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• Is Google Planning a Digital Comic Archive?

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2007

  US comics news site Newsarama reports on an interesting development in Google’s ongoing mission to digitize some 10 million books stored in US university libraries. One of the treasure troves being considered for the digital world is Michigan State’s Russel… Read More ›

• El Tigre heads for the UK

  By John Freeman on 6 June 2007

  Trade magazine Broadcast reports Nickelodeon has picked up hit animation series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. A Flash-animated comedy-adventure series created by husband and wife team Sandra Equihua and Jorge Gutierrez, havefollows Manny, the youngest member of the… Read More ›

• Thundercats – Marvel UK days recalled

  By John Freeman on 6 June 2007

  

  Variety reports Warner Bros. has optioned a Thundercats script by tyro scribe Paul Sopocy to turn the popular 1980s animated series and toy line into a live action feature. Warner-based Paula Weinstein will produce through her Spring Creek Productions banner, along… Read More ›

• I’m a Marvel, I’m a DC: After Hours with Superheroes

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2007

  Very funny. Reminds me of those brilliant Toyfare magazine strips — do they still do those?

• Battlestar: The Final Curtain

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2007

  (Thanks to FG for this item): Several sites, including MediaBlvd Magazine have posted transcripts of the telephone press conference held on Friday, 1st June with Battlestar Galactica producers Ron Moore and David Eick. E! Online’s Kristen also reported on the… Read More ›

• Pig Brother

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2007

  It had to be done, apparently.

• Teen Titans movie in the pipeline

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2007

  Hollywood Reporter and ICV2 report Warner Bros. Pictures is working on a live action adaptation of DC Comics’ Teen Titans supergroup comic book. The animated series has been good fun, so let’s hope a live version has the same energy… Read More ›

• Doctor Who exterminated again?

  By John Freeman on 31 May 2007

  Not the best of sources, but The Sun is reporting that Doctor Who will be exterminated next year after the end of the fourth series. The paper claims producer Russell T. Davies, exhausted by 16-hour days, has decided to axe… Read More ›

• Babylon 5: The Lost tales

  By John Freeman on 31 May 2007

  Working on Babylon 5 Magazine for Titan was one of the best editorships I ever had, with terrific support from JMS and his team – and I wish them every success with their new venture, Babylon 5: The Lost Tales,… Read More ›

• Magic Moves

  By John Freeman on 30 May 2007

  Warner Bros. has announced it is moving up by two days the release date of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in the US and Canada, from Friday 13th July to 11th July. (It opens 12th July in… Read More ›

• Blog Notes

  By John Freeman on 30 May 2007

  Matthew Badham just sent me this link to ‘Nemesis Fleet‘, which he feels is perfect reading for anyone into comics/self-publishing comics. It’s a blog for a comic in development by a cartoonist called Abigail Ryder, who describes herself as “a… Read More ›

• New Characters for ROK Comics Creator Tool

  By John Freeman on 28 May 2007

  Been busy last week with ROK Comics – several new faces have joined the beta and behind these scenes there’s some revamping going on that looks fantastic. British creator Dave Windett (Simpsons Comics, Daffy Duck, The Dandy) has created another… Read More ›

• Stardust Competition

  By John Freeman on 28 May 2007

  Forbidden Planet London has 20 pairs of tickets to be won for the special preview screening of the movie Stardust, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, on Monday 4th June at 6.00pm for a 6.30 start. The screening of… Read More ›

• Biff! Bam!! Crikey!!! Seeing New Worlds In Dundee

  By Jeremy Briggs on 28 May 2007

  

  Scotland is currently in the middle of the Six Cities Design Festival and Dundee, the home of Beano and Dandy publishers DC Thomson, has been running comics related events as part of the festival. Jeremy Briggs reports… The Dundee Contemporary Arts… Read More ›

• In Review: See New Worlds

  By Jeremy Briggs on 28 May 2007

  

  See New Worlds, A Journey Through Time To Discover The Future of Dundee was the free 24 page full colour comic which was created for the Six Cities Design Festival. The same size and paper type as the current Beano, 50,000… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, Batman!

  By John Freeman on 27 May 2007 • ( 2 )

  How old is Batman? Bruce Wayne varies in age between 15 and 50, depending on the retelling. But (and forgive me for not spotting this earlier, but you’ll have noticed by now the focus of down the tubes is generally… Read More ›

• McBride tribute in The Guardian

  By John Freeman on 27 May 2007

  Following my news item on the sad death of illustrator Angus McBride recently, The Guardian published a full obituary to Angus yesterday 26 May, written by Steve Holland. In it, William Shepherd of Osprey, the Oxford-based publisher of military history… Read More ›

• Ellis has new novel on the way

  By John Freeman on 26 May 2007

  Warren Ellis, who recently swept the boards in the 20007 Eagle Awards, the writer behind Transmetropolitan, Planetary, and Marvel’s hot new Thunderbolts, has put his uniquely deranged imagination to work on a brand-new series, Doktor Sleepless, from Avatar Press this… Read More ›

• The Aesthetics of Trash?

  By John Freeman on 26 May 2007

  

  A major academic conference on comics and animation is to take place in Manchester in August, and a call has gone out for papers. Taking place from 28th – 29th August 2007 the event, titled The Aesthetics of Trash?: Reassessing… Read More ›

• Natural Born Thriller

  By John Freeman on 26 May 2007

  You usually have to buy books, but not if it’s 2000AD creator Simon Spurrier’s debut novel Contract. The Times reported earlier this week that his tale of a morally repugnant yet charismatic hitman named Michael Point is being released free… Read More ›

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