Month: November 2010
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Magical Line-Up For Memorabilia Show
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Where: NEC Birmingham When: 20-21 November Press Release: There’ll be a touch of magic at this weekend’s Winter Memorabilia Show at NEC Birmingham, with visitors getting the chance to meet stars from the blockbuster Harry Potter movies and hit television series Merlin. David Bradley, who plays cantankerous caretaker Argus Filch, and Warwick Davis, who plays…
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Avatar Collectors Vault Book 3D Review
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in Book ReviewsPublished by Whitman Publishing / Titan Books James Cameron’s “Pocahontas in Space” may not have been the first 3D cinema experience, but it’s certainly proven to be the third dimension’s most prominent emissary. While cynical cinephiles interpreted Avatar’s success as further proof that visual gimmickry will compensate for all manner of plot deficiency, the fact…
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Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Graphic Adaptation Review
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2010, Bloomsbury Adapted, Illustrated by Seymour Chwast Dante Alighieri’s epic poem has been reinvented, referenced and recycled so many times over the years that most people will have a good idea of what Dante’s passage through hell, purgatory and paradise entails whether they’ve read it or not. But few iterations are as downright fun as…
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Cheapjack Shakespeare Partners Announce ‘The Bullpen’
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Cheapjack Partners Announce New Series Press Release: Cheapjack Partners today announced production of “The Bullpen,” a web series, will begin in November with webisodes premiering early in the New Year. “The Bullpen” is a workplace comedy centered on the office of “Bullpen Comics,” a company started by three well-known creators. Unhappy with the restrictions and…
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Rock and Roll Never Dies: Zombie Rock Band Must Be Destroyed
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Press Release: Ink Pen Mutations announced today that their next title Zombie Rock Band Must Be Destroyed (ISBN-978-0-9776361-6-7) will come out this December. The book chronicles the efforts of main character Jim to stop the government and record labels from cashing in on their contaminated talent. Zombie Rock Band Must Be Destroyed takes the zombie…
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Avatar Collector’s Vault Brings the 3D to Your Coffee Table
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in Movie NewsTo coincide with the DVD/Blu-ray release of the Avatar: Extended Edition – you know, the one you didn’t hold out for and now wish you had – on the 15th November, Titan Books are releasing the intriguingly titled Avatar: Collector’s Vault 3D. This oversized hardcover “interactive book” comes in a slipcase and contains over 60…
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In Maps & Legends #2 Review
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Story: Michael Jasper Art: Niki Smith For many an aspiring writer/artist, resilience is probably a more valuable asset than any measure of talent. Michael Jasper and Niki Smith must have felt like their moment had finally come when their effort In Maps & Legends found a weekly webcomic spot on DC Comic’s Zuda site in…
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First Issue of Ape Entertainment’s Scratch 9 Sells Out
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New All-Ages Title is a Runaway Hit! Press Release: Ape Entertainment is pleased to announce that the new all-ages comic Scratch9 #1 written and created by Rob M. Worley and illustrated by Jason T. Kruse, has sold out from the publisher. This sell-out is an auspicious beginning for this break-out comic featuring a runaway cat…