Patrick J. Jones was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, growing up during the height of Ireland’s conflicts and was one of the first people to be awarded a Prince Charles Trust Fund. He now lives with his wife Cathy and… Read More ›
Other Worlds
Non Comics items – TV, Film, Books, and other things that internet wandering alerted us to
Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Tim Perkins
A stunning double page spread from Tim Perkins Worlds End Tim Perkins is comic and concept artist, designer and writer who I’ve known since my days at Marvel UK, back when I was editing Doctor Who Magazine and Tim was… Read More ›
Classic British Movie on DVD
11 October see the release of an over-looked gem of a film on DVD. Three Cases of Murder sounds like a conventional crime movie. However, the film is made up of three individual stories (rather like the classic Dead of… Read More ›
Super Squirrel Undefeated: The Get-Well Carlos Project
Back in July, comic fans heard the news that the legendary comics artist Carlos Ezquerra was suffering from lung cancer, so they thought it would cheer him up if they sent him a get well card – and that it… Read More ›
Moleskine Goes Peanuts to mark strip’s 60th anniversary
Here’s one for fans of Charles Schulz ace comic strip creation, Peanuts, which has appeared in many British newspapers down the years, along with many collections – most recently, The Complete Peanuts series published by Canongate Books. Moleskine, makers of… Read More ›
Eagle Times Volume 23 Number Three
The new issue of Eagle Times (Volume 23, Number Three) is available now from the Eagle Society. Autumn 2010 Contents A look at the “Realtime” chronology of the original Dan Dare saga, from the birth of Sir Hubert (1943), to Dan’s… Read More ›
Mark Beer busy on “Oak Swamp”
SciFi Art Now contributor Mark Beer has been in touch to say that he’s still trying to make it as a comic book cover artist, but in the mean time has been keeping busy in the film industry. “I’m currently… Read More ›
Sci-Fi Art Now really isn’t this expensive to buy…
Artist John Malcolm came across a copy of SciFi Art Now being offered on Amazon.co.uk. We’d just like to assure those waiting for the book to come out that it really isn’t this expensive…
Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Jeff Michelmann
Feuersbrunstby Jeff Michelmann Jeff Michelmann (aka ‘Gucken‘) is a young self-taught artist living in Germany. Space Art is his favourite kind of art – much of are scenes happening in space or on fictional planets in unknown galaxies… SciFi Art… Read More ›
Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: John Malcolm
A cover for Markets Media Magazineby John Malcolm The format of SciFi Art Now – out this October – is such that it promotes the art of the creators, but there’s not much room to tell you more about them… Read More ›
BBC3 seeking comic fans for new show
New downthetubes forum member Bee Smith works for Renegade Pictures, a TV Production company based in London whose productions include The Lion Ranger and Cherry Goes…. They are currently looking for people to take part in a new four-part factual… Read More ›
Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Mo Ali
Wind Farm by Mo Ali The format of SciFi Art Now – out this October – is such that it promotes the art of the creators, but there’s not much room to tell you more about them and their work…. Read More ›
Panel Borders: Making Marvels in the UK (Part 2)
Continuing radio show and podcast Panel Borders month long look at British creators who have written and drawn superhero comics, (in a panel recorded in front of a live audience at the London Science-Fiction Film Festival) Alex Fitch concludes his… Read More ›
Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: JK Woodward
The U.S.S. Cairo for the comic Captain’s Log: Jellico,to be published soon by IDW. Art: JK Woodward The format of SciFi Art Now – out this October – is such that it promotes the art of the creators, but there’s… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Making Marvels in the UK
Continuing podcast and radio show Panel Borders month-long look at British creators who have written and drawn superhero comics for both the American and domestic markets, in a panel recorded in front of a live audience at the London Science-Fiction… Read More ›
Panel Borders Live: Gleaming the Silver Surfer
As part of a fund raising night to support London radio station Resonance FM, themed around the subject of silver, Alex Fitch will be talking to comic book writer and novelist Simon Spurrier about the Marvel comics character the Silver… Read More ›
Panel Borders Pins down Chris Claremont on creating Captain Britain
Comic book creator Chris Claremont at the November 2008 Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photo: Luigi Novi Starting a new series of the UK’s only weekly radio show about comics, now under a new (old) name, Panel Borders has a… Read More ›
Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Nemons
The format of SciFi Art Now – out this October – is such that it promotes the art of the creators, but there’s not much room to tell you more about them and their work. We’re publishing interviews with creators… Read More ›
New Columbo Fanzine from Eagle Flies Again Editor
Just one more thing…
Wiped! What Happened to Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes?
A new book from Telos Publishing – Wiped! Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes by Richard Molesworth – looks in detail at how the episodes came to be missing in the first place