Archive | May, 2009

24 Hour Comics in Dublin

31. May 2009

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It may be a few months away yet, but Cliodhna is already plotting and planning to build on the success of previous gigs: “It’s still ages away but the dates are set for 24 hour comics day in Dublin.  It will take place October 17th and 18th at the Central Hotel.  We’re expanding to two [...]

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Rich Morris’ Ten Doctors completed

31. May 2009

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I mentioned / reviewed Rich Morris’ The Ten Doctors almost a year ago now. Since then he’s worked away at it until it has become rather a magnum opus of fan fiction. 247 strips later and it’s finished. Like I said back then: “This is just the ultimate fan’s idea of “how can I get [...]

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Serge – the blog

31. May 2009

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Draw Serge! – Another one of those collaborative blogs has appeared – this time it’s one created by Jonathan Edwards and is dedicated to illustrating the peculiar genius that was Serge Gainsbourg. Two nice examples below, first on the left we have the opener from Jonathan Edwards and on the right we have Simon Gane‘s [...]

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Lenore returns…

31. May 2009

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Roman Dirge’s cute little dead girl has a new publisher. Titan Books have announced that they’re going to begin publishing not only the existing Lenore books but also going to be bringing out new comics and more by Roman Dirge starting this summer. Around the world little goth girls and boys are rejoicing! Lenore: Noogies [...]

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Ask Moorcock

30. May 2009

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Boing Boing in conjunction with the fine indy science fiction publisher Tachyon Publications is offering their readers the chance to put questions to one of the most respected (and brilliant and influential) SF&F writers of all time, Michael Moorcock. Leave your questions on the comments page at BB here and the BB team will pick [...]

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Jim Medway – murals and chat…..

30. May 2009

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Over on his blog, Jim Medway posts up some pictures from one of his latest projects at a local Manchester school. In addition to being a very talented comics artist Jim does an awful lot of really interesting work in schools – maybe at one near you? This latest project was a huge mural at [...]

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Atom Style Atomium

30. May 2009

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Paul Gravett reminds us that as part of the Brussels ’09 celebration of comics (which Wim has been telling us about throughout the year) he will be curating the “In Search of the Atom Style” exhibition in one of the city’s landmark buildings, the Atomium. From the official description the exhibition: “will cast new light [...]

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Wedding Bells …..

30. May 2009

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Always nice to have some wedding news on a weekend, if only that it gives my darling wife a nice excuse to go out and buy a new hat. But over at the Beat, Heidi has news of two marriages, one new and one  rescued from the clutches of evil demons and the ever changing [...]

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New Doctor Who companion announced

29. May 2009

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21 year old Karen Gillan has been announced by the BBC as the new companion to go with the next Doctor, Matt Smith: “I am absolutely over the moon at being chosen to play the Doctor’s new companion. – I just can’t wait to get started. The show is such a massive phenomenon that I [...]

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Small press comics and ‘zines at N&C

29. May 2009

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Our Birmingham Nostalgia and Comics branch is undergoing a partial refit over the next four or five weeks. As part of this we will have a small, dedicated section which is reserved for selling local ‘zines and small press comics. If you would like us to carry your items please give Dave Hopkins a ring [...]

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David Tennant to bring his Hamlet to the BBC

29. May 2009

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“To be, or not to be, — that is the question: — Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The particle beams of outrageous fortune, Or to use the sonic screwdriver against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? — To die, to regenerate, — No more; and by a regeneration to [...]

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Propaganda goes questing with Thorgal in The Land Of Qa

29. May 2009

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Thorgal: The Land Of Qa by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosinski Published by Cinebook (Contains two Thorgal volumes: The Land Of Qa and Thorgal: The Eyes Of Tanatloc) Another of Cinebook’s reprints of some popular European comics, this time the long running Belgian saga of Thorgal which is up to 31 albums in the [...]

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From Our Continental Correspondent – Summer Of The 80s

29. May 2009

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I am a child of the eighties.  It’s taken me a while to come to terms with it, but I am.  Nearly everything I learned in life, I learned between roughly 1981 and 1989.  And it would seem I am not the only early forty-something who’s looking back with melancholy, as Arte, the pan-European arts [...]

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Metaphrog on the road

29. May 2009

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John and Sandra from Glasgow’s Metaphrog have been out and about in the UK recently, with more events to come. In addition to the Bristol Comics Expo they’ve been making appearances at the Cardiff Central Library and also at Booked!, the West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words, working with eager groups of school kids: “These sessions [...]

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Alex’s Thursday audio round-up

28. May 2009

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Can it be Thursday again already? It must be, for here is Alex Fitch to tell us about the radio and podcast shows he is involved with this week; as usual check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to archived podcasts of previous shows: Strip!: Adapting prose for manga, games and genre [...]

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