Captain Britain and Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell will be signing copies of the Captain Britain and MI13 – Secret Invasion graphic novel, the first collection of the Marvel Comics series, at Forbidden Planet later this week (Thursday 15th January)…. Read More ›
Month: January 2009
New Judge Dredd Movie: First Look
(via Rufus Dayglo and I09): 2000AD artist Jock has posted some designs for the new Judge Dredd film online, prompting excitement from fans hoping this time round the movie won’t turn into the disappointment for many of the Sylvester Stallone… Read More ›
Tintin is 80!
Happy birthday Tintin! 80 years ago this weekend (on 10 January 1929), Hergé’s Tintin made his first appearance in Le Petit Vingtième, the weekly children’s supplement of Le XXe Siècle. With Steven Spielberg working on a Hollywood film of the… Read More ›
Woolworths RIP
What is the least popular of the current batch of Doctor Who action figures? If the closing down sales in Woolworths were anything to go by it was the Destroyed Cassandra, a toy which rather looks like the sprue left… Read More ›
Panel Borders Podcast News
Alex Fitch of ResonanceFM and Panel Borders has been in touch with information on his new broadcasts / podcasts: On Air Now: Strip – The work of Raymond Briggs The UK’s only weekly radio show about comic books returns after… Read More ›
Fox Challenged on Watchmen
Above: the latest promotional video for Watchmen featuring more on the Minute Men’s role in the movies story and includes brief interviews with Zack Snyder and Dave Gibbons who worked on the graphic novel with comic’s writer Alan Moore. By… Read More ›
Ex Astris on Clickwheel
The Ex Astris strips first featured on ROK Comics are now appearing on Rebellion’s iPod and iPhone service Clickwheel. Ex Astris is a multi-strand CGI-created strip written by John Freeman and drawn by Bill Storie (aka Mike Nicoll). The strip… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 8 January 2009
• Things to buy this month – Marvel Heroes #3 from Panini UK, which allegedly features an Iron Man story by Al Ewing and Kev Walker, and Judge Dredd Megazine #280, on sale now in UK newsagents, which has the… Read More ›
Frost, Pegg for TinTin?
After what seems like months of no news on the project since it was first announced back in May last year, reports are appearing online suggesting Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have reportedly signed up to play the Thompson Twins… Read More ›
In Review: Aya of Yop City
• Written by Marguerite Abouet • Art by Clement Oubrerie • UK Publisher: Jonathan Cape • Released: 15 January 2009 For the residents of Yopougon, everyday life is good. It is the early 1970s, a golden time – work is… Read More ›