Archive | April, 2009

Pimp my (starship) ride

28. April 2009

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Kenny spotted some pimped-out versions of the Enterprise on the movie site; I’m picturing some 20 something guy cruising at warp five with bored out dilithium exhausts and super bass pounding from a bass driver the size of the shuttle bay… (Olka Osadzinkska’s re-pimped take on the Enterprise)

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Last chance to check out the Rainbow Orchid online

27. April 2009

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Regular readers will know that Garen Ewing’s brilliant Rainbow Orchid has been one of our serious favourites for some time and we were all delighted here when he announced he had a book deal. The series has been available for quite a long time to enjoy online, but with the print version coming from Egmont [...]

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Oli Smith – I, Grumpy Toddler

27. April 2009

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Since closing down the very successful London Underground Camden Comics weekly stall Oli Smith’s obviously had time on his hands and has been rather busy. London Underground Comics isn’t finished though, far from it. There’s the promise of a mini con called LUC 176 happening on June 27th to look forward to, but not having [...]

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J M Straczynski at MIT

27. April 2009

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Boing Boing reports that J Michael Straczynski, creator of the epic Babylon 5 series and now a highly respected scribe of comics and acclaimed films, will be part of a double header event with media scholar Henry Jenkins in the incredibly prestigious environs of MIT on May 22nd. JMS at MIT, I like the sound [...]

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Nebula and Tiptree awards announced

27. April 2009

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Kevin at SF Awards Watch has news of this year’s Nebula science fiction awards, which were announced over the weekend in Los Angeles: Best Novel: Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin Best Novella: “The Spacetime Pool” by Catherine Asaro Best Novelette: “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel Best Short Story: “Trophy Wives” by Nina Kiriki [...]

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Making Comics About Music – disproving Elvis…..

26. April 2009

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“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture – it’s a really stupid thing to want to do.” –Elvis Costello, in an interview by Timothy White entitled “A Man out of Time Beats the Clock.” Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983)  But despite Elvis’ words, it seems that writing about music is something that’s proving [...]

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London MCM Comic Expo – getting Warren Ellis to attend is easy – just hit him.

26. April 2009

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From Warren Ellis’ website: Due to some Swedish girl basically hitting me in the head until I gave in, and then Emma Vieceli playing Good Cop, I will be appearing at the London MCM Comics Expo on the afternoon of Saturday May 23. Don’t bring your entire comics collection for me to sign. You will [...]

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Alan Moore tab closing ….

26. April 2009

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Lots of Alan Moore tabs to be closed: Steve Holland produces a very informative and entertaining look at Alan Moore’s rather wonderful history as a recording artist over on his Bear Alley blog. He goes right back to Moore’s first appearance on disc with the Emporers Of Ice Cream, through the classic Sinister Ducks to [...]

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Full Of Pryde – Visions Of Kitty

25. April 2009

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For those of us of a certain age (ie me) the classic days of our Marvel Comics and the X-Men contained several things; Chris Claremont, Paul Smith, The Brood, Lockheed the Dragon and most importantly Kitty Pryde. It seems I was not alone in this, as the new collaborative blog Full Of Pryde shows. Over [...]

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Oni Press / First Second Crossover – sort of….

25. April 2009

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Over on the Unshelved webcomic site those crazy talented folks at First Second Books have a fantastic review of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim Volume 5. We would try this ourselves on the FPI blog, but the results (at least from me) would be an offence to your eyes dear reader. Mark Siegel of First [...]

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New 6 page Paul Pope Star Trek strip in Wired

25. April 2009

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The latest US edition of Wired is guest edited by Star Trek director JJ Abrams. And inside and online here is a six page strip called When Worlds Collide, with and older Spock looking back on his time at Starfleet and onboard the Enterprise. Witten by K/O (Star Trek screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman) [...]

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Download David Tennant interview

24. April 2009

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BBC Radio 6Music’s Stephen Merchant chatted with David Tennant a few days ago and not only is it available on the Listen Again feature (which is time limited), the lovely Beeb people have made it available as a completely free podcast (or stream if you’d rather) to download and keep! Nice! (David Tennant performs his [...]

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“I’ll be back – maybe” – Arnie may feature in new Terminator movie

24. April 2009

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The mighty Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, may feature in the new Terminator film, despite now being rather busy with his political career as governor of California. The Austrian Oak isn’t actually taking time off for any filming (why not? If George Galloway could take time of from the House of Commons for Celeb Big Brother, why [...]

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Opening the box: Pandora’s Box Volume 1 – Pride

24. April 2009

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Pandora’s Box – Volume 1 – Pride by Alcante and Didier Pagot. Published by Cinebook Cinebook is a British publisher specialising in English language reprints of European/Foreign Language material. Most people reading this will be aware of the often puzzling situation regarding the lack of Euro-comics in the UK with our entire comic industry (with [...]

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Warren Ellis’ GI Joe

24. April 2009

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Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing points us towards a US cartoon on Adult Swim – its GI Joe, but written by none other than Warren Ellis! [youtube LmahUDrswxY]

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