Archive | January, 2009

BSFA shortlist announced

26. January 2009

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The nominations shortlist for this year’s prestigious British Science Fiction Association awards (along with the Arthur C Clarke awards the pre-eminent awards in UK literary SF) have been announced: Best Novel Flood by Stephen Baxter The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod Anathem by Neal Stephenson Best Short Fiction “Exhalation” [...]

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Comic Economics: Thoughts from a publisher and a retailer…

26. January 2009

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Yesterday I wrote about Diamond Comic Distributors decision to increase it’s Purchase Order Benchmark and what I thought about it all. (That very long post is here.) But whilst I was writing it I thought it would be nice to see what someone with a different position in the industry thought of it all; I’m [...]

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From Our Continental Correspondent – The Index Of Silent Comics

26. January 2009

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For those who, like me, consider comics to be an international medium (and, in fact, the only true international medium ever since the flicks got sound), silent comics are the nec plus ultra. Stories that don’t need words to convey their message, to tell their story, quite often are amongst the purest examples of what [...]

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Rumour killing: Captain Britain is NOT cancelled

26. January 2009

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At the end of the week rumours started circulating that Captain Britain & MI-13 has been cancelled. Now I read and reviewed issue 1 of this comic and really enjoyed it, and I’m one of those waiting for the first collection to carry on reading. The good news is that those rumours were just rumours; [...]

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Spoonfed talks to the Alternative Press Fair crew

26. January 2009

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Over on Spoonfed Joe Harrod interviews Jimi Gherkin, Richard Cowdry and Peter Lalley about the free Alternative Press Fair which is set for next Sunday (February 1st) at the Saint Aloysius Social Club, Euston, London, where they talk about what to expect at the fair and thoughts on the British comics scene, the influence of [...]

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Comic Economics: Diamond change their order threshold. The comic industry shudders….

25. January 2009

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You may, or may not, be aware of the rather momentous changes that have come to light in the world of comic retail this past week or so. Now, bearing in mind that I’m not involved in comics retail on any serious level any more but take an interest after years of working at the [...]

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Torchwood Babiez ……. diddums.

25. January 2009

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I’m coming very late to the party on this one and no doubt a lot of you reading this will have seen it already but how’s this for adorable: It’s a webcomic over on live journal featuring lil’ versions of all your favourites running amok. Light, fluffy, cute and just ate the best part of [...]

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Being Human starts this weekend

24. January 2009

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Being Human started life as part of the series of pilots early last year on BBC3′s new talent slot which also gave us Phoo Action, which was down for an actual series afterwards but it appears to have fizzled out. Being Human, however, the story of a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost sharing a [...]

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Bristol Expo news,

24. January 2009

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This years Bristol Comics Expo takes place on the 9th & 10th May. It’s significantly smaller than previous years (financial climate, credit crunch, doom and gloom etc etc) and is only occupying the Ramada Plaza Hotel rather than the usual Commonwealth hall. For more on the downsizing see Joe’s post a while back. But news [...]

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Get Your War On. Off.

24. January 2009

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David Rees’ satirical cartoon Get Your War On has just finished with something remarkably lowkey. That it finished isn’t a surprise though; after all, a cartoon that started under Bush (hopefully) has no place in a world without him. Fingers crossed. The final cartoon:

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Bionic Woman in Doctor Who Easter special

23. January 2009

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Former Bionic Woman and Eastenders star Michelle Ryan will be one of the actors in the Doctor Who Easter special, playing the role of Lady Christina de Souza in the episode with the cheery title of Planet of the Dead. Ryan was also in mini-series Jekyll, a modern day take on Stevenson’s classic novel of [...]

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The Wolfmen – It’s Reservoir Wolves time

23. January 2009

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The Wolfmen Book 1 by Dave West and Andy Bloor Published by Accent UK I can’t take credit for the Reservoir Wolves line – that’s from Andy Diggle’s blurb on the back cover. But it’s so good that I had to use it. Because it’s really the obvious, immediate comparison to make. You’re all up [...]

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Citrons strips: exhibition of Lebanese illustrators

23. January 2009

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Gianluca Costantini tells us about an upcoming exhibition of comics artwork from Lebanese artists (which Gianluca is co-curating with Elettra Stamboulis), entitled ‘Citrons strips: exhibition of Lebanese illustrators’, which runs from today until the 25th as part of the Babel Festival, Technopolis, Pireos 100, Gazi, Athens. The artists in the exhibition include Zeina Abirached (you can [...]

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Comics and relationships

23. January 2009

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There’s a delightful little gem from Sarah McIntyre to be found over on her Jabberworks LiveJournal, go and enjoy:

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Alex’s Thursday audio round up

22. January 2009

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Running slightly later than usual (apologies, but you know you can always catch up any shows you miss on the Panel Borders site), here is Alex Fitch with the latest shows he’s involved with: Strip!: The work of Peter Doherty, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM, repeated Sunday 25h at 11.30pm and also podcast on [...]

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