Spanish interview with Alan Moore

Just to let you know, Raul Sastre has informed me that the interview they did with Alan Moore is now online.


click on the screenshot (above) to visit.
Or go to http://www.planetadeagostinicomics.com/ if you speak Spanish and have a look!

Also he informs me that Albion is set to get a Spanish edition sometime next year, which is great news!

On a slightly less thrilling note, if anyone has a Myspace account then drop by and show some love! http://www.myspace.com/leah_moore

L

New Jim Reaper Every Saturday!

Jim Reaper is Death's cousin's nephew's son; the only relative the Reaper can find to take care of the soul harvest whist he takes a well deserved holdiay. The only problem is that Jim is scared of his own shadow and his first week on the job may ultimately prove the destruction of his own immortal soul-- or worse.

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the Jim Reaper website.

Created and written by our good mate Dwight MacPherson (the man responsible for Arcana's Dead men Tell No Tales) with brilliantly bouncy art by newcomer Mathieu Benoit, Jim Reaper is now starring in his own FREE weekly webstrip!

Visit www.jimreaper.mathieubenoit.net now for the first three episodes and be sure to check back every Saturday from now on. You won't regret it.

J.

Andrew Pepoy's Katy Keene

Yes, the ultra talented Andrew Pepoy (who we were lucky enough to work with on Wild Girl) has just landed himself the role of artist and writer for a new series of the classic Archie Comics character Katy Keene.

You can read an interview with Andrew at www.comicon.com

MeCon 9 Report

Last weekend we traveled over to Belfast for the ninth annual MeCon Science fiction and fantasy convention and we had a brilliant time.

Friday
After getting settled in to our B&B we spent a very enjoyable evening in the venue bar taking part in the pub quiz (our team came dead middle, thus proving that we were intelligent but not geeky).

Saturday
Leah's first panel was "Fantasy, the Modern Mythology?" at 11am. The attendance wasn't brilliant (it was a bit early after the night a lot of people had had before) but with people like Ken Macleod and Catie Murphy participating it went very well.

C. E. Murphy/Cate Demody

Our next panel wasn't until 2pm ("Comic Adaptations") so we went and hung about with the likes of Paul J. Holden, Darrk, Michael Carroll and the lovely Leonia (as you do).
Paul interviewed us for his "Notes From The Drawing Board" section on his website (see previous post) and Michael gave us a copy of his latest book The Quantum Prophecy - The New Heroes which we were chuffed to bits with. I can't remember if Bryan Coyle and his minder turned up on the Saturday or the Sunday now but, whenever it was, Paul Holden forced us all to do this...

To the EXTREME!!!

The comics panel went pretty well but we missed the "Physics of Sci-Fi Battles" panel (which was, apparently very good) because we were too busy sat gabbing with Darrk and drinking whilst struggling to repel wasps.

Sunday
Started off with the charity coffee morning attended by ourselves and Pádraig and Deirdre (who had arrived late the previous night) amongst others.

At 1pm, after a few pints, we went off to watch the very interesting "Alien Aliens" panel featuring Ken Macleod, Hal Duncan and Ian McDonald.

Ken, Hal and Ian.

At 2pm we did a panel called "The Origins of the Species" which was essentially all about re-booting characters and fictional universes. We were up against a Doctor Who panel in the next room though...

3pm was "Bring them back Alive" which saw me desperatley trying to turn the ultra literate and intelligent musings of Ken Macleod and Ian McDonald round to the subject of zombie films. Luckily, someone in the audience asked a question about Robocop, so it was all alright in the end.

Thinks: "When are they going to ask me about zombie flesh eaters?"

4pm was "Comics Across the Atlantic" with us and PJ.

5pm was the closing ceremony which was invaded by drunk people (many of whom were, in fact, guests admittedly) and thus went brilliantly.

Pádraig, Leah and Deirdre sitting outside the bar just before the ceremony.

Later that evening all us remaining guests were treated to a slap up Indian meal with the convention staff, all of whom are (as corny as it sounds) truly wonderful, wonderful people.

"But, we've put our coats on now..." Just smile!

MeCon 9 was a really cool convention which we enjoyed wholeheartedly; if you can get up/down/accross to Belfast this time next year then we recommend you attend. We certainly will be.

J.

PS if you attended the con, or if you know of someone else who did, please alert us to any other reports or photo galleries from the event by leaving a comment below. Ta.

