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Twenty years young lad…….

6. November 2009

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Another anniversary, this time everyone’s favourite claymation man and his dog. Nick Park’s wonderful creations, Wallace and Gromit are 20 years old this week. Just like Sesame Street this week and Asterix last week they got their own Google Doodle, just as they should…. Happy birthday lads, here’s to many more. Aardman Animation W&G site.

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Alex’s audio round-up

5. November 2009

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Taking time out from setting bonfires of MPs expense claim forms this November 5th, here’s Alex Fitch in a V For Vendetta mask to update us to the latest programmes he’s involved with over the new few days; as ever for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site: Strip!: [...]

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Getting Cultured – Banksie heading for the big screen?

4. November 2009

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There’s been a fair bit of talk on various science fiction and movie sites about the possibility that one of bestselling author Iain M Banks‘ Culture tales could be headed for a movie adaptation. I’ve double checked with Iain and he’s confirmed that a deal has indeed been struck for the short story A Gift [...]

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Doctor Who Dreamland clip online

3. November 2009

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The BBC’s Doctor Who site has posted up the first brief clip from the upcoming Dreamland, a six-part animated Doctor Who tale which features the voice of David Tennant. The show will appear on BBC digital (by the magic of – what else – the Red Button) and via the official Who site later this [...]

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The Misfits walk among us

3. November 2009

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Channel 4’s digital channel E4 will be launching Misfits on Thursday 12th of November at 10pm. No, its not based around the life and times of the cult punk band (extra street cred points to you if you got that reference), its a new superhero series, with a group of youngsters who have all gained [...]

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Robert Pattinson’s Vanity Fair photoshoot

3. November 2009

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Just ahead of the next Twilight movie, New Moon, here’s a taster from Robert Pattinson’s photoshoot from Vanity Fair. Those thuds you hear are fans around the world swooning as we speak… (via Reel Empire, via SciFiTweetn)

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Alex’s audio round-up

29. October 2009

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It’s Thursday, it’s almost Halloween and here’s Alex Fitch taking time out from looking for a 1980s American motorcycle cop’s bike to complete his CHiPs costume for the big night to let us know about the programmes he’s involved with over the next week or so;  as usual for more details and links to podcasts [...]

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Liz Lochhead discusses Metaphrog

29. October 2009

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Scottish poet and playwright Liz Lochhead was on Scottish Television’s The Hour discussing Metaphrog’s delightful comics adaptation of her friend, the great Edwin Morgan’s sci-fi poem The First Men on Mercury, which the Glasgow duo adapted for the Association for Scottish Literary Studies for National Poetry Day earlier this month (see here to enjoy the [...]

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Tauntaun wedding cake for Star Wars artist

25. October 2009

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Chris Trevas, one of the official Star Wars artists, had a rather unusual wedding cake at his nuptials – Courtney Clark of Cake Nouveau made a special cake for him, a dead Tauntaun from The Empire Strikes Back, complete with comatose Luke Skywalker keeping warm inside! On the official Star Wars blog Chris comments “Older [...]

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Alex’s audio round-up

22. October 2009

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Alex Fitch takes time out from chasing the squirrel who stole his jelly babies around autumn trees to fill us in on his next batch of audio delights and some events he’s involved in, including a spot with some of the boys from the always interesting  Ecletic Micks Irish comics artists collective and folks involved [...]

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Mark Millar at the Edinburgh Book Festival

20. October 2009

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Top Scottish comics (and now movie) scribe Mark Millar made his first ever appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August and he seemed to enjoy the experience as much as the audience did (you can read my report here). Mark was on fine form talking with Scotland on Sunday’s Stuart Kelly (who’s also [...]

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Avatar goodies

19. October 2009

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The first few items to go along with James Cameron’s eagerly anticipated Avatar film have started to appear on our webstore (although with some the secrecy on the movie means we’re still waiting on final images for some) and on the companion books front they run from younger reader-friendly guides to the Art book, while [...]

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Cast your vote for the annual SFX Awards

18. October 2009

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Voting is now open in the annual awards from Blighty’s top selling science fiction mag SFX. Actually they opened a number of days ago and I clean forgot to post a link up to it, but as they voting is open until 5th December there’s still plenty of time to consider who you will cast [...]

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Everybody else except me saw this, right? Jason’s SHHH! gets animated….

18. October 2009

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Jason’s delicious collection of short stories SHHH! has been animated, and rather nicely animated at that. Computer animation may not seem ideal for Jason’s stuff, but it works surprisingly well in these short clips. (Finally saw this via Drawn blog)

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Geek Syndicate goes on set with Merlin

16. October 2009

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The Geek Syndicate Podcast boys have a new special up detailing a set visit to the BBC’s Merlin production, discussing their visit and talking to the shows stars and crew such as Colin Morgan (Merlin), Bradley James (Arthur), Katie McGrath (Morgana), Anthony Stewart Head (King Uther) and Charlotte Morris (Head of Costume Design). (a suitably armed [...]

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