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Monthly Archives: May 2008

CLASSICAL AWARDS

Classical Comics win an award at  the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards.   Yes,with their very first book,Classical Comics have won an award:   43. Graphic Novel/Drawn Book- – Drama/Documentary Gold: Shortcomings, by Adrian Tomine (Drawn & Quarterly) Silver: Henry V – The Graphic Novel, by William Shakespeare (Classical Comics) Bronze: Images from the Neocerebellum: The [...]

ARCHIE for August

 ARCHIE COMICS SHIPPING AUGUST 2008      ARCHIE #588 THE FRESHMAN YEAR SAGA GETS IN FULL SWING THIS ISSUE! “Freshman Year: “Part Two”: In the tradition of “Batman: Year One,” “Superman: The Man of Steel” and the Marvel Ultimates comes the biggest Archie Comics event since the “Love Showdown!”  The first full-length issue of the “Freshman [...]

Some More Thoughts..

..That’s Two In One Week!! I have to say that,having now read The Twelve #5 ,from Marvel Comics,and Project Superpowers # 3,from Dynamite,I really don’t care about either that much anymore. The Twelve has become a typical J. Michael Straczynski comic. You can read each issue in around a minute and when you put it [...]

Loaded Bible?

20 May 2008 (Berkeley, CA) – Just in time for the summer blockbuster season, LOADED BIBLE writer/creator Tim Seeley and digital artist Crank! have teamed to produce an all-new trailer for June’s LOADED BIBLE BOOK ONE TP!  “LOADED BIBLE is the craziest summer movie never made,” said Seeley. “Crank! has put together one of the [...]

Suzuki Exhibition

DRMASTER PUBLICATIONS & FLASH FRAME OMAKE PROUDLY PRESENT THE YASUSHI SUZUKI ART EXHIBIT SAN JOSE, CA – May, 2008 – DrMaster Publications Inc., DGN Productions Inc. and Flash Frame Omake are proud to present the Yasushi Suzuki Art Exhibit. This event in itself is a milestone in the career of this highly regarded video game [...]

MIKE WESTERN 1925-2008

It is with great sadness that I have to report that Mike Western died late on Tuesday, 13 May,2008  at the age of 83. Known as “The guv’nor” by his contemporaries,Mike was a legend in British comics drawing strips such as “The Wild Wonders”,”Captain Phantom”,”The Avenger”,”HMS Dreadnaught” and “D-Day Dawson”.  There are,of course,many,many other strips [...]

A Few Thoughts

It is a fact that Bristol is one of the largest citys in the UK.  It has a huge student population and one of the best mixes of ‘ethnic’ populations you can find. Indian,Bangladeshi,Pakistanese,Bhutanese,Malayan,Sri Lankan,Korean,Chinese,Japanese,Russian,Italian,Czech, French,Turkish,Polish -and the list goes on. There is a large enough population of 16-50 year olds which is targetted by [...]

Eagle Awards

Once They Meant Something…   I’ll admit that I do not bother much with awards. The Eagle Awards seem to be getting so popularist that if we were in,say, Zimbabwe,I’d ask for a recount and to see all the votes! Matt Brooker –well,justly deserved. But “How To Date A Girl In 10 Days”? Where the [...]

More Texeira Work

Mark Texeira Confirmed For San Jose Super-Con!  Fine Art Painter at Bay Area Show; Original Art in Auction     San Jose,CA. Making a much-anticipated return to one of his favorite shows, it’s been announced that painter/writer Mark Texeira is returning to the San Jose Super-Con this weekend– his fine art style sure to add [...]

Ganjaman

 The Astounding Ganjaman no.1 Numb Skull Comix Black & White & Colour  36pp £3.00 Yes,Alan Grant [writer] and Jim Stewart [artist] bring you a Ganjaman story titled “Tar Wars”.  Accompanying the weedy one areEinstein and Devinchi,his rat side-kicks,and special guests M-Girl and H-Man. Flesh-eating zombies and an evil plot by Dr Bong -are they connected? [...]