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• Forbidden Lego

  By John Freeman on 14 December 2007

  A book showing children how to make guns out of LEGO is causing parents to have fits as it climbs the list of must-have Christmas presents. Forbidden Lego, written by two former employees of the Danish plastic-brick firm, Ulrik Pilegaard… Read More ›

• Eagle Times launches blog

  By John Freeman on 14 December 2007

  

  New blog for the august Eagle Society

• The future of newspapers?

  By John Freeman on 14 December 2007

  (With thanks to the Daily Cartoonist for the link): American editorial cartoonist Ted Rall has recently written a three-part column on the future of the newspaper industry. • Part IAs big newspapers and magazines start giving away their content “violating… Read More ›

• Should Have Been Christmas Number One…

  By John Freeman on 14 December 2007

  Well this, or Shaun the Sheep…

• Infinite Accquisitions

  By John Freeman on 14 December 2007

  In a marriage of SF makers, independent British television producer Impossible Pictures, makers of Prehistoric Park and Primeval for ITV has acquired the Manchester-based animation company Firestep. The acquisition expands Impossible Pictures’ operations outside of London and the company says… Read More ›

• More Spider-Man from Panini

  By John Freeman on 13 December 2007

  US comics site Newsarama has just posted an interview with Panini’s Ed Hammond, editor of Spectacular Spider-Man and reprint editor of Marvel Pocketbooks, interviewing him about their UK range of Marvel reprints. Spectacular Spider-Man is reprinted in a number of… Read More ›

• An Embuggerance: Terry Pratchett has Alzheimers

  By John Freeman on 13 December 2007

  Possibly the best sellling fantasy novelist ever and certainly Britain’s biggest selling author until J.K. Rowling, Terry Prachett has announced he is suffering from a rare case of early onset Alzheimer’s. The news has come to his millions of fans,… Read More ›

• Eisner Awards 2008 – Includes web comics

  By John Freeman on 13 December 2007

  Submissions are now being accepted for consideration by the judges for the 2008 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards. Publishers wanting to submit entries should send one copy each of the comics or books and include a cover letter indicating what… Read More ›

• Hammer Stills Exhbition at BFI

  By John Freeman on 13 December 2007

  Hammer Films, now in revival with plans to launch a 20 episode version of Beyond the Rave on its MySpace site, became synnonymous with horror. Yet the company produced a wide range of films including comedies, period costume adventures, psychological… Read More ›

• Journeyman Cancelled?

  By John Freeman on 7 December 2007 • ( 14 )

  (Updated 12 December 2007, 11 August 2008): NBC will air the twelfth, final produced episode of Journeyman on Wednesday 19 December at 10.00 pm ET/PT in the US. It’s currently screening on Sky One in the UK. Broadcast reported 12… Read More ›

• New ways to order comics?

  By John Freeman on 7 December 2007

  

  With 2000AD going digital, here’s another interesting use of new technology.

• Londo in 2008?

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2007

  It seems there aren’t a lot of candidates Americans can agree upon in the US presidential elections. Fortunately, Babylon 5 creator and Amazing Sider-Man and Thor writer J. Michael Stracyznski (pictured right) has kindly solved the problem as a public… Read More ›

• Tin Man breaks viewing records in the US

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2007

  Three nights of The Wizard of Oz-inspired SciFi Channel US’ Tin Man, produced by RHI Entertainment, has earned the miniseries “most watched miniseries in Sci Fi history” status with 5.3 million viewers over the three nights, 2.7 million A18-49 and… Read More ›

• And yet more werid piracy tales…

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2007

  — this time from the Netherlands, where of all things, the latest issue Donald Duck magazine features Donald and his nephews as music pirates and (who else) Uncle Scrooge as the big boss of a record label threatening mis users… Read More ›

• Comics Piracy – Strange New Turn?

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2007

  Shortly after Marvel and DC’s legal foray against the comic download site Z-Cult FM, another download site, ComicSearch, has been sent a cease and desist letter by Marvel demanding it remove trackers for illegal electronic copies of their titles. Torrent… Read More ›

• Virgin’s Dan Dare – First impressions

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2007

  There’s been huge debate about the new Virgin Comics Dan Dare on various online comics groups, especially comment based on the six or seven pages pre-released as a Virgin teaser. I for one was more than happy to wait to… Read More ›

• Dandy Celebrations begin

  By John Freeman on 3 December 2007

  Britain’s The Independent newspaper features a five page tribute to The Dandy on its 70th anniversary today (info via Lew Stringer, cheers!).

• Haining Tribute

  By John Freeman on 3 December 2007

  (via the FPI blog and Dave Langford’s Ansible) The family of the writer Peter Haining, who died recently will be celebrating his on Thursday 6 December at noon at Colney Wood Burial Park, Watton Road, Colney, Norwich.“Family flowers only but… Read More ›

• Crackdown on comics piracy begins

  By John Freeman on 30 November 2007

  With their digital comics offerings now up and running, the big US publishers such as Marvel and DC Comics are beginning to crack down on comics piracy — the online uploading of complete scans of new US comics almost as… Read More ›

• TV Continues in Comics

  By John Freeman on 30 November 2007

  Fans of American TV are in a tailspin. The current writers strike means The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and even new shows like Pushing Daisies and Chuck are either out of fresh episodes or quickly running out. Well,… Read More ›

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