You know, sometimes it’s worth actually checking some of the ads Google’s putting on your site because some of them are gems. Case in point is the “Science Fiction Info” line ad that was on here this mroning, wich links… Read More ›
Month: November 2006
Anti Smoking Ads: A Shock for Bully Brown
Talk of banning smoking completely in West Lancashire council offices — no more fag breaks etc. — prompted memories of anti-smoking campaigns in 1960s comics, and the image here from TV21 #21 coincidentally arrived in my mailbox this morning. Of… Read More ›
WebFind: Calvin and Hobbes spoof
The wonders of dabble and youtube turned up this segment from the US comedy show Robot Chicken. I love Calvin and Hobbes, but this is very funny… but wasn’t Calvin taller in the strip?
Tenacious D storm downthetubes
Over on the official web site for the new Tenacious D movie (Titan Books has some tie-in books on the way), there’s an option to “overhaul” a “lame” web site, using some fun flash screengrabbing and animation. Clever, with quite… Read More ›
More manga from Harrison Davies?
I bumped into artist Paul Harrison Davies yesterday, looking a bit knackered from the recent happy birth of his daughter but still bubbling at reaction to his fab strip in Constable and Robinson’s recently-published Mammoth Book of Best New Manga,… Read More ›
Hollywoodland
Heading for UK cinemas 24 November is Hollywoodland, which centres on the mysterious death of George Reeve, the man who played Superman. The trailer looks slick (but as others have pointed out, does it give too much away?) Ben Affleck,… Read More ›
Special
Okay, this one passed me by. I need to read more dreamwatch (unashamed plug). There’s a new film bearing down on us called Special, centring on Les Franken (played by Michael Rapaport), who leads a painfully unremarkable life as a… Read More ›
The Host
Anyone who’s feeling intrigued by the new monster movie The Host might find the official Korean web site interesting (www.thehost.co.kr). Entertaining use of Flash… make sure you allow pop-ups on the site.
Cat Tracking into parallel dimensions
It’s a well known fact that many SF and comics writers own cats. Don’t ask me why, it’s just one of those weird rules of the universe. Of course many freelancers work from home, but even they must sometimes wonder… Read More ›
Is The Eagle a British icon?
Having just received a “Media Advisory” from icons.org.uk celebrating Guy Fawkes’ nomination as a national British icon, I thought I’d check to see who else was up for this “celebration of British culture”, backed by Culture Online, part of the… Read More ›