Tag Archives: Blogs

NELSONS COLUMN Bring Out Your Dead To Be Kickstarted

(opens in new tab) You’ve probably heard the news about the Kickstarter project to get a Veronica Mars movie funded. In case you haven’t, here it is in a nutshell: Veronica Mars was a fun, clever little series about a high-school private investigator (Kristen Bell) which ran from 2004-7. The …

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BLOG How You Can Help Save Kids Comics

(opens in new tab) Jamie Smart is one of the best comic creators you may not have heard of. He’s best known for work like Corporate Skull , a cheerfully sweary web comic about an office drone who has his face accidentally taken off in a frankly surreal photocopier accident …

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BLOG Spaceships On The Horizon

(opens in new tab) I can see spaceships on the horizon. It might take a while but I live in the hope that they’re coming… With the demise of Fringe the only sci-fi show we really have left is the time travel based show Continuum . There’s Defiance, the new …

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A Deeper Look At Novel Seraphina

Rachel Hartman’s novel has been shortlisted for the 2012 Kitschies Golden Tentacle award. SFX ‘s Nic Clarke examines its chances And yet: despite all this, Hartman’s novel turns out to be one of the most elegant and absorbing fantasy debuts in some years. It fully deserves its place on the …

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BLOG Man Of Steel Must Show Its Mettle

(opens in new tab) So, buried in a Variety article about the shifting power of various Warner Bros execs is this little gem: “Stakes are high for Man Of Steel . Other than Nolan’s Batpics, Warners has not been able to effectively exploit the DC library. Its 2011 Green Lantern …

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BLOG Adam Roberts Conference

Adam Roberts is one of the most consistently inventive voices working in modern science fiction. His work ranges from playful parodies released under a pseudonym to books that take the basic principles of science fiction and do something genuinely surprising with them. For example, Yellow Blue Tibia is the story …

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BLOG The Wolfmen & Fall Of The Wolfmen

The Wolfmen & Fall Of The Wolfmen Written by Dave West Art by Andy Bloor £3.00 ( The Wolfmen ) • £3.95 ( Fall Of The Wolfmen ) Jack Grey is a criminal on the up, a man completely at home with violence and wanting nothing more than to make …

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BLOG Rose Black: Demon Seed REVIEW

Rose Black: Demon Seed http://www.roughcut-comics.com/pages/store.html I love heavy metal. I’m not just talking about the sort of full bore walls of noise you get from Slipknot either I’m talking full on, old school, still see the rivets in it AC/DC, or Cream or Bon Jovi. Because let’s face it, no …

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BLOG Doctor Who: The Child of Time REVIEW

Doctor Who: The Child of Time £16.99 Whilst IDW has been doing fantastic work with the new Doctor Who comics, and the recent relaunch written by Andy Diggle is particularly worth your time, Doctor Who comics’ real home is the Doctor Who Magazine . Doctor after Doctor has appeared there …

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BLOG The Batman/Judge Dredd Collection REVIEW

The Batman/Judge Dredd Collection Art by Simon Bisley and Todd Klein (“Judgment On Gotham”), Cam Kennedy, Digital Chameleon, Ken Bruzenak and Mike Mignola (“Vendetta In Gotham”), Carl Critchlow, Dermot Power and Richard Starkings (“The Ultimate Riddle”), Glenn Fabry, Jim Murray, Jason Brashill and Ellie De Ville (“Die Laughing”), Val Semeiks, …

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