M&R Video Interview at PaulJHolden.com

Over the weekend we were lucky enough to be guests at MeCon 9 over in Belfast. We had a fantastic time, met loads of lovely people and drank lots of Guinness (all of which we'll report properly about very soon). Amongst the guests at the con was artist extraordinaire Mister Paul J. Holden who, for some reason, decided to interview Leah and myself. So, here's the interview:



J.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Puny Earthling #1 Launch

Puny Earthling is a brand new fanzine, compiled and edited by Pádraig Ó Méalóid, which premieres at MeCon in Belfast this weekend.

Full list of contents and contributors:

Front Cover: Leah Moore

1: The World's Getting Smaller: Gerry Hunt

2: King of Australia by Jody MacGregor

3: The Virgin and the Suicide Bomber by Ian Watson

4: Albert & Myrtle: Art by Bolt - 01, Script by Ed Berridge

7: Post-Buffy Fiction? by Juliet E McKenna

9: A Fantasy Fantasy Cricket Eleven by Paul Cornell

10: Cartoons by Brian Caffrey

11: Vodu, Tetrodotoxin, and the Weekly World News: The Truth About Zombies by John Reppion

13: Dark Satanic Mills by Ed Berridge, Illustration by Bryan Coyle

15: Hairpin Hardpush: Words by Ian Whelan, pictures by Alan Nolan

16: Northern Ireland in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Nicholas Whyte

17: Thanks For the Meal, Charlie! By Grolf

18: Stuck in a Moment by Robert Curley

19: Google Explorer: A Warning in Rhyme by Kyle Rogers

20: Medieval Cookery 1: The Whys and Wherefores by Nina Shiel

21: Graphic Novels to Look Out For by Joe Gordon

22: Why YA? by Oisin McGann

23: Chapters From A Scientific Romance by Julian West

Spot Illustrations by Dónal Casey

What? All these big names and it's FREE? I really must have a word with Mister Ó Méalóid over the course of the con; I believe that he may have lost his marbles.

J.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Review (half) written by John on Fractal Matter

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the Fractal Matter site.

A review of Onmibucket's zombie anthology "Brainchild: A Collection Of Artifacts" jointly written by myself and Pádraig Ó Méalóid is now online at FractalMatter.com.

J.

Monday, July 31, 2006

Impromptu Signing/Fundraiser Goes Well

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the Phoenix Comix site.

We arrived in Northampton for a quick visit on Friday afternoon only to discover that Alan was scheduled to do a signing for the Northampton Defend Council Housing campaign at his local comic shop that very evening. As it turned out, even Leah and I got asked to sign a few things (including a copy of Wild Girl #1) and the whole thing went really well.

For those of you that don't know; Alan has designed a poster which has also been made into t-shirts (pictured below) to be sold to raise funds for the campaign (contact David Horne or Phoenix Comix for info about buying either).


Of course, if we paid a little more attention to Rich's Lying In The Gutters, we'd have know about the event weeks in advance. Never mind though, we had a grand old time anyway and, who knows, we might be back to sign there again.

Visit http://www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk/dch/ for more info on the Defend Council Housing Campaign.

J.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Revenant Magazine Online Now!

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the Revenant site.

evenant is a free online magazine site featuring news, reviews, artcles and interviews all about zombies and zombie related stuff.

It's been in the pipeline for a while but the site has just gone live and it looks great.

If you go over to the "About" page there you'll see that I'm contributing the site too; how could I refuse?

Keep checking the site for all the latest zombie news and maybe I'll see you in the forum. ;-)

www.revenantmagazine.com

J.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

M&R Interview On Forbidden Planet Blog

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the FP Blog.

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Accent UK's "Zombies" Coming In '07

Yes, next year's Accent UK anthology is going to be all about the shambling, rotting, flesh hungry undead. Lovely!

Leah and I have already signed up to do another story with Eagle award winning artist Dave Hitchcock after the success of our last collaboration.

Other confirmed contributors for the book include:

Colin Matheson
Dave West
Indio (Zarjaz)
Andrew Cheverton & Tim Keable (West)
Ben Dickson (Falling Sky)

Plus there's the very real possibility of a Steve Bissette cover. Nice!

The book should be out in time for 2007's New York Comic Con so eveything's got to be fit to print by this coming January.

If you're interested in contributiing to the book why not visit the Accent UK website and drop the guys an email? The worst they can say is "no thanks", right?

