Archive | June, 2009

Heavy Metal Mouth

26. June 2009

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Heavy Metal Mouth is a new art exhibition drawing on that mighty genre of rock’n'roll, heavy metal, opening in Edinburgh this weekend. Among the artists included in the show is Malcy Duff, who will have art from his Heroic Mosh of Mary’s Son comic from last year in the exhibition. A new comic by Malcy, [...]

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Holiday reading with Joost Swarte

26. June 2009

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Canada’s Walrus magazine features this magnificent Joost Swarte cover for their summer reading issue and there’s a feature on the artist over on the Walrus site here. It’s an image I can identify with; packing to go away is easy – until it gets to the difficult decision of what to take away with me [...]

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Cameron shows off Avatar

25. June 2009

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James ‘king of the world’ Cameron has finally shown some footage of his long anticipated return to feature films, the science fiction epic Avatar. A select industry audience at the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam were allowed to see 24 minutes of footage from the film. According to the BBC site there is a ban on [...]

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The Greatest Adventures Of Captain Winston Bulldog

25. June 2009

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The Greatest Adventures Of Captain Winston Bulldog by Jason Cobley Self Published / Lulu. “Welcome to Blighty City, centre of an Alternative Britain, where not only many mammals but some vegetables have evolved to the level of humans. It is a place where being able to hit a cricket ball for six or make a good cup of [...]

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Gruffalo animation coming for Christmas

25. June 2009

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The award-winning children’s illustrated book The Gruffalo, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is coming to the BBC this Christmas as a one-off animated adventure. The incredibly popular (and rather lovely) kid’s picture book will be brought to life in a 30 minute animation with the voice talent comprising an all-star cast [...]

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Nostalgia & Comics – Make Theirs Marvel

25. June 2009

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The FPI store in Birmingham, the lovely Nostalgia & Comics is having a special celebration for the 70th anniversary of Marvel Comics. Here’s what they had to say: “On Saturday the 27th June Nostalgia and Comics will celebrate Marvels 70th Birthday. All of the staff will be in fancy dress and anyone, both kids and adults [...]

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Cla$$ War Series One Collected. And that, unfortunately, is all there is….

24. June 2009

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Cla$$ War Series One Collected Edition Written by Rob Williams, art by Trevor Hairsine and Travel Foreman ComX Comics Class War (or Cla$$ War to be precise) is big, widescreen superhero action, full of tormented supersoldiers questioning their place in a world they no longer recognise, lots of ultra-violence and a smattering of politics. Once upon a time, [...]

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Oli Smith & Oliver lambden present – BLOC

24. June 2009

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Bit of a supergroup of UK small press here. Well, okay, a bit of a super duo anyway. Oliver Smith (dashing poster boy for Camden Comic Stall, London Underground Comics, LUC176 and writer/artist of various comics that I rather liked) and Oliver Lambden (artist on the great Tales From The Flat and Dan Lester Mysteries [...]

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LUC176 – This weekend ….

24. June 2009

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London Underground Comics 176 event is taking place this weekend, 27th June in London.A completely free mini convention featuring a host of comics folk, DJs and animation throughout the day. It should be a great day out for all involved and well worth a visit. Full details at their website.

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More on Longbox: Kieron Gillen’s take on it….

23. June 2009

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And how’s that for timing? Earlier today I put up the post on Longbox. And lo and behold, when I fired up the feed reader tonight I see that Kieron Gillen’s done a bit on it as well. Quite fitting really as the Gillen written (and quite bloody marvellous) Phonogram The Singles Club is all [...]

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Welcome to the future: Longbox – do we have an I-Tunes for comics?

23. June 2009

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“Rantz Hoseley, the editor behind Image’s “Comic Book Tattoo” anthology of comics inspired by Tori Amos, introduced his latest endeavor at Heroes Con. Longbox, a digital comics platform similar to iTunes, is expected to launch later this year as a free download for Mac, PC, and Linux. Developed by Quicksilver Software, Longbox comics can be download [...]

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The one million dollar man (okay, actually one million pounds)

23. June 2009

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In a recession defying move that will have many other authors salivating, award-winning science fiction scribe Alastair Reynolds has signed a ten-year, ten-book deal with UK SF publisher Gollancz (home to some top SF&F talent) for one million pounds. Al exploded onto the SF scene with Revelation Space, which I recall arrived with the PR [...]

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Far Arden – rip roaring tales of Arctic adventuring

23. June 2009

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Far Arden by Kevin Cannon Top Shelf. Whatever you do, don’t sit down with Far Arden when you’re in a bad mood. The first time I picked it up I really didn’t like it, really didn’t get it. I managed 50 pages and put it aside for some other time. I’m glad I did. Because the second time [...]

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Gnashional Treasure Hunt

23. June 2009

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The National Trust for Scotland has recruited Dennis the Menace (and Gnasher, of course) to interest kids in the nation’s national heritage during the school summer holidays, with the Gnashional Treasure Hunt running from July 1st to October 31st, which sounds like fun and a good way to get the kids into visiting and exploring [...]

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Dave Prowse on cancer awareness

23. June 2009

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Former Green Cross Code superhero and the man who filled Darth Vader’s iconic costume Dave Prowse has been creating awareness of prostate cancer among men. The genial Prowse, now in his early 70s, like many men had never been tested and only asked his doctor to check him out after a suggestion at a charity [...]

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