Bear Alley: World of Wonder part 56

ROLLING NEWS

20 May. Interview: Michael Carroll.
17 May. Karl Urban says a Dredd sequel is "entirely possible" thanks to sales on blu-ray and DVD.
... in fact fans have set up a petition at change.org begging for a sequel. Go sign it!
14 May. Interview: Gary Erskine.
13 May. James Bacon talks to Rian Hughes about Image Duplicator, which opens at Orbital Comics on Neal Street, Leicester Square, on 16 May.
13 May. Superb Lew Stringer Roy Lichenstein parody from Viz.
10 May. Interview: Al Ewing.
10 May, Neil Gaiman talks Who and Cybermen.
8 May. Neil Gaiman has denied rumours that he could take over from Steven Moffat as showrunner for Doctor Who.
8 May. John Freeman is temporarily closing down his .net main site. The downthetubes blogspot blog will continue as normal.
4 May. Garen Ewing's Julius Chancer will soon be returning to The Phoenix in "The Secret of the Samurai".
3 May. Is Zenith going to return?
3 May. Interview: The Etherington Brothers.
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).
17 April. Interview: Alan Moore.
16 April. Marvel mention Marvelman. Again. Like they do every now and then.
16 April. Interview: Arthur Wyatt,
15 April. Neil Gaiman tells publishing industry to try everything.
13 April. Neil Gaiman turns doodle into scavenger hunt.
11 April. Two interviews with Gary Spencer Millidge, one at Sequential Highway and another at Imagination is Spicy.
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.

Monday, August 06, 2012

World of Wonder part 56

For newcomers: World of Wonder was a British educational magazine, always considered the lesser companion to Look and Learn. A broken run of the paper came into my hands a few years ago and I was surprised at how good some of the illustrations were. So this series is a quick spin through the issues that I have – I'm simply scanning images that made me look twice, which means these galleries are a little random. But fun . . . you can take a look at some of the galleries of the past by following this link.

Two by L. Ashwell Wood from World of Wonder 87 (20 November 1971) and 92 (25 December 1971), plus a pair of pics by Wilf Hardy.