Tag Archive | "Glasgow"

Hysterical Women & Graphic Grrrlz in Glasgow

Monday, May 14, 2012

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You may remember last week I reported on a fascinating talk Heather Middleton of the Glasgow Women’s Library and the Team Girl Collective gave in Edinburgh’s Central Library on the history of women working in comics (you can read the report and see the pics here). Good new for readers on the other side of [...]

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Denise Mina signing Glasgow FP, Free Comic Book Day

Thursday, May 3, 2012

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Yes, this Saturday is Free Comic Book Day and that means our stores will be superbusy – the packs of FCBD special titles are all ready but they go very, very fast! And if you are in Glasgow another good reason to visit is to see bestselling Scottish crime novelist and comics scribe Denise Mina [...]

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Denise Mina signing Girl With a Dragon Tattoo comic in FP Glasgow

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Bestselling Scottish crime novelist and comics scribe Denise Mina will be in our Glasgow store on Buchanan Street (just across from the Underground, round the corner from Queen St station) on Saturday May 5th from 12 to 1pm to celebrate Free Comic Book Day, signing free copies of the preview of her comics adaptation of [...]

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Reminder – Charlie Adlard in FP Glasgow tomorrow!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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A reminder for all Glasgow peeps, Charlie Adlard, the man who brings the brilliant Walking Dead comic to visual life, will be signing in our store in the city’s Buchanan Street (right by the Underground) tomorrow evening, Thursday February 23rd from 5 to 6pm, just as we are celebrating the return of the television incarnation [...]

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Comic horror on the island on the edge of the world

Monday, February 13, 2012

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The remote archipelago of Saint Kilda on the rugged western seaboard of Scotland has been something of a romantic view of a lost world for decades: life on the islands was hard, so hard that in 1930 the few remaining inhabitants were evacuated by the authorities, the homes lie there now abandoned to the elements, [...]

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Reminder – Charlie Adlard in FP Glasgow this month

Thursday, February 9, 2012

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A reminder for all Glasgow peeps, Charlie Adlard, the man who brings the brilliant Walking Dead comic to visual life, will be signing in our store in the city’s Buchanan Street (right by the Underground) on Thursday February 23rd from 5 to 6pm, so zombie fans, stop munching those brains and stagger your undead way [...]

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Sean Phillips in Glasgow tomorrow!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Don’t forget, folks, the excellent Sean Phillips will be in the Glasgow Forbidden Planet tomorrow evening from 5 to 7pm signing copies of his new Fatale  comic – a great chance to come on down and meet one of our top artists.

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Electric Man and more comics movies at the Glasgow Film Festival

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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You may recall last year we blogged about Dugbus seeking – and thankfully obtaining – funding for their micro budget Indy movie set in Edinburgh and based around the world’s rarest and most valuable comic – Electric Man #1 – and a pair of loveable losers in a failing comic store. The guys were kind [...]

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Charlie Adlard in FP Glasgow

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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Glasgow peeps! The excellent Charlie Adlard will brave the zombie hordes that so often plague Buchanan Street to head into our store there for a signing session on Thursday 23rd of February from 5 to 6pm, a great chance to get your Walking Dead comics signed by the man who gives them their distinctive visual [...]

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Sean Phillips in FP Glasgow this month

Monday, January 9, 2012

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A reminder for your diaries – top comics artist Sean Phillips will be paying a visit to the Glasgow Forbidden Planet International on the city’s Buchanan Street (handily close to the Underground and Queen Street Station) on Wednesday 25th January (Burns Night, as it happens, bring your own haggis) from 5 to 7pm, signing copies [...]

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Sean Phillips in FP Glasgow!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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Top comics artist Sean Phillips will be paying to the Glasgow Forbidden Planet International on Wednesday 25th January (Burns Night, as it happens, bring your own haggis) from 5 to 7pm, signing copies of his very tasty looking new creator-owned collaboration with Ed Brubaker, Fatale, the firt issue of which comes out from Image in [...]

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Reminder – Paul Cornell in Glasgow FP this evening

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

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Glasgow peeps, don’t forget, not only can you pick up the latest new issues from New Comics Day today, including the next batch of the DC 52 issues, you can also meet scribe Paul Cornell and get them signed! Paul is at our Glasgow store on Buchanan Street from 6 to 8pm this very day, [...]

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Paul Cornell in FPI Glasgow tomorrow, Edinburgh Thursday

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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Reminder for folks in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the most excellent Paul Cornell, scribe behind numerous SF&F novels, some of the best scripts in the revived Doctor Who and a whole brace of comics (including, now, part of the massive DC 52 relaunch we’ve been covering extensively on the blog), will be in the Glasgow Forbidden [...]

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Reminder – Paul Cornell in FP Glasgow and Edinburgh this month!

Friday, September 2, 2011

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A reminder for your diaries this month – screenwriter, novelist and comics scribe, the excellent Paul Cornell, will be in our Glasgow store on Buchanan Street on Wednesday 21st of September from 6 to 8pm and in the Edinburgh FPI on Thursday 22nd from 5 to 6pm. Mark it in your diaries now, peeps! Keep [...]

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Max Brooks in FP Glasgow today!

Friday, August 26, 2011

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Glasgow peeps and assorted zombies, don’t forget this evening we have World War Z author Max Brooks coming into our Glasgow store on Buchanan Street, right round the corner from where some of the filming for the movie vesion of his book has been going on, from 5.30 to 6.30pm!

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