Fierce

I'm a lazy bugger, me. Rather than write streaks of BS, I wanna cut to the chase. Fuck all that build up shit. Boring, already. I mean, that's the problem right there, know what I mean? Far too much preamble. Everybody does it. They utter a deluge of words, huge tsunami of bollocks just to embroider their tale. They think that it's a good way to resonate, to reach out to their readership. Kind of like a vulcan mind meld. The needs of the one and all that. Anyway, like I was saying ...

Strange New Worlds Weekender

Hi Everybody

Saturday July 23rd and Sunday July 24th sees Team Strange New Worlds put on our second Science Fiction and Fantasy festival at St. Paul's, Chapel Road in Worthing, with guest Authors and Artists from the worlds of comics and novels, including the legendary creator of 2000AD, Patrick Mills and famed artists Glenn Fabry and Simon Bisley for presentations, signings, drawing and Q&A. We also have great exhibitions from some of our favourite Sci-Fi movies and TV shows. We have master classes in creating comics and cartooning and a wide range of merchandise on sale from toys to comics, DVDs and Tee shirts. There's also a big Sci-Fi quizz to test the super geeks amongst you. Additionally, we have Lime Foods providing excellent quality refreshments and food. For the younger ones we have monster model making, face painting and reading time amongst fighting Daleks and Stormtroopers alike and much, much more! Come in costume for our costume competition and the winner gets a special prize and 2nd and 3rd places get runner up prizes.

This is an unmissable weekend of fun packed activities celebrating Science Fiction and Fantasy on the coast for everyone.

The event is free to children under 12 and just £2 to everybody else.

For more details go to strangenewworlds.org or follow us on Facebook

See you there.

Alan

Strange New Worlds Weekender

Okay folks. Strange New Worlds Weekender July 23rd and 24th at St. Pauls Community centre, Chapel Road Worthing. Go to strangenewworlds.org for more details ...

Neal Adams

Ay, Jo

Watcha reckon to Batman: Odyssey, then?

Strange New Worlds

Just to say that we have had a great success with an event in Worthing called Strange New Worlds which took place in central Worthing on Saturday 24th of July. This attempt to put on a Sci-Fi and Fantasy festival has been so successful that I have had offers to repeat the event in other parts of Sussex. We had nearly 2000 people come through our doors. I will be uploading photos of the event and film on our dedicated website: www.strangenewworlds.org


Go check it out.

Oh, and we're already planning the next one!

Alan

HTML comics swarmed down on by comics publishers

Hey mighty Joe this is the Wolfman sending out a warning that the big boy publishers are getting busy in the States having formed some kinda collective pack to go after anyone publishing their material. So ...

Be careful out there ....

Nolan to oversee new Superman and direct third Batman

Now you guys gotta admit that there be good news for both franchises. I have been saying though that if Marvel get to movie adapt Alan Moore's Marveman books then it is bye bye Superman movie franchise ...

Man gets six months for owning porno manga

Have we all seen this story?
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16865.html

You people need to read this. Got it from the Quality website and the debate is still raging there. Want to see what you think before I chip in, especially you Joe.

Comics: Is it art?

On the Quality forum there's been a discussion raging regarding the medium of comics as an art form. A tutor of one of the regular contributors asked the question, why do you like comics? The inference being that it isn't serious art. What then followed was a long drawn out discussion that I felt was more revealing of some of the regular contributors than it was of the original statement. There appears to be some sniffiness toward the whole superhero genre and comics aimed at children. Part of the problem with the industry for me, and I'm sorry but I do blame the likes of Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman for this, is the move to make comics the exclusive preserve of adults. Moore as much as admits this in a recent interview on the web. My point is that comics should cover every age and every genre and be fun as well as serious and be political, exciting adventure ... etc, etc. There's room for all of it. Sadly, grim and dark is cool and that's it with the mainstream companies. People think Art Speigelman is what comics should be about and I say yes, but that it should be about the Beano and Captain America as well. Some of the best art produced in the last hundred years has been produced in the comics medium. If you don't believe me Google the Grantbridge Street and other Misadventures site, it is very instructive. This medium is essentially an open canvas for just about any kind of expression. It's as old as time and needs to to promoted as a tool for raising literacy as well as engaging the imagination. But let's keep it an open canvas for every kind of expression, eh?

Kane 13

I'm gonna watch Alien again. I figure Kane in the movie has a baby at 13minutes and 27 seconds into the Movie. Has the mystery finally been solved?

Zoon: The Mourning Star

Zoon: Book of the Dead

and again ...

Zoon again

Zoon art by Kane 13:27

Kane 13:27

Just gonna throw this out there for folks to peruse. This is a guy I've known for a long while and we've had one or two things out there. The name is strange and when I ask him what it means he says he just made it up. I reckon it's the time of the day he was born but what about that name Kane? Isn't that the name of an ancient killer. Did Kane kill Abel in chapter 13 verse 27?

Marvel owns Marvelman

Hey guys

Maybe I'm late here but just getting news that Marvel have bought Marvelman from Mick Anglo and that they're lining up Gaiman and Buckingham to finish their stint on the book. There's also talk that they will reprint all the past Moore stories. I am completely feckin shocked, guys!

Buzz Comic

Yo Joe

That link to Buzz comic now replaced with functional link in last post. RaptorZ is the first published Mitchell/Fabry story for years! The story is in twelve parts of 6 page story installments and will be available in June 09.

BUZZ Comic

Let's all welcome the new comic website Buzz Comic which features a new series written by me and illustrated by Glenn Fabry and will be fully launched this summer. You can find out more
on:

http://signup.buzzcomic.com/

Check it out