Archive | July, 2009

Mustard – a funny comedy mag – now there’s original for you….

18. July 2009

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Mustard # 4 Editor / Designer Alex Musson Self Published. (Kevin O’Neill’s great Alan Moore illstration against a backdrop of Moore comics) I Came to this one rather late after reading about the big Alan Moore interview in this issue somewhere online. I’m even later reviewing it. So late in fact that by now it’s [...]

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Doctor Poo

18. July 2009

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Viz, Britain’s great repository of delightfully vulgar, childish comics (bless ‘em) offers us up this cartoon riff on our favourite Time Lord with Doctor Poo. Crossing time and space desperately in search of a quiet loo where he can park his bum before the sanctity of his trousers are violated. Its crude (both the theme [...]

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Ken MacLeod interviewed

17. July 2009

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On the SF Crowsnest Ewan Angus talks to one of my very favourite writers of contemporary science fiction, Ken MacLeod, about his latest novel, the fascinating Night Sessions, which combines an SF take on the post 9-11 world and War on Terror with the classic Edinburgh detective novel and a look at religious fundamentalism (no, [...]

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Wednesday Comics issue 1: comics just got big again….

17. July 2009

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Wednesday Comics # 1 Various DC Comics You might buy it on Wednesday (or more likely, here in the UK, on Thursday), but the perfect time to read Wednesday Comics is a Sunday morning. Unfold the comic to it’s full tabloid dimensions, lay it out on the floor and prop yourself up on your elbows [...]

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To boldly bid…

17. July 2009

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This Hasbro piece of early Star Trek merchandising dates from 1967, a paint-by-numbers kit and, remarkably, is in mint condition, still unopened. As such its extremely rare, eminently collectable and is already upto $1799.99 on Ebay. Somehow I’m guessing whoever buys this is likely to keep it sealed and not open it up for their [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Belgium comic strips murals

17. July 2009

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For those who are getting quite frustrated with our reporting of all comics goodies to be enjoyed in Brussels this year, China Central Television has made a short documentary on the comic murals that have graced the city for some years now, so you can all have a look.  The Brussels tourist board has even [...]

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Alex’s audio round-up

16. July 2009

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With the arrival of another Thursday it’s time for Alex Fitch to update us to some of the shows he’s involved with, including a bit of a Doctor Who and Torchwood theme; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and for links to podcasts of previous shows: Strip!: Doctor Who comics now, [...]

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Captain Britain

16. July 2009

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Oh yes, it is here. It may be a lot later than originally intended, but dammit, its worth the wait. Not to mention the weight – its a humungous tome, just remember when picking it up to lift from the legs and not your back. Alan Moore, Alan Davis, Captain Britain. Oh yes.

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On this day…

16. July 2009

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On this day, forty years ago, human beings began the great odyssey to the Moon. The enormous engines on one of the largest craft ever built ignited and a huge Saturn V ascended into the skies on a blistering column of fire. Take a moment to just think about that. Its too easy now for [...]

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Borderliners – Ceremony Of Innocence.

16. July 2009

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Borderliners: Ceremony Of Innocence – pilot issue. Written & Drawn by Brian Gorman, Letters & Photography by Chris Harvey. Unico Comics. Borderliners is a one shot from new(ish) publisher Unico Comics that’s hopefully going to lead to a series sometime soon, because it’s a very promising start to what could become a great espionage thriller. [...]

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Neil Gaiman talks Batman on NPR

16. July 2009

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“A new graphic novel from DC Comics is “part coda, love letter and summation of Batman’s raison d’etre,” says writer Neil Gaiman. Gaiman’s take on the Batman mystique — Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? — was published in two parts as the final editions of the long-running Batman and Detective Comics series.” “Now it’s [...]

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Who Killed Amanda Palmer?

16. July 2009

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No, fortunately I’m not reporting a homicide, it is, as I’m sure many of  you already know, a reference to the new book by Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman, a deliciously macabre offering of post-mortem photography accompanied by stories by Neil. And when not enjoying her hobby as a part-time corpse Amanda’s been known to [...]

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Mind Meld – international science fiction

15. July 2009

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SF Signal has been running a series of fascinating articles looking at international science fiction beyond the Anglophone world which culminates in this post (which has links to the earlier parts included), which I highly recommend to anyone interested in the genre. As with comics I’ve always been aware of more going on than we [...]

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Peter Facinelli at FP Dublin

15. July 2009

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Actor Peter Facinelli will be familiar to many of our readers, I suspect, not least for his recent role in the first Twilight film and the upcoming New Moon second Twilight movie where he plays Doctor Carlisle Cullen, head of the good vampire family in the world of Twilight, adoptive father to Edward. Well we’ve [...]

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Blue Moon – Oli Smith joins the TARDIS

15. July 2009

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We all know Oli Smith for his comics creations, his fascinating (and often inventive) videos and the great public profile he’s given to the UK small press comics scene with his work with London Underground Comics. Now he’s joining the world of Doctor Who – the prologue for  his Doctor Who story, Blue Moon, went [...]

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