With the imminent arrival of Yesterday’s Tomorrows in bookshops, collecting, among other things, Dare by Grant Morrison – a chilling reinterpretation of the Dan Dare story – and The Science Service by John Freeman (who?), Kenny Penman has been working… Read More ›
Month: May 2007
Frank Miller to write, direct ‘Spirit’
Variety reports that Lionsgate has acquired US and UK distribution rights to a live adaptation of the classic Will Eisner comic The Spirit. Frank Miller wrote the script and will direct. The deal marks the start of a multipicture pact… Read More ›
Eagle Award Winners 2007
Sourced via Joe Gordon’s Forbidden Planet International’s fab blog, who found them in turn over on the US comics news site Newsarama… Favourite Comics WriterWarren EllisDarn, I wish I kept all those fanzine he used to churn out in the… Read More ›
Bristol Expo
Bristol provided its usual mix of weird weather (wet) and entertainment (Star Wars storm troopers, Batman a gorgeous Black Cat and a determined Batman who wandered from the main hall to the hotel despite torrential rain in costume). I don’t… Read More ›
ROK Comics Launches
I’m very pleased to announce the launch of ROK Comics on Mobile, a new publishing solution enabling comics creators and publishers to syndicate their works to mobile phone users worldwide – and I’ve been given the task of being its… Read More ›
Tank Girl’s welcome return
Over on blogcritics.org, Cameron Archer has posted a detailed review of the new Tank Girl from US publisher IDW. Those who remember Jamie “Gorillaz” Hewlett’s full on 1980s Deadline version of the character (Titan Books republished those strips some time… Read More ›
Firefight in Iraq – Stunning animation
I’ve just been sent this link to this haunting depiction of firefight in Iraq, as seen through the eyes of U.S. Army Specialist Colby Buzzell. This segment is from Buzzell’s story Men in Black, part of a longer PBS documentary,… Read More ›
Flash! (Waa Aah!)
The US SciFi Channel has announced that Eric Johnson will play the lead role of Flash Gordon in SciFi’s 22-episode “modern day retelling of the classic comic strip franchise.” This unofficial fan site for the actor, whose past genre credits… Read More ›
Spider-Man rules the world
It might have had mixed reviews (“Fun factor nil”, sniffs The Guardian), but after a record-breaking US opening, Spider-Man 3 has now demolished the international box office record with nearly £114 million at 16,700 playdates in 105 countries in six… Read More ›
David Beckham is… Ant Man!
Rumours of a movie based on Marvel’s Ant Man have been circulating for years, but they took a hilarious new twist this weekend. Genre fan Michael Gage decided the placement of an ad for David Beckham’s new scent in the… Read More ›