Tag Archive | "Geek Syndicate"

Fallen Heroes at Cardiff Comic Con

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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From the banter on Twitter it seems like most folks had a really good time at the new Cardiff Comic Con at the weekend, lots of positive reports cropping up on Twitter (if you were there to see it or exhibit at it, please feel free to leave a bit in the comments about how [...]

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Best of the Year: Barry Nugent

Thursday, December 30, 2010

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Today’s guest Best of the Year is a regular face on the convention circuit, master at sneaking into various launch events, comics and SF guru, podcaster and writer (with a comics adaptation of his own novel, Fallen Heroes, also on the way too now), one half of the fine Geek Syndicate Podcast team, Barry Nugent, [...]

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Comics at the London Book Fair

Thursday, April 22, 2010

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The Nuge from the excellent Geek Syndicate podcast was at the recent London Book Fair and took in their newly added comics section: “It was a pretty small set up, well smaller than I was expecting, although I did hear that some companies/individuals  couldn’t attend due to the flight ban. The Pavilion, which was in [...]

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Geek Syndicate talks to Jane Goldman

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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The Geek Syndicate boys have a cool video interview up with Jane Goldman, wife of Jonathan Ross and screenwriter for Kick-Ass and Stardust:

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Comics auction in memory of Eric Martin

Monday, December 14, 2009

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As we covered last week comics fan, geek and podcaster Eric Martin passed away unexpectedly at the age of only 36 from a massive heart attack, leaving behind his eight year old  daughter Gracie. As Barry from the Geek Syndicate told us Eric’s  brother Mike has set up a fund for Gracie to draw on [...]

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A fund for Eric Martin’s daughter

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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Good friend of the blog and well known character on the Brit comics scene Barry Nugent from the Geek Syndicate Podcast told me about the recent sad news concerning one of his friends and fellow comics podcasters Eric Martin, who he described as ” a great supporter of Geek Syndicate back when we first started [...]

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Fallen Heroes comic

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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Barry Nugent from the excellent Geek Syndicate podcast mentioned recently how pleased he was that his SF&F novel Fallen Heroes was going to be adapted into comics form; now Insomnia’s Redeye blog has a few details, with Martin Conaghan (writer on the recent Burke and Hare, see here) involved and Steve Penfold just announced as [...]

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Geek Syndicate goes on set with Merlin

Friday, October 16, 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 [...]

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Shane Chebsey on Geek Syndicate

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Barry at the excellent Geek Syndicate podcast reminds us that the guys have a 45-minute chat with British International Comics Show organiser Shane Chebsey, where Shane “reveals what events people can expect at this years show as well as a look back at lessons learned from previous years. There is a look behind the scenes [...]

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Geek Syndicate interviews Duncan Jones

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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The Geek Syndicate boys interview writer/director Duncan Jones (the artist formerly known as Zowie Bowie) about his debut feature, the British indy science fiction movie Moon, starring Sam Rockwell and the voice of Kevin Spacey. I was lucky enough to catch the film a few weeks back at the Edinburgh Film Festival (reviewed here) and [...]

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