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• Unofficial Doctor Who Television Companion Republished

  By John Freeman on 21 October 2002

  

  The acclaimed Doctor Who reference book The Television Companion is being reissued next year by Telos Publishing. Rather than being a straight reprint authors David J Howe and Stephen James Walker intend to rework some of the material from the… Read More ›

• Timberwolf Press signs Seven Book Deal with Bill Baldwin

  By John Freeman on 18 October 2002

  

  US audio book publisher Timberwolf Press and author Bill Baldwin have reached an agreement to re-launch the best-selling military Science Fiction Helmsman saga. The first six books in the series, The Helmsman, Galactic Convoy, The Trophy, The Mercenaries, The Defenders, and The Siege will be re-released… Read More ›

• Top Tips: Insider’s Guide to creating comics published

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2002

  

  Just published by A & C Black, Robin Hall’s Trade Secrets is an excellent book about how to become a successful cartoonist or comics artist, featuring tips from a huge number of professional artists. It also features, with my permission,… Read More ›

• DC Comics Collected Editions

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2002

  

  A staggering 200 titles from the DC Comics backlist are showcased online now at www.dccomics.com/collect, each with cover art, three interior story pages, and content descriptions. The newly-posted site updates the previous version of the DC Graphic Novels webpage and… Read More ›

• Stuffed down the back of a filing cabinet…

  By John Freeman on 29 July 2002

  

    So I came across some old artwork the other day and wondered “What the heck is this?” Turns out it’s an unpublished first issue of G-Force, a character I created for Marvel UK back in the early 1990s. So… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Douglas Adams

  By John Freeman on 14 May 2001

  

  Author Douglas Adams, who wrote The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, has died suddenly aged 49. Mr Adams died on Friday morning in Santa Barbara, California, following a heart attack, said his spokeswoman Sophie Astin. The author became a household name… Read More ›

• Nicholas Courtney Is God!

  By John Freeman on 21 December 2000

  

  Nicholas Courtney (Doctor Who‘s Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart) has taken on the role of God for The Next Seven Days, a new web site. The actor has lent his voice to some cartoons created by designer Daniel Cohen‘s father, stand up… Read More ›

• Classic Captain Scarlet Book Campaign

  By John Freeman on 16 March 2000

  

  An online petition has been set up to encourage Carlton Books to produce a Captain Scarlet version of Thunderbirds Classic Comic Strips. You can sign this petition at: www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/scarlet_strips/ • More details of the Thunderbirds Classic Comic Strips can be found… Read More ›

• Dune TV film for the SciFi Channel US – Set Pictures Published

  By John Freeman on 10 March 2000

  

  German SF news site sf-film.de features photographs from the shoot of the new $20 million six hour Dune TV film for the SciFi Channel US which started shooting in Prague on 22nd November 1999. The mini-series stars William Hurt as… Read More ›

• Will the Real Captain Britain Please Stand Up?

  By John Freeman on 7 March 2000

  

  Comics publisher Dez Skinn has uncovered an unusual piece of comics history – a design for Captain Britain by much-admired artist Tom Kerr. The design was intended for a Captain Britain comic Dez proposed to IPC Fleetway over two decades… Read More ›

• In Review: Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

  By John Freeman on 28 December 1998

  

  A fun new movie

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