Archive | February, 2009

Wigs save lives!

20. February 2009

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I heard a news report today that a woman is claiming her wig saved her from certain death – Briana Bond was shot at in her car in Kansas City by her former boyfriend, with one bullet striking the back of her head but becoming entangled in the weave of her wig. “I invested a [...]

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The Keene Act and You

20. February 2009

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The latest viral video from the New Frontiersman to whet our appetites for the forthcoming Watchmen movie has just gone online and there are several others online already for you to browse, check their YouTube channel here (thanks to Jenny at Rubber Republic for the link): [youtube n5WsciSNVS0]

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An animator’s Oscar diary

20. February 2009

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Ahead of this Sunday’s Oscars ceremony the BBC site has been recording the thoughts of two nervous British nominees as they fly out to the US, do the press thing, meet other industry figures (and even get to hang out with Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butthead, who was one of the first to [...]

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Zarjaz – Pat Mills special

20. February 2009

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Issue #7 of the popular 2000 AD themed small press comic Zarjaz is going to be dedicated entirely to the works of the one and only Pat Mills, one of the best known names in Brit comics (and a prolific writer who has probably helped shape the comics reading habits of a heck of a [...]

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Sweatdrop’s mini comics of cuteness…..

20. February 2009

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Along with the Manga that Sweatdrop sent me, they kindly threw in a few of their incredibly cute mini-comics. I could pretend that they were for Molly, but that would be a half truth at best….. Carlos & Sakura # 1 & 2 by Joanna Zhou   The everyday mishaps of a grumpy hedgehog and [...]

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NY Post cartoon stirs up storm of protest

20. February 2009

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The Beeb is reporting that a cartoon by Sean Delonas in the New York Post is causing a storm of protest in the US, with many accusations of racism being levelled at it. The cartoon mixes up two news stories from this week, President Obama’s economic stimulus package and the shooting of a chimp which [...]

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Alex’s Thursday audio round-up

19. February 2009

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It’s Thursday and that means its time to open up our ears as Alex Fitch emerges from the ice and into the sudden early spring-like weather like a little audio snowdrop to update us to the latest shows he’s involved with; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts [...]

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Korea marks a century of cartooning

19. February 2009

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The English edition of Korean news site Chosun reports that the country is marking 100 years since the first publication of a comic strip in a newspaper there (a political cartoon commenting on the Japanese attempting to annex the Korean peninsula). Sadly the article doesn’t actually show that cartoon or indeed any others, although it [...]

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Lindsay Duncan confirmed for second Doctor Who special

19. February 2009

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(Lindsay Duncan as Servilia in Rome) The BBC has confirmed that actress Lindsay Duncan will guest-star as “the Doctor’s cleverest and most strong-minded companion yet” in the second (and as yet un-named) of this year’s special episodes. According to the official Who site this episode is written by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford and [...]

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Propaganda’s adventures in Manga continue:
Sweatdrop Studios present Nimbus Base # 1

19. February 2009

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Nimbus Base # 1 by Wandering Muse (Hannah Saunders). Sweatdrop Studios This comic pretty much covers every assumption I have about certain types of Manga; that it’s light, cute, fluffy and a tad simplistic. But (and here’s a phrase you may well hear a lot when I’m reviewing Manga); I’m just not the audience the [...]

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Itasha – car manga

19. February 2009

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Tokyo-based Boing Boing guest blogger Danny Choo posts on a facet of manga fandom I’d not heard of before and since our own Richard-san is on something of a manga kick this week on his Propaganda reviews I thought I’d post a link up to this practise of itasha (which Danny explains means ‘painful car’, [...]

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Templesmith Doctor Who art for sale

18. February 2009

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The excellent Ben Templesmith has some of his original Doctor Who art up for sale on Ebay, with the proceeds going to a worthy cause – the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The art if from the Doctor Who Whispering Gallery one-shot Ben did with Leah Moore and John Reppion. I love Ben’s (mostly) horror [...]

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Terry and the Queen

18. February 2009

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The BBC reports that beloved fantasy scribe Terry Pratchett has been to the Palace to be knighted by the Queen. Sir Terry Pratchett – got a good ring to it, doesn’t it? It isn’t often we see authors from the world of SF&F being knighted (Sir Arthur C Clarke is the last I recall offhand), [...]

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Sweatdrop Studios: Murphy’s Law.

18. February 2009

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Murphy’s Law by Faye Yong Sweatdrop Studios Now this I was really hoping for good things. After all, I’m very partial to that rarest of things in Western comics; the Rom-Com. So much so that I wrote (moaned) about it a while ago on this very blog. Murphy’s Law has all of the elements of [...]

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Tomm Moore talks Book of Kells animation and comic

18. February 2009

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Over on Irish site Comics Cast talks to Tomm Moore on their latest podcast about the lovely looking animated film The Secret of Kells, which we’ve mentioned here a few times, creating the comics versions, co-founding Kilkenny’s Cartoon Salon and working on Irish Gaelic language comics such as An Sclábhaí; go and have a listen [...]

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