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Star Trek the Motion Picture anniversary

10. December 2009

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As Star Trek the Motion Picture marks the 30th anniversary of its release here’s a classic behind the scenes featurette from 1979 -- the quality isn’t great and the soundtrack is distinctly wobbly, but its still great fun to watch, with behind the scenes footage of the actors, the special effects (oh, that huge, 8 [...]

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Buck Rogers trailer

2. December 2009

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Now doesn’t this look fun? A teaser trailer for an online version of pulp science fiction/comics classic Buck Rogers which is due to appear on the web sometime in 2010. I’ve no other information on it yet (although the Buck Rogers Wiki page states that a company called Phase II were planning an online fan [...]

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Star Wars – Force the feet!

26. November 2009

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Yes, looks like you will soon be able to feel the Force with your feet as Adidas unveil a range of Star Wars themed trainers; perhaps just the thing if you didn’t care for the Robert Crumb Vans we mentioned last week. Looks like there is a Darth Vader design, an Imperial Stormtrooper pair and [...]

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Streets of San Diablo returns to Activate

25. November 2009

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Darryl Cunningham announces on his Twitter that The Streets of San Diablo will be returning to my favourite webcomix collective, Activate, re-starting with a four-page special in which we can “expect much violence”. Good news indeed and another reason why you should have bookmarked the Activate site if you haven’t already, because it is choc-full [...]

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Largo Winch – jungle thriller time

23. November 2009

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Largo Winch Volume 4: The Hour Of The Tiger (Includes Fort Makiling) By Van Hamme and Franq Cinebook “No family, no connections, anti-establishment, womanizer, wanderer, iconoclast and fighter, he inherits at age 26 the W group, which is worth $10 billion. Largo Winch” That back cover blurb is really all you need to know when reading [...]

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Tour the Griffith with Leonard Nimoy

17. November 2009

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If you’ve got several grand to spare the world-famous Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles is auctioning a guided tour of the iconic facility (seen in many films and shows) – the tour guide for the occasion being none other than Leonard Nimoy. Now that would be quite brilliant. Bidding is already in excess of $5, [...]

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New Who

15. November 2009

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Okay, how buzzed are we all from Doctor Who: the Waters of Mars? And the way they’ve worked in the knowledge that the Doctor know his time is ending into his decisions and actions (and my feeling was they also inferred the lack of a close companion has also cost him part of that human [...]

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Its comics events a go-go this weekend at FPI

11. November 2009

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Its a great weekend of comics events coming up at FPI – kicking off on Friday 13th we’ve got the comics legend Gilbert Shelton at our Nostalgia & Comics store in sunny Birmingham from 4 to 5.30pm to celebrate the publication of the Fat Freddy’s Cat Omnibus; a rare chance to meet a serious comics [...]

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Alan Moore – the opera?

11. November 2009

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BBC Radio music news just mentioned that a certain Mister Alan Moore was collaborating with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett on their next opera, following the Gorillaz boys’ successful Monkey: Journey to the West opera. I thought I had mis-heard, but on the BBC’s Newsbeat site there it is: “We’re planning for me to do [...]

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Doctor Who – the Waters of Mars

6. November 2009

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Ohhh, soon, soon!!!

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Chimpanzee Complex – Big, Wonderful, Epic Sci-Fi.

5. November 2009

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The Chimpanzee Complex – Volume 1: Paradox Written by Richard Marazano, art by Jean-Michel Ponzio Cinebook I love big , epic Sci-Fi. Always have. And there just isn’t enough of it in comics to keep me satisfied. Every so often something comes along though that gets it absolutely right, does everything big Sci-Fi is meant to do – [...]

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Dean Haspiel reading from the Activate Primer

2. November 2009

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Enjoy some video of the recent Activate Primer event at the Book Court with Dean Haspiel reading live (along with Joan Reilly and George O’Connor) from Billy Dogma with comics art being projected behind him (via Dean’s FaceBook):

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And you thought you had a great comic / cosplay costume?

31. October 2009

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Halloween costumes, Cosplay costumes – sometimes they’re good, sometimes not so good. But this Roy Lichtenstein job takes it to a whole new level: According to a comment on the Charmed blog the make-up artist doing this fantastic job is Jennifer Corona (Via Buzzfeed).

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Happy Birthday Asterix

29. October 2009

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Asterix, that staple of wonderful childhood memories for most of us turned 50 today. Happy Birthday old man. To celebrate the occasion Google gave him and Obelix their own “google doodle”for the day. The Guardian has a rather nice article on the subject. (Via Wim)

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Last call for the British International Comics Show – that’s BICS to you and me…

2. October 2009

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This weekend sees a host of comic types descend on Thinktank at Millenium Point in Birmingham for the British International Comics Show. In fact the whole thing is actually starting in a couple of hours time with the launch party. But the actual comic stuff starts bright and early on Saturday 3rd October (well, early [...]

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