Scottish superstar comics scribe, the one and only Grant Morrison, will be returning to one of his old haunts where he’s picked up many a comic, Glasgow’s Forbidden Planet International on Buchanan Street (right by the Underground station). Grant will be signing copies of his upcoming book Supergods; I’ve been lucky enough to see a preview [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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(Arne signing last night, pic from my Flickr) I was lucky enough to get to the Arne Bellstorf event last night in the Goethe Institut in Glasgow where the English language edition of Arne’s Baby’s in Black was being launched by the fine SelfMadeHero as part of a programme by the Goethe to bring German [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 11, 2010
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The Glasgow Forbidden Planet International (handily adjacent to Queen Street station and the Buchanan Street Underground station) is having a fun Manga Night this evening from 6 to 8pm with cosplaying, quizzes, special offers and more; from the description: “Everything instore will have a 20% discount, and there are great prizes for the best-dressed, and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 13, 2010
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Prepare yourselves for some Doctor Who awesomeness coming to a venue near you soon! Prepare for excited kids demanding to be taken along and equally excited parents too for that matter! The monsters are coming! A new musical stage show featuring the monsters from Doctor Who – Daleks, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and more – is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
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A reminder that we have Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering coming to our Edinburgh store on Southbridge on Thursday January 28th to sign copies of their recently published Burke and Hare graphic novel (reviewed here by Richard); for those with a literary bent and a fascination for history the boys will also be taking part [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
On Thursday 21st of January you can “discover the secrets behind writing and drawing comics, graphic novels and manga, revealed by creators featured in the ComiXmas Exhibition at a free event held at the LondonPrintStudio Gallery.” The event, chaired by Paul Gravett, will include Andrzej Klimowsk, Danusia Schejbal, Nana Li, Woodrow Phoenix and Brit comics [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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Mid-November is looking pretty darned good for comics fans in Dublin’s fair city; on Saturday 14th, as I mentioned last week, the Eclectic Micks crew will be in the Dublin Forbidden Planet. And I’m pleased to say that the following day, Sunday 15th November, there’s another multi-talented line-up in Dublin with Karl Kerschl (Superman, Teen [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 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):
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
(have uke, will travel; Amanda signing copies of Who Killed Amanda Palmer in the Edinburgh FPI yesterday; more pics here) We had a great turnout for Amanda Palmer‘s visit to the Edinburgh FPI store. Edinburgh right now is in its annual Festival mode -- basically the biggest arts festival in the world is running here [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
You might remember recently I mentioned that Amanda Palmer would be performing a gig in Edinburgh (in the HMV Picture House on Lothian Road, August 22nd) and is threatening all sorts of other sneaky performances during the annual madness of the Edinburgh Festival this month (will no-one think of the children???). I’m also delighted to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
As you can see, yesterday evening’s signing with Peter Facinelli, known to legions of fans as the good hearted Doctor Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of the Twilight novels, in the Dublin FPI store drew a good crowd of adoring fans… In fact the queue spilled out onto the street – I can’t help [...]
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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