Otherwise, just rub your grubby hands in anticipation at the forthcoming re-animated corpse fest that will be Accent UK's "Zombies".

J.

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Dark Horse Book Of Monsters Release Date

The Dark Horse Book of Monsters (hard cover)

Publication Date: Nov 22, 2006
Price: $15.95 (on tfap.com)
Age range: 16+
ISBN: 1-59307-656-8

Writers: Mike Mignola, Kurt Busiek, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Leah Moore, John Reppion, Scott Allie, William Hope Hodgson, Arvid Nelson

Artists: Mike Mignola, Keith Giffen, Timothy Green II, Jill Thompson, Paul Lee, Gary Gianni, Juan Ferreyra, Brian Horton

Genre: Horror

Mike Mignola takes Hellboy on a monster-crunching mission and Gary Gianni provides illustrations for a classic tale of South Seas horror by William Hope Hodgson in this fourth addition to Dark Horse's Eisner-nominated books of Hauntings, Witchcraft, and The Dead.

Along with Mignola and Gianni, Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson--who won Eisners in both 2004 and 2005 for their stories in Hauntings and Witchcraft--return to unveil a new painted story starring everyone's favorite evil-fighting strays. Also included is an homage to the great creature comics of Jack Kirby, by Kurt Busiek and Keith Giffen, and many more terrifying yarns by some of the most talented folks in comics!

From http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=12-465

J.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

July Is British Comics Month For Forbidden Planet

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the FP blog.

From http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=1058

Dear readers, did you know that the fine summer month of July (we can tell it is summer in Scotland – the rain is warmer) is officially British Comics Month? No, you hadn’t heard? Ah well, that may be because we just decided it the other day! Wouldn’t it be good to celebrate British comics? And use it a springboard to try and represent more on our webstore and blog, especially the Indy titles?

[...]

We’re also making an effort to talk to independent British comics creators to see if we can work with them, list their titles on our webstore, help them promote their work. If you went into many comics stores - including Forbidden Planet International you could be forgiven for thinking the British comics scene is a pretty narrow affair. There is a world we hope to open up to you consisting of small marts and conventions, people making and swapping comics, those producing webcomics - some searching for stardom some just scratching an itch. For many of these creators money isn’t the main reason for their work and so they often fall below the commercial radar of books and comics sellers. We hope to develop strong ties with this world and give you an insight into some unique comics visions - and you might just spot a new star in the making. As we start to add more titles to the site of course we’ll tell you about it right here on the blog it will be as much an adventure for us as yourselves.

Interesting...

J.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Th3rd World Site Now Online!

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the Th3rd World site.

Yes, the Th3rd World website is now fully operational over at www.Th3rdWorld.com.


In case you didn't already know (or maybe you've just forgotten or something) Leah and I have penned an 11 page story for the company's flagship series "Space Doubles" which has been expertly drawn by Jeremy Dale. The series doesn't have a definate release date yet but we know you're going to keep an eye on the site and find out for yourself as soon as we hit you with the creative credits thus far:

(writers)
Mike Baron
Leah Moore & John Reppion
Mike Raicht
Andrew Dabb
Mark Andrew Smith Ben Raab & Deric Hughes
Jason Hall
Dwight MacPherson
Scott Closter
Justin Robinson

(artists)
Ron Chan & Rich Ellis
Jeremy Dale
Alecia Rodriguez
Aneurin Wright
Pat Quinn Philip Schaufelberger
Evan Gauntt & Jesse Hansen
K.W. Mellon & Eduardo Herrera
Lee O'Conner
Matthew Huynh

Thomas Mauer (Letters)
Justin Robinson (Editor)

Cover Credits:
Khary Randolph (Escape Pod)
Andie Tong (Liberty Movement)
Doug Klauba (Saucer Full of Secrets)
Tom Carney (A.K.A)
Philip Schaufelberger (Everywhere I Look...Bugs!)
Alecia Rodriguez (Red Rain)

Keep watching the skies...

J.

Monday, June 26, 2006

If A Job's Worth Doing...

Phew! This last month has been totally mental; we've been doing our annual (non writing) summer job whilst attending what seemed like an inordinate amount of weddings and assorted other occasions in a variety of far flung destinations.
Oh yeah, and we've been writing some comics too...
We turned in our second script for Dynamite Entertainment yesterday, only one week late (which isn't bad taking into account the aforementioned high octane busyness). Details of our first Dynamite series should be available very soon but, for now, our lips are sealed.

