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• Bond Back at Pinewood

  By John Freeman on 16 July 2007

  James Bond will not be returning to the Czech Republic. Variety reports that because of the lack of financial incentives in the country, 007 production company Eon has informed Prague’s Barrandov it will not be using the studios for “Bond… Read More ›

• The Return of Captain Babylon!

  By John Freeman on 16 July 2007

  

  An obscurity revived!

• Graphic Novels by Any Other Name?

  By Jeremy Briggs on 15 July 2007

  

  Jeremy Briggs has kindly provided downthetubes with a smashing feature and checklist for DC Thomson’s Red Dagger title, a 64 page compilation title little known among comics fans which featured strips from Hornet, Hotspur, Warlord and others with many issues… Read More ›

• Prince Caspian at Comic Con

  By John Freeman on 15 July 2007

  Walt Disney Pictures is joining the throng of film producers at this year’s San Diego Comic Con at the end of this month to offer exclusive footage and panel discussions with the filmmakers of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian… Read More ›

• Red Dagger: Issue By Issue

  By Jeremy Briggs on 15 July 2007

  

  The following check list for DC Thomson’s Red Dagger has been built up from many different sources, not all of which could be cross referenced for accuracy. If you can add any additional information, or can correct any mistakes, then… Read More ›

• Red Dagger: Graphic Novels by Any Other Name

  By Jeremy Briggs on 15 July 2007

  

  Jeremy Briggs probes the mystery of DC Thomson’s little known title Red Dagger, and wonders why the company isn’t publishing something similar today… “Graphic Novel” is a much abused term. While it really should refer to a single one off… Read More ›

• Who Artist Interviewed

  By John Freeman on 14 July 2007

  Doctor Who and Dan Dare illustrator Andrew Skilleter is the focus of a 15-page, full colour, highly illustrated, wide ranging interview covering highlights of his career, in the August edition of Book & Magazine Collector, a glossy pocket size monthly… Read More ›

• Dirk Gently heads for Radio 4

  By John Freeman on 14 July 2007

  The BBC has announced that Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency will make his UK broadcast debut on BBC Radio 4 this October, with Harry Enfield in the starring role. The show is an Above The Title Production for… Read More ›

• Dandy – weekly no more

  By John Freeman on 14 July 2007

  Over on the official DCT website there is confirmation of a recent rumour, yes the Dandy is going from being a weekly comic to a fortnightly one…. http://www.dcthomson.co.uk/subscriptions/default.asp?pageName=productDetails&productID=62 While the Dandy has been fortnightly before (during WWII) it’s a slippery… Read More ›

• More fantasy films on the way

  By John Freeman on 13 July 2007

  Everyone seems to be chasing the next Harry Potter, and Warner Bros., who produce the box office-busting films (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix took in an estimated $44.2 million in its first full day in the US… Read More ›

• Tin Tin under fire again

  By John Freeman on 13 July 2007 • ( 2 )

  I don’t understand why there’s all this sudden fuss about Tin Tin in the Congo from the Commission for Racial Equality. I’m all for racial equality, but it’s not as if this book has just gone on sale, and it’s… Read More ›

• Doug Marlette killed in car crash

  By John Freeman on 13 July 2007

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning and sometimes controversial cartoonist Doug Marlette, who the Washington Post reports recently turned his incisive wit toward a budding career as a novelist, died on Tuesday 10 July in a car accident in Mississippi. Marlette, who was… Read More ›

• Art Attack TV show cancelled

  By John Freeman on 12 July 2007

  Art Attack, the long-running children’s ITV show, has been cancelled after an 18 year run – which could be bad news for Panini UK’s tie-in magazine which has been a staple of the company’s line for a long time. UK… Read More ›

• New fantasy dramas on BBC3

  By John Freeman on 11 July 2007

  BBC3 has just announced six new drama projects, two with comics and SF TV connections. Being Human, by Doctor Who and Torchwood writer Toby Whithouse, centres on three young flatmates – a vampire, a ghost, and a werewolf. Produced by… Read More ›

• James Reddington dies

  By John Freeman on 10 July 2007 • ( 1 )

  I was very sad to hear of the death of British small press activist and Portent Comics activist James Reddington, who died last week aged, I’m told, just 28. I met him only a couple of times, but he came… Read More ›

• FAB Makeover

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2007

  The new issue of Fanderson’s fanzine FAB, (Number 57), has just been released. With Chris Bentley’s retirement as editor, Fanderson have taken the opportunity to redesign the 56 page glossy colour A5 zine and bring in new features, intended to… Read More ›

• Omnivistascope Hat Trick

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2007

  It has been available for a while, but SFX have just made Omnivistascope 3 their Fanzine Of The Month, giving Paul Scott’s big 78 page A4 zine a hat trick with each of the three issues receiving the title. His… Read More ›

• It’s grim being a writer

  By John Freeman on 6 July 2007

  Well, that explains a lot… apparently, clinical depression and the prospect of a shortened lifespan are some of the joys successful scriptwriters are more likely to face, according to TV psychologist Raj Persaud. UK media magazine Broadcast reports that speaking… Read More ›

• Captain Jack Is Indestructible…

  By John Freeman on 5 July 2007

  …you are not. Do not attempt to imitate him. With all this talk of “homage” in New Who perhaps one has been missed – the juvenile Face Of Boe himself. To misquote the voice over from the original Captain Scarlet… Read More ›

• Who’s bothered by homage?

  By John Freeman on 5 July 2007

  There’s been plenty of debate about this elsewhere, much of it far more erudite than anything I could contribute. But now they’ve been drawn to my attention, I’d just like to say how much I’ve enjoyed spotting the television and… Read More ›

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