourite with the FPI crew; now for those of you who haven’t had a chance to look at it Gerry has made the first issue available to read free online – do yourself a favour and go and have a look. (via Comics Reporter) (a scene from Elmer [...]
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