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The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

The blog for Forbidden Planet International, the UK's biggest specialist in comics, graphic novels, SF and cult merchandise. Inlcudes SF and comics news, author interviews, special offers, reviews and recommendations

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  1. Rebel Visions

    http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=7394

    Boing Boing has a link to a video made in 2003 to promote Rebel Visions: the Underground Comix Revolution. With a new (and somewhat overdue) edition of the book by Paul Rosenkranz coming shortly from the good folks at Fantagraphics the old video has been resurrected via the magic of the web and …

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  2. Heath Ledger portrait wins Aussie art award

    http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=7385

    The BBC reports that a portrait of the late Heath Ledger, shortly to be seen posthumously in the new Batman movie, has won a people’s choice award in Australia. The portrait by Vincent Fantauzzo was shortlisted for the prestigious Archibald Prize, the biggest Australian award for portraiture; it …

    4 hours ago
  3. Zarjaz!

    http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=7383

    Vape those geeks!!!! I love this VCs cover for Zarjaz, brings back nostalgic early 2000 AD memories for me (Dave tells me that this splendid art comes from Colin MacNeil). Dave Evans from top Brit small press publisher FutureQuake tells me they’ve been busy updating the FQ site and family of …

    4 hours ago
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    Speed Racer, digital manga, MangaLife’s new direction

    http://www.mangablog.net/?p=1509

    Reviews: If you are looking for good yaoi reviews, go check out the Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society, where the reviewers are going through books at a feverish pace. Katherine Farmar looks at the manhwa short story collection Deja-Vu at the Forbidden Planet blog. At Anime on DVD, John Zakrzewski checks out the art book Amano: The Collected Art of Vampire Hunter D, Patricia Beard reads vol. 5 of ES: Eternal Sabbath, and Danielle Van Gorder reviews the yaoi short story collection

    1 hour ago in MangaBlog by Brigid · Authority: 110
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    Orbit Links for May 09 2008

    http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/05/09/orbit-links-for-may-09-...

    Ken MacLeod was interviewed by Alex Fitch on the evening of the Arthur C. Clarke Awards, for Sci-Fi-London’s ‘Reality Check’ podcast, along with Richard Morgan and Stephen Baxter. [sent in by Joe Gordon] The ‘Fantasy Book Critic’ blog reveals that a recent Stephenie Meyer email sweepstake was, without a shadow a of a doubt, their most popular competition to-date, with no fewer than 6,919 entrants

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    May 9, 2008: I want millions!

    http://tcj.com/journalista/?p=594

    made by Rosenkranz to promote his book, featuring video and audio commentary from Gilbert Shelton, R. Crumb, Justin Green and other leading lights of the form. (Above: screenshot from the first video. Both links via Mike Baehr.) [Profile] Richard Bruton interviews Love the Way You Love artist Marc Ellerby. [Profile] Chris Beckett speaks with Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened editor Jason Rodriguez. [Scene] Here are photos from the opening reception of

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    May 8, 2008: Naruto’s latest victory

    http://tcj.com/journalista/?p=593

    [Profile] Zane Fisher talks to Dead In Desemboque writer Eddy Robert Arellano about the bilingual historieta that he created with artists William Schaff, Richard Schuler and Alec Thibodeau. [Scene] Billy Tucci goes to Normandy. [Review] Tom Spurgeon on the third volume of Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, et. al.’s Essential Mighty Thor.

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    UKSFBN currently in hibernation…

    http://www.uksfbooknews.net/2008/05/08/uksfbn-currently-in-h...

    meantime, please visit one of the following rather excellent sf / fantasy / horror / comics & graphic novel news websites or blogs for all your genre fiction update needs: Ansible British Fantasy Society News British Science Fiction Association Forbidden Planet International Blog Irish SciFi News Locus Online Sci Fi Wire Science Fiction Awards Watch SF Scope SFX And just in case the site doesn't come back any time soon, I'd like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the publishers, authors, editors and

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    Women in the New Doctor Who

    http://incertus.blogspot.com/2008/05/women-in-new-doctor-who...

    1 day ago in Incertus by incertusrex · Authority: 87
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    Torque Control

    http://vectoreditors.wordpress.com

    , and has a short piece up at the Amazon blog. Instant Fanzine considers it “the least slapfightlicious choice.” UPDATE: Paul Raven’s happy (but it’s the only one of the shortlist), Joe Gordon is chuffed, and Jonathan and James report they enjoyed attending the ceremony, and the Guardian implies that Richard Morgan is a genetically-modified assassin. (They also — mistakenly — give the impression that Paul Billinger was a voting judge; in fact the

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    May 7, 2008: Even Dullsville is bored

    http://tcj.com/journalista/?p=592

    s just a sudden hole in the top of an airplane leading to explosive decompression, right? Scene from the comic, ©2008 Marvel Characters, Inc.) [Review] James Hunt on Warren Ellis and Cary Nord’s Ultimate Human #4. [Review] Richard Bruton on the first issue of Jamie Delano and Jeremy Rock’s Narcopolis. [Commentary] Don MacGregor finds the moral underpinnings of Marvel’s new Iron Man movie somewhat dubious, coming as they do from Marvel.

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    کمیک شاپ

    http://bigsleep.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/%da%a9%d9%85%db%8c%...

    تعداد سی‌دی:1حلقه Watchmen تعداد سی‌دی:1حلقه Sin City - The complete Collection تعداد سی‌دی:1حلقه

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    Faixa 103 (desenvolvimento sustentável)

    http://anosdometal.blogspot.com/2008/05/faixa-103-desenvolvi...

    Cartoon daqui

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