30 April. David Fickling is taking David Fickling Books solo after years under the wing of Random House. Where this leaves The Phoenix is uncertain. Presumably still with Fickling, although I was under the impression that Random House were financing it for two years. Can anyone confirm?
28 April. Glenn Fabry is returning to 2000AD to draw the next Slaine yarn, Slaine: The Book of Scars, later this year following an appearance on the cover of prog 1833. R. M. Guerra (of Scalped fame) is pencilling a Judge Dredd yarn for Megazine #338.
19 April. Neil Gaiman's keynote speech at the Digital Minds Conference on 14 April 2013. (video)
17 April. Sean Phillips has four nominations in the 2013 Eisner Awards. Fatale is nominated twice (Best Continuing Series, Best New Series) and Phillips is up twice himself (Best Penciller/Inker, Best Cover Artist). Other British nominees include Paul Grist (Best Lettering) and 2000AD (Best Anthology).
10 April. Future Shock! The story of 2000AD is the title of a documentary feature currently in production with Paul Goodwin directing. Goodwin plans to blog as during production ... just follow the link.
5 April. Tim Pilcher has a Kickstarter project that will offer an insider's memories of the UK Vertigo office in the 1990s. Expect plenty of drink and drugs.
issue_0401_20_Sep_1969.jpg Kit Carter's CC's first frame - "Kit Carson and his commandos suspect two men..." "earlier posts where I'd called Kit Carter Kit Carson," I wouldn't worry about it.
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4 comments:
If Kit Carson and his Clarks Commandos didn't appear in the mass slaughter that was Grant Morrison's "Zenith" then they certainly should have.
I seem to recall a number of classic juvenile character meeting their maker by getting buses (and the like) dropped on their heads.
If General Jumbo could get snuffed out then what hope for the commandos?
Very little...unless of course their sturdy shoes could protect them from tans-dimensional demonic entities.
Er...obviously I meant "Kit Carter".
Kit Carson being, of course, a legend of the American West (who may or may not have worn Clarks shoes).
If I admit that I had to correct some of the earlier posts where I'd called Kit Carter Kit Carson, you won't tell anyone, will you?
Personally, I think if Grant got hold of Kit we'd be in for some bizarre Situationist shenanigans -- after all, they spend all their time walking everywhere which lends itself automatically to some sort of dérive-inspired labyrinthine urban nightmare where psycho-geography meets tough shoes.
issue_0401_20_Sep_1969.jpg
Kit Carter's CC's first frame - "Kit Carson and his commandos suspect two men..."
"earlier posts where I'd called Kit Carter Kit Carson," I wouldn't worry about it.
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