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?