Month: March 2011
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2011 Eagle Awards Voting Opens
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in Comic NewsDue to my ongoing technical problems this is going up a little late, but nevertheless: the voting selection for the 2011 Eagle Awards is now up. It’s a vast and varied list, too, comprising 29 categories. Voting will close at midnight BST on Monday 11 April, and the winners will be announced at the MCM…
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The Man Who Fell to Earth DVD Review
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1976 Director: Nicholas Roeg Script: Paul Mayersberg Cast: David Bowie, Candy Clark, Rip Torn, Buck Henry Nicholas Roeg’s deceptively elaborate tale of an extraterrestrial striving to bring water to his drought-inflicted homeworld is by far his most ponderous. A film as imaginative as it is indulgent, The Man Who Fell to Earth presents Roeg’s visual…
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Indie Comics Magazine #1 in Comic Shops Today
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Press Release: Comic book readers who are interested in Aazurn Publishing’s Indie Comics Magazine and did not preorder #1 need to buy today at their local comic shop, said Editor Gary Scott Beatty. “We have no huge overprint, no digital version and no back issue sales,” Beatty explained. “Indie Comics Magazine #1 is an instant…
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Blue Dream Studios Launches iKids Comics
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Within 48 Hours of Launch, iKids Comics Hits #11 on the list of Top Downloaded iPad Book Apps Press Release: Blue Dream Studios creator Scott Christian Sava announced today the launch of the first all-ages comic app — iKids Comics. The iKids Comics iPad app features the award-winning and critically acclaimed works of Blue Dream Studios…
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New X-Men: First Class Posters are Second Rate
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With so many Marvel movie projects on the go at once, nary a day goes by where we’re not treated to another intriguing publicity image or poster. These two new X-Men: First Class posters, however, are anything but a treat.
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Exclusive Genki Gear T-Shirts for London MCM Expo
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in Comic NewsThose quirky garment designers at Genki Gear have unveiled several official T-shirts that will be exclusively available at this May’s MCM Expo London Comic Con, allowing geeks everywhere to connect with like-minded dreamers when May 2011 is but a distant memory. Sob…
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Asylum Press to Auction Off Original Art
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Art consists of comic book pages/artwork from 1991-2010, drawings, sketches and animation art from Frank Forte’s personal collection. Press Release: Frank Forte, publisher of Asylum Press, announces that Asylum Press will be auctioning off it’s collection of original comic art, paintings, animation cels, animation production art, comic strip art and signed editions on Ebay. The…
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Special UK Screenings for Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber
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in Movie NewsQuentin Dupieux’s Rubber has generated a fair bit of media attention recently, much of which is undeniably down to the movie’s plot – a sentient car tire, named Robert, goes on a killing spree. This highly stylish trailer alone is enough to make it the cinematic oddity you just have to see for yourself: Rubber…