Tag Archive | "film"

Best of the Year – Tom Humberstone

Friday, December 30, 2011

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Today’s guest for the Best of the Year is powerhouse Brit Indy comics creator turned publisher (with the standard-setting anthology Solipsistic Pop)  Tom Humberstone: FPI: Can you pick three comics/webcomics/graphic novels which you especially enjoyed over the last twelve months and tell us why you singled them out? Tom: 1. Everything We Miss, Luke Pearson, [...]

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Best of the Year – Andrew Cheverton

Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Today’s guest Best of the Year comes hotter than a rattler on roller skates from that towering lawman of the old West, a man who always Walks Tall, Andrew Cheverton: FPI: Can you pick three comics/webcomics/graphic novels which you especiallyenjoyed over the last twelve months and tell us why you singled them out? Andrew: Meta4 [...]

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It’s all relative

Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Okay this is science rather than science fiction, and it isn’t quite animation either, although it was produced by the famous Fleischer Studios (who brought us Betty Boop, Popeye and Superman in animated cartoon form), but it’s an interesting (and educational) little quirky piece of film-science history, a 1923 short explaining Einstein’s theory of relativity [...]

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Vader Christmas carol flash mob

Sunday, December 25, 2011

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A lovely bit of Star Wars themed flash mob seasonal fun as a festive Darth Vader leads a flash mob in Christmas carols! Brilliant! (via BoingBoing)

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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas…

Saturday, December 24, 2011

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… and all through the house, not a creature was stirring. I have adored Tom’n'Jerry (and Daffy, Bugs, Droopy et al) since I was a wee boy watching them with my dear dad (we both still love them, some things you never grow out of) – not just so funny, but so full of character [...]

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The Artists

Thursday, December 22, 2011

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Sean Mullen’s The Artists is a cool little short animation, a pair of artists (as you might infer from the title) painting outdoors, their easels side by side, lose sight of their art as they grow increasingly competitive:

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Best of the Year – Sean Michael Wilson

Monday, December 19, 2011

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Today’s Best of the Year guest is that round-eyed devil, the Scottish Comics Samurai in Japan and a man who knows how to wield a mean Ax, Sean Michael Wilson (you can read a recent Director’s Commentary by Sean here on the blog). Let’s see what our roaming in the Japanese gloaming comics ronin has [...]

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Best of the Year 2011 – Dan Lockwood

Thursday, December 15, 2011

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Today’s Best of the Year guest post comes via editor extraordinaire and a man who is a close, personal friend of the Elder Gods, invoking their hellish powers to assist SelfMadeHero’s Lovecraftian desires, it’s Dan Lockwood: FPI: Can you pick three comics/webcomics/graphic novels which you especially enjoyed over the last twelve months and tell us [...]

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Herge’s Heir

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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As is probably well-known by now, Stephen Spielberg managed to successfully turn Tintin into a movie.  Alan Baran, an intimate friend of Hergé’s and his last private secretary, was also the man who conducted the first negotiations with Spielberg.  And he liked what he saw. UK and European audiences have already enjoyed the film and [...]

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Best of the Year 2011 – Martin Eden

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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Today’s Best of the Year guest post comes courtesy of Martin Eden, a comics creator who always looks good in Spandex; Martin’s managed to combine sexual politics and identity with the capes’n'tights genre in a unique and unusual way – while mainstream comics make a big thing out of having a token, solitary gay character [...]

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Best of the Year 2011: Matthew Sheret

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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Today’s Best of the Year guest post comes from Matthew Sheret, comics creator and also co-founder of the excellent Brit small press showcase We Are Words + Pictures as well as being behind the brilliant Paper Science anthology. FPI: Can you pick three comics/webcomics/graphic novels which you especially enjoyed over the last twelve months and [...]

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Vigour

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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This short, worldess animation by Chang Dai is just delightful (thanks to Jamie Smart for the heads-up):

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Steranko’s Indiana Jones….

Sunday, December 11, 2011

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Did you know Steranko did the concept art for Indiana Jones? I sure as hell didn’t. And if you did know, why the hell didn’t you let me know? Not Pulp Covers shares this wonderful news…. but it was Tom that told me….

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Best of the Year 2011: Edward Ross

Friday, December 9, 2011

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Today’s guest Best of the Year comes from someone who manages to merge two of my very favourite things – comics and cinema. Edward Ross, among other works, has created a fascinting series called Filmish which uses the comics medium to explore film theory and I’ve very much enjoyed them (reviews of issue one, issue [...]

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Best of the Year 2011 – Sean Azzopardi

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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Today’s guest Best of the Year post comes from a long-time good chum of the blog – a writer, artist and keen supporter of the British small press comics scene, as well as an occassional contributor to this very blog (in fact he kindly penned a report on the Brit comics contingent’s trip to the [...]

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