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• Steampunk Dalek!

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2007

  Matthew Badham and the Forbidden Planet International blog have discovered this fab Victorian Dalek via Boing Boing, the creation of Promus-Ka also put this short animated clip on YouTube, complete with silent movie-style caption cards proclaiming “exterminate!”. The artist describe… Read More ›

• Solo behind the Iron Curtain

  By John Freeman on 6 November 2007

  Just broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Monday this week as an afternoon play was Solo behind the Iron Curtain, Tracy Spottiswoode’s thriller is based on real events. Actor Robert Vaughn, famous at the time as TV spy Napoleon Solo,… Read More ›

• Does Sarah Love Daniel?

  By John Freeman on 5 November 2007 • ( 2 )

  The Sarah Jane Adventures, CBBC’s delightfully fun take on the ‘new’ Doctor Who universe, is getting a bit of a reputation for referencing ‘old’ Doctor Who in each story. In the first part of the story Whatever Happened To Sarah… Read More ›

• Hammer Horror Exhibition at Falkirk Wheel Visitor Centre

  By Jeremy Briggs on 4 November 2007 • ( 1 )

  

  The Falkirk Wheel is a unique rotating boat lift which links the Union Canal, which ends in Edinburgh, with the Forth and Clyde Canal, which ends in Glasgow. It may not be the most obvious place to hold a exhibition… Read More ›

• John Cooper’s Rugby World Cup strip

  By John Freeman on 4 November 2007

  

  For the Rugby World Cup final (yes, yes , I know it was a couple of weeks ago but I’m a bit behind) the Guardian newspaper produced a 12 page special full of the usual talikng heads, talking, as it… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Manny Curtis, Cartoonist and War Veteran

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2007

  

  David Lloyd marks the passing of a groundbreaking comic creator

• Comica rounds off with British creator events

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2007

  Comica in London is coming to a close – with 5 and 6th November evenings polishing off this year’s festival at the ICA in The Mall. On Saturday, Nick Abadzis launches his Laika graphic novel about the world’s first living… Read More ›

• What Editors Really Think

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2007 • ( 1 )

  Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been having an email discussion with a few creators about the Joy of Pitching — that dark art of trying to sell a script to an editor. For some years now, downtheubes has… Read More ›

• Cosmogenesis Trailers Released

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2007

  Ramping up its publicity for a 550 page collection of Adam Grose and Tony Suleri‘s epic SF comic Cosmogenesis: The Chronicles of Quongo, Clown Press have just released several video trailers for the book via YouTube. The book — a… Read More ›

• More cuts to kids TV

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2007

  Disturbing news from the BBC. SaveKidsTV reports CBBC is being required to make 5 per cent cuts over the next five years — a drop from an annual spend of £108 million now to £98 million in 2012. As a… Read More ›

• More Sound of Drowning released

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2007

  Comic creator Paul O’Connell, creator of cult comic book The Sound of Drowning, has a brand new issue (#10! double figures! ) out now. “It’s a non-linear comic book inspired by those kids ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ stories,” he says,… Read More ›

• Ian Gibson Column: Mobile Phones and Dan Dare

  By John Freeman on 1 November 2007

  

  Ian Gibson goes mobile. Comics, that is…

• The Flying Friar arrives

  By John Freeman on 1 November 2007

  Thursday 1st November is All Saints Day in the UK. What better date to choose for The Flying Friar to return to print, now in full colour, from Markosia? Created by British gossip columnist Rich Johnston and German illustrator Thomas… Read More ›

• Hippo Fairy Tale in the works

  By John Freeman on 1 November 2007

  Active Images, the innovative US comics company run by former Marvel UK talent Richard Starkings, has begun promoting an unusual fairy tale – starring hippopotamus hero, Hip Flask. Captain Stoneheart and the Truth Fairy Hardcover by Ben 10 creator Joe… Read More ›

• ‘Boring’ writer becomes bestseller

  By John Freeman on 31 October 2007

  Actor, director and cult guru, Kevin Smith now has another accolade to add to his name, as astonishing sales of his new book My Boring-Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith (out now from Titan Books) have made… Read More ›

• Murky Depths

  By John Freeman on 31 October 2007

  A quick plug now for Murky Depths, a quarterly anthology of top quality speculative fiction, including comics, with sprinklings of horror and fantasy that push the boundaries of science fiction. The first issue was released a couple of months ago… Read More ›

• ComicSpace and Webcomics Nation announce merger

  By John Freeman on 31 October 2007

  ComicSpace community creator Josh Roberts and WebComics Nation creator Joey Manley have announced the merger of various properties into a single corporate entity. When the dust settles, ComicSpace, Webcomics Nation, TalkAboutComics and OnlineComics.net will be rolled up into one big… Read More ›

• Spaced goes Stateside

  By John Freeman on 30 October 2007

  UK TV trade magazine Broadcast reports US broadcaster Fox has ordered a pilot of a US version of Nick Pegg’s Spaced, which revolves around a young man and woman who pose as a couple in order to rent a cheap… Read More ›

• Titan gets The Spirit

  By John Freeman on 29 October 2007 • ( 1 )

  Adding yet another official, in-depth companion to its catalogue, Titan Books has announced it acquired worldwide rights to a deluxe making-of book for the Lionsgate and Odd Lot Entertainment production of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, due to be released in… Read More ›

• Complete Peanuts

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2007

  I came across another comics gem in one of our two local Waterstones this weekend, just on sale in the UK — Charles Schultz Peanuts are being collected chronologically in some classy but reasonably priced hardback editions. These really nice… Read More ›

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