It’s Wrong Door day — the launch of BBC3‘s new comedy show written by Ben Wheatley whose credits also include work for web, TV such as Time Trumpet and advrtising such as Pot Noodle Crumlin and more. Anyone who likes… Read More ›
Month: August 2008
More Comics on iphone
Owners of Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch devices have been downloading millions of games, utilities, books, and tools from Apple’s recently launched iTunes App Store. Now, starting later this year millions of iPhone/iPod Touch owners will have the opportunity to… Read More ›
Virgin Comics closes New York office, projects cancelled?
Updated 24/9/08: Publishers Weekly reports that Virgin Comics, the two year-old joint venture between the Virgin Group and India’s comic book publisher Gotham Entertainment and publishers of the recent Dan Dare mini series by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine, has… Read More ›
Temple APA Seeks Contributors
The Temple APA, one of Britain’s longest-running amateur comics communities (which has several professional-standard creators in its midst!) is looking for writers and artists to contribute to the new digital version of the Temple. The new version will be a… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 26 August 2008
• Bulletproof Comics #2, an anthology title of top comics talent, is now at the printers and will be available soon from the Bulletproof web site (www.bulletproofcomics.co.uk). It’s another 80-page beast of an issue, but this time around the title… Read More ›
Marvel Heroes Turning Japanese
US publisher Marvel Comics is partnering with top Japanese animation studio Madhouse to create brand new characters inspired by the Marvel Universe for the Japanese market. Working closely with Marvel, Madhouse will produce cutting edge Japanese anime series based on… Read More ›
In Pictures: Colin Baker’s Brief Encounter!
200 science fiction fans of all ages enjoyed a “Brief Encounter” with Doctor Who star Colin Baker this weekend on Carnforth railway station, Lancashire. When the event sold out – surprising even the organisers, Carnforth’s new TARDIS Shop – Colin’s… Read More ›
Photo Review: Edinburgh BookFest
by Jeremy Briggs The tent village of the Edinburgh International Book Festival springs up in the private Charlotte Square Gardens in the city centre each August. Over half a dozen theatre tents, a box office, two bookshops, a café and… Read More ›
War of Words: Comic Writing Tips
In December 2007 Matt Badham was fortunate enough to interview DC Thomson editor Calum Laird, currently editing Commando, as research for an article about writing. The interview includes tips on pitching to various DC Thomson titles such as The Dandy,… Read More ›
Trripwire Returns!
Top comics magazine Tripwire returned to comic shop shelves this week with its eagerly-awaited second annual issue, an extravagant 144-page smorgasbord of pop culture content kicked off by an original Doctor Who cover painted by Tommy Lee Edwards. The magazine… Read More ›