Following up on news reports that people would rather read a comic — sorry, book — than have sex, after a survey conducted by Travelodge, I scurried over to their web site to find the full text. What books would… Read More ›
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Media Placements on offer in the North West
This is one of those press releases that come across because of Virtual-Lancaster, which I thought I’d repost here for info. Wednesday 31st January is the deadline for the Media Foundation Placement Scheme – a chance for 20 individuals to… Read More ›
Eagle Times Volume 19 Issue Four
The latest issue of Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society, came out just before Christmas. Volume 19, issue 4 is 50+ A4 pages and includes articles on Frank Hampson’ Southport, a PC49 Christmas story, 1950s pop music and Dick Barton…. Read More ›
New Issue of Jeff Hawke: Cosmos Released
(with thanks to Richard Sheaf and William Rudling): The new issue of the Jeff Hawke fan magazine has just been published and includes two complete stories from the Daily Express — “The Gamesman” and “Sitting Tenants”. Every issue of Cosmos… Read More ›
Horror Artists Wanted
Horror artists and writers are needed for a demonic new comic experiment! BackfromtheDepths.co.uk, the long running tribute site devoted to the 1980s classic IPC horror comic Scream!, is looking for writers and artist to contribute fresh material for a new… Read More ›
Animated Doctor Who
After all the recent excitement over a possible new Star Trek animated show, the BBC is reporting that David Tennant and Freema Agyeman will carry their roles as The Doctor and Martha over to The Infinite Quest, a 13 week… Read More ›
Doctor Who – Phobos airs this weekend
Writer Eddie Robson has just dropped me a line, to plug the first of three episodes he’s written in BBC7’s Doctor Who radio series, entitled Phobos. If you can get digital radio through a DAB radio, a Freeview box or… Read More ›
Spaceship Away On the Approach Run
Issue 11 of the original Eagle-inspired title Spaceship Away is now at the printers and should be available in 10 days time. This latest issue of the critically acclaimed magazine is another 44 page issue, featuring all the regular strips and items, plus… Read More ›
Eagle Award Nominations Sought
Introduced in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry’s longest established awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been featured on the covers of leading US and UK titles across the last 30 years. Unique in that they… Read More ›