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In Review: Guantánamo Kid
Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani Jérôme Tubiana and Alexandre Franc SelfMadeHero Life in the insanely oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia may be great, if you are rich and male and Saudi. If you are a teenage Muslim… Read More ›
Director’s Commentary: Mary Talbot and Kate Charlesworth on Sally Heathcote, Suffragette
This Director’s Commentary going behind the scenes on the award-winning Sally Heathcote, Suffragette by Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot was originally published on 8th April 2014 on the Forbidden Planet International blog by Joe Gordon, and is re-published… Read More ›
Comic Artist Refused Permission to Attend own Book Launch
Comic artist Nikhil Singh, illustrator of the acclaimed Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers recently published by Walker Books, has now been held in South Africa for five months, unable to return to the UK even to attend his own… Read More ›
Obama Wins
Even before the US election was over comics fans had cast their vote, with sales of IDW’s Barack Obama biography comic beating those of the John McCain by a 59% to 41% margin, according to an IDW spokesperson. icv2.com reports… Read More ›
Beano, Dandy Too PC?
Euan Kerr, former editor of The Beano, has hit out at the current content of the comic and the Dandy arguing they have become too politically correct. In an article in the Telegraph, picking up on a report in Scotland… Read More ›
Bell Defends New Yorker Obama cover
Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell has sprung to the defence of the New Yorker magazine, currently embroiled in controversy for its latest cover depicting US presidential candidate Barrack Obama and his wife Michelle. Barack Obama supporters are said to be furious… Read More ›
Saint Johns Church Edinburgh Easter Sign
Saint Johns church Edinburgh Easter sign – China and OlympicsOriginally uploaded by byronv2 Following up on our earlier post about Chinese piracy, Forbidden Planet’s Joe Gordon recently published this photograph of a thought-provoking poster outside Saint John’s church on the… Read More ›
The World Needs More Teddies
At this festive time for many religions, perhaps it’s time to start spreading some love so I’ve gone all fuzzy and am proposing a Send a Teddy Campaign. So, if you’re concerned by religious intolerance (Catholic groups bemoaning The Golden… Read More ›
American extremists seek history re-write
Who would have thought it? Web search engine giant Google rightly marked 50 years of spaceflight with a terrific Sputnik-decorated version of their logo last week, but now it seems right wing commentators in the US feel this is the… Read More ›
Save Kids TV campaign – Petition the PM!
Pact has set up a petition on the Number 10 website to highlight the plight UK kids TV is under, highlighted by the Save Kids TV campaign who have a comic about the issue on ROK Comics, republished below. To… Read More ›
Deviant Thinkers
Over at Dave Langford’s wonderful SF news site Ansible, he reported last week that Greg Bear and other sf authors — Arlan Andrews, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Sage Walker — were asked to a US Homeland Security conference to… Read More ›
Lessons in Modern Policing
Heh. Somneone’s been reading the indy reports on the G8. I liked this one.
Yes to the Olympics – No to Arts cuts
Please forgive me. I’m having a rant. On the Number 10 Downing Street website there’s a petition up and running right now, which aims to stop the Chancellor using Arts and Heritage Lottery money to plug the funding gap in… Read More ›
Buffy creator calls for equality
An author friend of mine sent me this moving piece by Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly creator Joss Whedon, who is clearly appalled not just by real world tragedy but by a new film in distribution called Captivity. Joss’… Read More ›
The Prying Eyes of Britain
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 ›
Darfur is Dying Game Launched
US MTV Networks’ mtvU college TV network has launched Darfur is Dying, a Web-based game created by students at the University of Southern California. It rapidly brings home the hopelessness of Dargur’s refugees without outside help, offering users real world… Read More ›
Shooting themselves in the foot
A warning to all freelance writers out there planning a trip to the US — get a visa! And you might want to think about praying, too, as it’s no guarantee of entry. I had a call from BlackRat yesterday… Read More ›