Archive | April, 2009

Wolverine ‘Easter eggs’

30. April 2009

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ICV2 reports that the Wolverine movie will apparently feature ‘Easter eggs’ (a term more often used on DVDs to denote hidden extras), with not one but two segments to play after the end of the titles, which will contain important scenes for the characters involved the makers say. However, the two different after-title extras will [...]

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Wolverine sponsors wolverines

30. April 2009

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To go along with the launch of the X-Men: Origins video game which ties with the new movie the game’s creators Activision Blizzard have sponsored the wolverine enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo, home to the only pack of the animals in Britain (the zoo is well known for its international animal conservation work), with the alpha [...]

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Alex’s Thursday audio round-up

30. April 2009

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As the traditional rain clouds gather ahead of the holiday weekend Alex Fitch dances in the rain for our entertainment and delight, bringing us news of radio and podcast shows and some events he’s involved with over the next week or so, including several panels at Sci-Fi London which look very interesting (and I’m sure [...]

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Wolverine press launch on Geek Syndicate

30. April 2009

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Barry at the Geek Syndicate tells me that they were at the recent press junket for the launch of the new Wolverine movie (the pic above comes from the guys, Hugh abseiling down a high wall – this was the only pic they could get of him before he was surrounded by adoring women!) and [...]

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The Hunt for Gollum

30. April 2009

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The BBC reports on The Hunt for Gollum, a forty minute fan-made Lord of the Rings film which premieres this weekend at Sc-Fi London. (which kicked off yesterday and runs until May 4th, with a pretty packed programme). The two years in the making project by dedicated amateurs has the approval of Tokien Enterprises as [...]

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Toon Books – Benny And Penny: The Big No-No

30. April 2009

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Benny & Penny in The Big No-No by Geoffrey Hayes Toon Books. This is the second in the Spring 2009 releases from Francoise Mouly’s Toon Books line for younger readers. It’s also the first sequel in the line, following on from Benny and Penny in Just Pretend which I reviewed back here, saying that it [...]

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New FutureQuake titles

30. April 2009

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Dave Evans tells us that there’s a fine new crop of small press titles to enjoy from the FutureQuake Press crew, including issue #20 of Strontium Dog themed DogBreath (above), 2000 AD themed Zarjaz #7 (now with added Pat Mills!) and FutureQuake #13, with contributions from Dave himself, Richmond Clements, Leigh Sheperd, Al Ewing, John [...]

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Arthur C Clarke Award winner

29. April 2009

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Big Dumb Object’s Twitter (via Strange Horizons’ Niall Harrison) picks up on tonight’s Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction (along with the BSFA Award the most prestigious SF literature award in the UK), announcing that Ian R MacLeod has won with Song of Time, which came by the good offices of Pete Crowther’s splendid [...]

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From Our Continental Correspondent – Lewis Trondheim is preparing a fully digital project

29. April 2009

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BoDoï’s Benjamin Roure reports (link in French) that Lewis Trondheim, one of the big names in French comics, is preparing to do a daily strip of six panels which will be exclusively available for reading on a mobile phone.  For this project, which will run for a year, Trondheim will work with Ave!Comics, a French [...]

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Kevin Smith’s Superman

29. April 2009

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Comics and film maker Kevin Smith explains what happened to his version of a Superman movie, talking about how “fucking awful” the first script he saw at Warners was and being asked how he could get to do it better, its funny stuff; warning, there are beards in this video (link via Boing Boing): [youtube [...]

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Vertical wall crawling

29. April 2009

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Matt B (via Comics Reporter and Lying in the Gutters) points us to this short, vertical scrolling Spidey strip by Raphael B, which had me laughing:

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Stumptown in pictures

28. April 2009

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Midnight Fiction‘s Richard Krauss (whose art is gracing my desk right now in the cool calendar he illustrated) posts up memories and lots of photos of the recent Stumptown gig: (Jim Valentino at Stumptown, pic from Richard Krauss)

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Caroline Munro – in comics form

28. April 2009

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I’m sure more than a few of you are fans of the gorgeous Caroline Munro, one of the great ladies of British SF and fantasy film, always bringing some delectable glamour to films from At The Earth’s Core to James Bond’s The Spy Who Loved Me (and I’m sure she must have been one of [...]

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Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival

28. April 2009

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The always delightful Sarah McIntyre has posted up a report and a slew of photos from the recent Crystal Palace Children’s Book Festival, which looks as if it was terrific fun for both the young readers and the authors and artists who were there (and anything that gets kids more involved with loving books is [...]

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Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book

28. April 2009

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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Chris Riddell (younger readers version) and Dave McKean (adult version and slipcased edition)   The Graveyard Book’s been out for quite a while now, having received many plaudits and accolades along the way and most recently winning the prestigious Newberry Medal, given by the Association for Library [...]

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