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• 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 ›

• Happy 70th Birthday, Dandy!

  By John Freeman on 30 November 2007

  Over on Lew Stringer’s always wonderful Blimey! It’s Another Blog About Comics, he notes that the world’s longest running comic The Dandy is 70 years old any day now. Issue Number 1 was cover dated 4th December 1937, which means… Read More ›

• The growing pains of the New Media…

  By John Freeman on 30 November 2007

  This comic from Hijinks Ensue elaborates changes in new media, and will for many be a fantastic and encouraging statement on the future: that media is becoming more. Becoming less about directly monetized intellectual content and instead focusing on the… Read More ›

• The World Needs More Teddies

  By John Freeman on 29 November 2007

  At this festive time for many religions, perhaps it’s time to start spreading some love so I’ve gone all fuzzy and am proposing a Send a Teddy Campaign. So, if you’re concerned by religious intolerance (Catholic groups bemoaning The Golden… Read More ›

• Blog Readability Test

  By John Freeman on 27 November 2007

  (with thanks to Gad Sir! Comics). According to this simple Blog Readability Test from the Critics Rant web site, you apparently have to be a genius to read the downthetubes blog. It appears to work on some HTML based sites… Read More ›

• Your Office Anywhere Man

  By John Freeman on 27 November 2007 • ( 1 )

  If proof were needed of the enduring appeal of comics as a medium, it’s the way companies the world over continue to use the form in their marketing. Last year, Doctor Who artist and writer Mike Collins and I began… Read More ›

• Survivors Returns

  By John Freeman on 26 November 2007

  The Forbidden Planet International web site reports the BBC has confirmed that it has concluded a deal with the estate of the late Terry Nation to create a new version of the cult 70s science fiction show Survivors. Nation, well-known… Read More ›

• Thy Will Be Done Launches

  By John Freeman on 26 November 2007

  The first few pages of a new SF comic title, Thy Will Be Done, have been posted at Broken Voice Comics and are just waiting for you to go and enjoy them. Thy Will Be Done is written by Alexandre… Read More ›

• Orange Superman

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2007

  Northern Ireland seems to be having a bit of a fad for superhero characters this year. After the CPYU educational comic The Super Six comes an as yet unnamed superhero produced for the Grand Orange Lodge Of Ireland. Sporting an… Read More ›

• Verity Lambert OBE 1935 – 2007

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2007

  

  Sad news of the death of original Doctor Who producer, Verity Lambert

• Eagle Times Volume 20 Number 3 Released

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2007

  

  The latest issue of the Eagle Society’s magazine Eagle Times (Volume 20 Number 3) is now available by mail order. Contents Frank Hampson’s pre- and post-Dan Dare Art (part 2) Some thoughts on Dan Dare’s ‘Operation Saturn’ Jack o’Lantern in Wiltshire,… Read More ›

• Rennie’s New Prescription

  By John Freeman on 23 November 2007

  Judge Dredd and console game writer Gordon Rennie divulges trade secrets in his new column about writing computer game scripts. Rennie, a former music journalist turned comics writer whose credits include strips for 2000AD such as Necronauts, Caballistics, Inc and… Read More ›

• Friday Fun: Talking Cats

  By John Freeman on 23 November 2007

  You may have seen the original “Talking Cats” … … but now someone has kindly provided a Babelfish provided translation for those of us who don’t speak cat. The original cats, Stina and Mossy usually fight instead of talk, so… Read More ›

• Top Books of 2007

  By John Freeman on 22 November 2007

  Publishers Weekly has posted a listing of the comics chosen for the print magazine’s “Best Books of 2007”. The books chosen for the Comics section include British creators Bryan Talbot’s Alice in Sunderland and Nick Abadzis’s Laika, along with Adrian… Read More ›

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