Archive | May, 2009

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

26. May 2009

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The Picture Of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde. Adaptation by Ian Edginton and Ian Culbard. Published by Self Made Hero. Another near perfect adaptation from Self Made Hero. Just like the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde adaptation reviewed by Joe a while ago, The Picture Of Dorian Gray is a classy bit of work. This [...]

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Life’s a beach (hut)

26. May 2009

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The BBC website featured this cracking beach hut at Hopeman, by Elgin in Scotland, decorated in cartoons of Oor Wullie. (pic taken by David Longstaff, Oor Wullie (c) DC Thomson)

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From Our Continental Correspondent – Spirou returns in great shape

25. May 2009

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With 71 years of adventures on his roster, Spirou Et Fantasio is one of the seminal characters in the Franco-Belgian tradition.  Great cartoonists like Jijé, Franquin, Fournier and more recently Tome and Janry have contributed to a series of no less than fifty albums that somehow managed to right in with the times in terms [...]

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Bookseller Century – including David Fickling of DFC fame

25. May 2009

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John over on Down The Tubes has a story on the Bookseller’s Century list – 100 of the most influential people in books today; authors, publishers, journos, bloggers and agents. Of particular interest to us is the inclusion of David Fickling, publisher of David Fickling Books and the recently deceased DFC comic (which always seems [...]

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Colleen Coover’s Cluedo

25. May 2009

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I like Colleen Coover, mostly due to the quirky stuff she gets into various Marvel books. But there’s a great little series of illustrations on her website based on the game Cluedo. Very nice stuff.  

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Sherlock Holmes trailer released

24. May 2009

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Guy Ritchie directing, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law starring in an all action romp? I can see this new Sherlock Holmes film creating a little bit of an uproar amongst purists. But to be honest, it looks like it might also prove to be an enormous amount of fun as well. We shall see. [...]

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Aspiring comic creator – Hi8us Comix competition announced

24. May 2009

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Hi8us Midlands, part of the national media and arts charity has announced details of it’s latest comic scheme. Called COMIX, it’s a new competition with a chance for 20 people to get through and work with some of the Midland’s best comic folks including Hunt Emerson, John McCrea, Laura Howell, Andi Watson and Asia Alfasi. [...]

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More Sherlock Holmes…. this time from John Watkiss

24. May 2009

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Isn’t that a lovely image? It’s John Watkiss’ version of Sherlock Holmes, done as part of the supporting pitch for the upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr. According to the report at Newsarama, Watkiss was approached to by one of the producers of the movie to produce a series of images to form [...]

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On the Creative Process

23. May 2009

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Sarah McIntyre directs us to this cracking strip On The Creative Process by James Turner (thanks, Sarah) – for all those who ask writers and artists where they get their ideas from, go look! (On the Creative Process by and (c) James Turner)

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DTT’s Bristol report

23. May 2009

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Brit small press supsertar and secret karaoke sensation David Baillie posted up a great report on the recent Bristol Comics Expo over on Down The Tubes, which makes good reading (with a nice bit on the small press scene), especially for those of us who couldn’t make it there this year. (the Mighty Tharg attends [...]

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Malcy in America

23. May 2009

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America, prepare for Malcy Duff! Malcy tells me he’s heading Stateside and will be doing a couple of gigs later this month where he will: “be appearing in Boston and Providence, USA, at the end of this month performing readings from a selection of his comix.  The film MALCY’S HORSES, will (hopefully) be screening at [...]

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Win Stargate Atlantis Season Five DVDs!

22. May 2009

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A quick reminder that there are only a few days left to try your luck in our Stargate competition where two lucky winners will receive a complete set of the fifth and final season on DVD; entries close at midnight on Sunday, so get going and good luck!

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“For your consideration…” – Last day for Eagle nominations

22. May 2009

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Its the last day to place nominations in for the main UK comics gongs, the Eagle Awards, so if you haven’t voted already you better get over sharpish. And if you enjoy our blogging then we’d be delighted if you considered nominating the Forbidden Planet International Blog in the Favourite Comics Related Website category.

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Ian’s Sir Arthur

22. May 2009

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Doug Wallace from Self Made Hero has a lovely little follow up to my earlier post about today being the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – this lovely sketch that Ian Culbard created as a tribute. Ian, of course, is working with the other Ian (Edginton) on a series of [...]

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Gary Northfield in Nat Geo Kids

22. May 2009

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Gary Northfield is rather chuffed – and deservedly so – to have some of his cartooning work featured in the latest National Geographic Kids in the form of a two page strip about Anne Frank. Gary tells me this has been a regular in Nat Geo’s supplement for a while and he’s already covered a [...]

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