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• In Pictures: Colin Baker’s Brief Encounter!

  By John Freeman on 26 August 2008

  

  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 on 25 August 2008

  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

  By John Freeman on 25 August 2008

  

  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!

  By John Freeman on 25 August 2008

  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 ›

• War of Words: An interview with Calum Laird

  By Matt Badham on 24 August 2008

  

  In December 2007 I was fortunate enough to interview Calum Laird, who edits DC Thomson’s Commando. The interview was conducted as research for an article about writing and Calum was very generous with his time. I felt it seemed a shame to waste… Read More ›

• It’s Not Comics, But…

  By John Freeman on 22 August 2008

  As a show of solidarity with the Dalai Lama and Tibet, 20 artists have come together to release a historic double album on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, The Art of Peace. These recordings – some original for the… Read More ›

• Murderdrome Comes to the iphone

  By John Freeman on 22 August 2008

  Top British comic creators Al Ewing and PJ Holden have developed an iphone version of their new comics project Murderdrome. Find out more by watching the video below or visiting their blog. While comics on phones are not a new… Read More ›

• Alison Carroll is Tomb Raider

  By John Freeman on 22 August 2008

  Meet Alison Carroll – actress, gymnast and arguably the greatest living embodiment of Lara Croft so far. There have been several memorable real-life incarnations of England’s first lady of adventure over the last decade, but few have managed to capture… Read More ›

• Exhibition celebrates the life of Beano cartoonist, Robert T Nixon

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2008 • ( 1 )

  

  The life of cartoonist Robert T Nixon has been celebrated this summer

• TMNT: Back to the Sewer on its way to the UK

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2008

  4Kids Entertainment has completed deals with several broadcasters, including CITV in the UK, for a new series based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next year. TMNT: Back to the Sewer will be launched… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Pauline Baynes

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2008

  by John Freeman I’ve just been catching up with some recent email and read that Pauline Baynes, whose illustrations gave life to Narnia, as well as appearing in books by J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Norton, Richard Adams and countless others, passed… Read More ›

• British Comics Sales Down Again

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2008

  • Bad news for British comics publishers. As reported over on Bear Alley by comics expert / writer Steve Holland, sales are down on almost every title (see table compiled by Steve), as much as 16 per cent in some… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 20 August 2008

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2008

  • Comics artist Dave McKean was one of the guests at the very damp last night and despite the weather the event was sold out and went very, very well., according to Joe Gordon at Forbidden Planet International, who has… Read More ›

• MGM Options British online comic for TV series

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2008

  Seizing an opportunity to leverage the current wave of popularity and notoriety surrounding the new digital graphic novel sensation The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore, MGM Domestic Television Distribution has acquired an option to develop the Factory Publishing property created,… Read More ›

• ITV Announces Zombie Invasion

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2008

  by John Freeman ITV has announced a new one off zombie drama, Renaissance, which will star Kelly Brook (School for Seduction, Smallville) and Alan Dale (Ugly Betty, The OC, 24). The show is integrally linked to the second season of… Read More ›

• Under the Eagle Returns

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2008

  by John Freeman Under the Eagle, a satirical play by comics writer and Torchwood script writer Andrew Cartmel, is to have another run in London. LS1 Productions will be staging the much-praised show at the White Bear on Kennington Road… Read More ›

• Garth Returns!

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2008 • ( 1 )

  

  Sneaked onto the Daily Mirror web site with very little publicity is something pretty momentous for British comics fans — the return of the adventure strip Garth! Artist Huw-J called us earlier last week to tell us of its long-awaited… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 17 August 2008

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2008

  • Warren Elllis notes the completion of the first book his ace online webcomic drawn by Paul Duffield, FreakAngels, which will be released as a nice cleaned-up print edition from Avatar Press in time for Christmas, in three flavours: hardback,… Read More ›

• Star Wars invades San Francisco…

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2008

  … literally, it seems. Thanks to Frank Garcia for the link (via Gizmodo, Current – the original source, I think – and presurfer among others)…. Informed by the Bush Administration that a Rebel base is located in the heart of… Read More ›

• Scalpel! Glue! Paint! Coffee?

  By John Freeman on 14 August 2008

  In the last few years the revitalised plastic kit manufacturer Airfix has been re-releasing some of their classic kits in addition to creating new ones on such modern subjects as Wallace And Gromit and new Doctor Who. After some years… Read More ›

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