At the end of March the Phoenix Convention took place in Dublin’s fair city with science fiction, fantasy and comics creators and fans enjoying a damned fine weekend. Pádraig Ó Méalóid, as is traditional for P-Con, was on hand (rumour has it that guests carry small, hand-carved Pádraig figures with them for good luck throughout [...]
Continue reading...5. January 2009
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Just a couple of days before Christmas we posted up Pádraig’s interview with the one and only Neil Gaiman as an early Yuletide treat, but for those of you who may have already hit the road home for the holidays when it went up we’re re-posting it again today for your delictation and delight: Here’s [...]
Continue reading...22. December 2008
Here’s a very special early Christmas present for our readers: Pádraig Ó Méalóid (who is rapidly becoming our Roving Interviewer At Large, following his excellent chats with Todd Klein and Alan Moore) met one of my very favourite writers Neil Gaiman during Neil’s recent busy tour (does Neil do any other kind of tour?) for [...]
Continue reading...29. September 2008
Today we have a very special treat for you – my friend and lifelong champion of good comics and books Pádraig Ó Méalóid has been very busy following up his terrific interview with Alan Moore (which can be read on the blog with part one here and part two here, if you missed it) and [...]
Continue reading...19. June 2008
Last week we posted the first part of a fascinating interview of Alan Moore by Irish comics and SF expert Pádraig Ó Méalóid, in which they discussed Alan’s earlier body of comics work and his contemporary titles such as The Lost Girls and the next installments in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, as well as [...]
Continue reading...13. June 2008
I’ve been friends with Pádraig Ó Méalóid years – he’s been heavily involved with the comics and science fiction scene in Ireland (including a fair bit of time organising the major P-Con event, which has been host to many top SF and comics writers and artists) and he writes extensively on both SF and the [...]
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16. April 2009
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