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joefpigroup - who has written 8158 posts on The Forbidden Planet International Blog.

A professional bookseller for over 20 years and lifelong reader and reviewer, especially of comics and science fiction works, Joe is the editor of the Forbidden Planet blog, which he set up in 2005.

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Upcoming: more Ezquerra Dredd from IDW

Friday, May 24, 2013

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More from IDW’s very welcome large hardback series of classic Judge Dredd collections -  a second helping of Dredd from the artist who originally visualised him, the mighty Carlos Ezquerra (this volume includes the epic Apocalypse War, oh yes, warm up your Stub Guns!), coming late this summer. Available to pre-order now!

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Comics: an interview with Eric Shultz

Friday, May 24, 2013

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Don Smith posted up a long interview with writer Erica Schultz, mostly talking about her Indy series with artist Vicente Alcazar, M3, following a reluctant female assassin: Conversation with Erica Schultz from Don Smith on Vimeo.

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Animation: My Face is in Space

Thursday, May 23, 2013

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I first saw Tom Jobbins‘ My Face is in Space in one of the short animation strands at the Edinburgh International Film Festival the other year, and I’m delighted to see it is now up for everyone to enjoy online. The film uses some suitably 70s styles in its retelling of one of my favourite [...]

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Animation: Obsolete

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Obsolete is a great short animation by Lewis Gray and Esra Guldal, students at Sheffield Hallam University, following a rather forlorn old robot who has spent all of his working life in a dark toy factory, lit mostly by the hellish orange glare of fires (creating some quite atmospheric visuals), dreaming of the world outside… [...]

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Upcoming: Montargis Coince La Bulle comics festival

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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David Ziggy Greene drops us a line to let us know one of his favourite French comics events (he’s part of a small group of creators who have attended each year since it started), the Montargis Coince La Bulle BD festival, will be holding its fourth edition this month, running across the 25th and 26th [...]

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Science Fiction: Expo

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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Expo, directed by Joe Sill, is a real find, a beautifully composed and shot short science fiction film of a working mother, toiling on a dangerous Lunar base when she receives the worst news any parent can ever hear, that her ill child has succumbed to the inevitable. The loss is magnified by her huge [...]

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The Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story competition

Monday, May 20, 2013

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The annual Observer/Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Competition returns for another year, I’m pleased to see. Very much an established part of the vibrant British comics scene now, this annual competition encourages some of our talented creators to submit a short four page comics work, with the winning entry bagging a cool thousand pounds and publication [...]

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Comics: Culturethèque offers free access to digital French comics during BD Passion

Monday, May 20, 2013

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Mélissa at Culturethèque drops us a line to let us know about their plans to offer some very cool-sounding online support to go with the upcoming BD & Comics Passion comics festival. Culturethèque is the digital platform for the Institut Français in the UK, offering access to a wide range of digital reading, video and [...]

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Comics: some TCAF in video

Monday, May 20, 2013

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Here’s a nice way to start the working week, a small collection of different videos from various folk filming and interviewing away at the recent Toronto Comic Art Festival. Here’s Miles Baker, assistant co-ordinator of the 2013 Toronto Comic Arts Festival discussing a bit about how TCAF comes together and works: A short video interview [...]

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Upcoming: MCM Comic Con London, Manchester & Glasgow

Friday, May 17, 2013

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Oh lucky geekdom, we seem to have moved in just a few years from having a handful of comics events to having a whole multitude to choose from, from small and intimate Indy themed gatherings to large US style ones which also embrace gaming as well as TV and film science fiction and fantasy. Into [...]

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