Albion #6 is due out in a little over three weeks time and from what we've seen of the artwork it should be an absolute corker! Thanks to everyone who's stuck with the series, we know that it's kind of a Marmite type situation but, to be honest, we always knew it would be. There's even talk of a trade...

J.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Lew Stringer's Brickman Is Back!

http://brickmancomics.tripod.com/

That's right, Brickman is back with a brand new, full colour strip in Richard Starkings' Elephantmen from Image Comics.


Issue one of Elephantmen looks fantastic and will arrive in stores in July, Lew's Brickman strip will debut in #2 which will be available in August priced $2.99.

A brand new comic starting next month and it's got Lew Stringer in it: maybe this is our chance to actually follow a book properly instead of just grabbing an issue here and there like we usually do. After all, who doesn't love Brickman?

J.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

No, it's nothing like Myspace...honest

Yes, we've been sucked in to the latest fad that is The Comics Review Creator Community. Luckily though, the site actually looks like it might be cool place to meet other creators from around the world, exchange ideas and maybe even find work. Surley too good to be true? Why not check it out and find out for yourelf?

Click on the screenshot (above) to visit The Comics Review Creator Community.

J.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Comics Up North

(click on the flyer to veiw full size)

The site is only just online but keep checking www.lancastercomics.co.uk for breaking news.

J.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Bristol Comics Expo 2006

We had a very good time at Bristol this year, so much so that the con just seemed to fly by (not that it usually drags or anything).

This was the first year that we've ever had our own table in the main hall and it showed us a totally different side to the festival; one which involved sitting down (which always helps with the hangover).

The Expo was the fourth con we've done in so many months so it was also kind of the "last gig" on our little tour (which took us to Manchester, Dublin and Copenhagen previously).





We were stationed next to the Control Arms table and did our best to try to get people to take part in the Million Faces Petition. You should even be able to see our contributions (and all of those made over the weekend) in their fully searchable Gallery very soon.

We were flogging Albions #1 to #5 plus signature cards (signed by us and Dave Gibbons) for £2.50 a pop and managed to raise a grand total of £130 for Oxfam (which will also go towards the Control Arms Campaign).

Our good friends from Accent UK were there (Dave West and Leon Hewitt pictured) flogging there wares.
Their Monsters Anthology (in which Leah and I achieved our dream of working with Dave Hitchcock for the first time) seemed to be selling very well on Saturday but, I supect, that their sales might have been even better on Sunday after Dave won a well deserved Eagle Award for his fantastic series Springheeled Jack.

All in all it was pretty much the best Bristol con we've ever been to.
We had a brilliant time and got to hang about with tonnes and tonnes of cool folks like Paul Cornell, Matt Timson, Dave Gibbons, Paul Scott, Oliver Redding and Mary, Al Davison, Al Nolan and Ian Whelan, Andrew Sumner, Boo and Gemma Cook (in a kind of constantly running past each other and saluting way), Al Ewing, the mighty Lew Stringer, etc, etc, etc

Thanks to everyone who made this year so special (an apologies to the many whose names I've missed out).
Shall we say, same time again in 2007?

A few random images from the con.

Colin Mathieson, Leah and the award winning Mr. Hitch (congratulations Dave).

Barry Renshaw of Engine Comics and Voodoo Macbeth creator Norris Burroughs.

Lorenzo of Studio Blink Twice hard at work.

Mike Molcher of The End Is Nigh and one of his boyz in full effect...or something.

The Future Quake / Death Camp Jones crew. Would you buy a comic from these people?

Everyone always says what a nice bloke Gary Millidge is but Chris Staros knows the truth and now so do you.

The collage that the ridiculously talented Borin Van Loon did for us.
What the hell do you mean you dont know who he is? Get over to his site now!

I'll follow this post up with one about all the cool comics and mags we managed to grab at a later date as it's taken me all bloody day to do this one.

For more Bristol 2006 reports check out:
http://lewcomix.tripod.com/id7.html
http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg

J.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Updated look for the Blog

Inspired by MacPherson, Barkman and Mauer's shiny new Schlauchthaus Blog I have re-jigged our Blog once again.

Hopefully, it should look and work better and be more easily understood than my first, rather ham fisted, modification.

We're off to the Bristol Comics Expo as of noon tomorrow. Hope to see you there.

Cheers

J.

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