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• Rian Hughes Interview

  By John Freeman on 18 May 2007

  With the imminent arrival of Yesterday’s Tomorrows in bookshops, collecting, among other things, Dare by Grant Morrison – a chilling reinterpretation of the Dan Dare story – and The Science Service by John Freeman (who?), Kenny Penman has been working… Read More ›

• Frank Miller to write, direct ‘Spirit’

  By John Freeman on 16 May 2007

  Variety reports that Lionsgate has acquired US and UK distribution rights to a live adaptation of the classic Will Eisner comic The Spirit. Frank Miller wrote the script and will direct. The deal marks the start of a multipicture pact… Read More ›

• Eagle Award Winners 2007

  By John Freeman on 14 May 2007

  Sourced via Joe Gordon’s Forbidden Planet International’s fab blog, who found them in turn over on the US comics news site Newsarama… Favourite Comics WriterWarren EllisDarn, I wish I kept all those fanzine he used to churn out in the… Read More ›

• Bristol Expo

  By John Freeman on 14 May 2007

  Bristol provided its usual mix of weird weather (wet) and entertainment (Star Wars storm troopers, Batman a gorgeous Black Cat and a determined Batman who wandered from the main hall to the hotel despite torrential rain in costume). I don’t… Read More ›

• ROK Comics Launches

  By John Freeman on 10 May 2007

  I’m very pleased to announce the launch of ROK Comics on Mobile, a new publishing solution enabling comics creators and publishers to syndicate their works to mobile phone users worldwide – and I’ve been given the task of being its… Read More ›

• Tank Girl’s welcome return

  By John Freeman on 9 May 2007

  Over on blogcritics.org, Cameron Archer has posted a detailed review of the new Tank Girl from US publisher IDW. Those who remember Jamie “Gorillaz” Hewlett’s full on 1980s Deadline version of the character (Titan Books republished those strips some time… Read More ›

• Firefight in Iraq – Stunning animation

  By John Freeman on 8 May 2007

  I’ve just been sent this link to this haunting depiction of firefight in Iraq, as seen through the eyes of U.S. Army Specialist Colby Buzzell. This segment is from Buzzell’s story Men in Black, part of a longer PBS documentary,… Read More ›

• Flash! (Waa Aah!)

  By John Freeman on 8 May 2007

  

  The US SciFi Channel has announced that Eric Johnson will play the lead role of Flash Gordon in SciFi’s 22-episode “modern day retelling of the classic comic strip franchise.” This unofficial fan site for the actor, whose past genre credits… Read More ›

• Spider-Man rules the world

  By John Freeman on 8 May 2007

  It might have had mixed reviews (“Fun factor nil”, sniffs The Guardian), but after a record-breaking US opening, Spider-Man 3 has now demolished the international box office record with nearly £114 million at 16,700 playdates in 105 countries in six… Read More ›

• David Beckham is… Ant Man!

  By John Freeman on 7 May 2007

  Rumours of a movie based on Marvel’s Ant Man have been circulating for years, but they took a hilarious new twist this weekend. Genre fan Michael Gage decided the placement of an ad for David Beckham’s new scent in the… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD!

  By Matt Badham on 7 May 2007

  

  Matthew Badham and David Baillie went to the 2000AD 30 year birthday bash last month. They’re just beginning to remember what the hell happened… Dave Baillie: Almost two weeks have passed since 2000AD’s 30th birthday bash in London. Firstly we’d… Read More ›

• Early Captain Britain appearances for sale

  By John Freeman on 7 May 2007

  

  Another eBay auction, this time Marvel Super-Heroes issues from way back in 1981 in 1982, when Paul Neary was editor in chief at Marvel UK the first time around. The issues include one issue of Captain Britain written by Alan… Read More ›

• Simpsons Comics on eBay

  By John Freeman on 7 May 2007

  I’ve just added a small selection of UK Simpsons Comics to eBay. The lot includes #1, complete with poster. Talking of eBay, a lot of comics artwork recently sold by IPC is now being offered by former Nostalgia and Comics… Read More ›

• Wolverine on the BBC

  By John Freeman on 4 May 2007

  UK digital TV channel CBBC has secured the UK rights to X-Men spin-off animation series Wolverine. First Serve Toonz, a joint venture company between India-based Toonz Animation and First Serve International, has sold the corporation the 26 x 30-minute series…. Read More ›

• The Madness of Corporate America

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2007

  I imagine this doesn’t really need publicity here, but right after a revealing longer piece by comics creator Steven Grant which is more about the misery of being a comics creator trying to get a project off the ground, is… Read More ›

• Dan Dare on BBC7

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2007

  Joe Gordon from Forbidden Planet International has just e-mailed me to point out that BBC7 is running a four part dramatisation of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, based on the Voyage to Venus storyline. It started Tuesday at 6… Read More ›

• Is Matt Groening one of the world’s Top 100?

  By John Freeman on 1 May 2007

  There’s still a couple of days left to vote in TIME’s Top 100 Poll, an annual feature in the US weekly magazine which selects the world’s most influential – note, not necessarily the most popular – people. Along with the… Read More ›

• The Prying Eyes of Britain

  By John Freeman on 27 April 2007

  Since I’m in a ranty and probably overly paranoid mood, did you know that here in Britain, government agents still have the right to enter your house to enter your house and search for materials used to produce “horror comics”?… Read More ›

• Slaine called in to prevent Cultural vandalism in Ireland…

  By John Freeman on 27 April 2007

  Well, it’s the only way I can describe it. I know that much Irish historical record has been wiped out in the past, and this road plan sounds to me like a continuation of such destruction, but this time, not… Read More ›

• RSS Madness

  By John Freeman on 26 April 2007

  Ah. My apologies to the people who have subscribed to the RSS feed on this site: I didn’t realise it would consider every entry I put up, including old diary entries I can now add in, as “new” posts. So… Read More ›

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