Month: February 2014
Cinebook Ltd Newsletter 74 – February 2014
It is time at last for Thorgal to return to his family. However, Aaricia is not staying idle after her rescue by Jolan, and tries to put together a fleet to attack Shaigan’s stronghold – unaware that her husband is no longer the dreaded pirate lord… Read more
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Urgent message for the Dalton brothers: the president has approved a special measure to combat overpopulation in the country’s prisons. They’re going to be… hanged! Their last hope lies in a little known law that would see them walk free if they were to marry… Read more
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After her mother’s marriage to the mysterious Lord Blackmore, Siobhan, last descendant of the Kings of Sudenne, is now supposed to be safe from the hostility of the sorcerer who rules the country. Too many mysteries remain… Read more
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Cinebook will exhibit at the London Book Fair, Stand i820, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London, UK |
Cartoonist Club – Simon Chadwick
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Comic Bits Online – Terry Hooper
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Dave Ex Machina – Dave Lartigue
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Forbidden Planet – Richard Bruton
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MyETVmedia – Christophe Chanel
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Women Write About Comics – Claire Napier
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Newsletter 27 febbraio 2014
L’esposizione, su iniziativa della Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna e a cura della casa editrice Coconino Press-Fandango, in collaborazione con Bologna Fiere e la Fiera del libro per ragazzi, si terrà nella sede della Fondazione del Monte (via delle Donzelle 2) con circa 180 opere e tavole originali a fumetti di tutti gli autori, numerosi inediti tra disegni, dipinti e bozzetti, foto e documenti audio e video.
L’inaugurazione sarà sabato 1 marzo alle ore 18 con la presenza di diversi autori.
In occasione della mostra uscirà il libro-documentario “Valvoline Story”, ricchissimo di inediti, interviste e testimonianze, curiosità, disegni.
Rete dei Festival del Contemporaneo di Bologna
Bristol Expo News
So far on list:
James O’Barr
Renee Whitterstater
Arthur Suydam
Michael Golden
Lee Townsend
Ben Willsher
Jon Davis-Hunt
Alec Worley
Patrick Goddard
expect a few more of the Bristol regulars will be long and we’re looking to bring along either Mr Mills or Wagner to headline the UK side of things..
James O’Barr is introducing a special 20th anniversary HD screening of the Crow on the Sat. night for us with Q&A and signing afterwards at the showcase cine de-lux and tickets will be very limited for that one so a good thing to push 😉
Should have a full event programme up next week, loads going on this year and probably opening up a second venue due to demand (just waiting for confirmation on that one..)
That’s about it for now, will make sure you get the latest as soon as we have it.
All the best,
Mal.
Bhob Stewart Nov. 12th 1937,Feb.24th 2014
Ghostbusters star Harold Ramis dies aged 69
From BBC News
The star found fame as bespectacled ghost-hunter Egon Spengler in the Ghostbusters franchise in 1984.
But he was also a talented writer and director, whose credits included Caddyshack and Animal House.
Much-admired in Hollywood, Ramis’s death prompted an outpouring of tributes on Twitter.
Billy Crystal, who starred in the director’s mobster comedies Analyze This and Analyze That wrote: “Sad to hear my friend Harold Ramis passed away.
“A brilliant, funny, actor and director. A wonderful husband and dad. Big loss to us all.”
Iron Man director Jon Favreau added: “No, no, not Harold Ramis. Worked for him years ago. He was the real deal. Growing up, his work changed my life. He will be missed.”
“Harold Ramis was a brilliant, shining example for every comedy writer hoping to achieve excellence the field,” wrote Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane.
US chat show host Seth Meyers called him “one of the all time greats”, while Scrubs actor Zach Braff said: “If you’re my age and got into comedy, Harold Ramis was one of the reasons. Life is fast and over too soon.”
Born in Chicago to convenience store owners Ruth and Nathan, Ramis studied at Washington University in Missouri and, on graduation, briefly worked in a psychiatric ward.
He started his career as a writer by penning arts stories for his local newspaper and editing Playboy magazine’s “party jokes” section.
“At the time – it was the late 1960s – the Playboy editors wanted to modernize the jokes a bit, to make them more counterculture. A big part of my job was changing ‘the farmer’ into ‘a swinging advertising executive.'”
After leaving the magazine, he joined Chicago’s renowned Second City improvised comedy troupe but said he realised his limitations as a performer after encountering John Belushi.
“When I saw how far he was willing to go to get a laugh or to make a point on stage, the language he would use, how physical he was, throwing himself literally off the stage, taking big falls, strangling other actors, I thought: ‘I’m never going to be this big.'”
Instead, he played the straight man – acting as a sardonic foil to Bill Murray in the 18-rated army comedy Stripes, and playing the most straitlaced and scientifically-inclined of the Ghostbusters trio.
The film, a global smash in 1984, spawned a sequel in 1989 as well as a long-running cartoon series. A third instalment had been in development for several years.
Ramis acknowledged that the spectral comedy was his most memorable work but took pride in its longevity.
“We got mail from teachers who said they loved that kids were playing Ghostbusters at recess because it was a non-violent game that didn’t divide the kids into good guys and bad guys and the games were very co-operative. It’s really had some power.”
The film remains one of the most successful comedy movies of all time, with takings of more than $500m (£300m) adjusted for inflation.
After the sequel, Ramis developed his career behind the camera, directing former Ghostbuster Bill Murray in Groundhog Day and Robert De Niro in Analyze This.
His other films included The Ice Harvest, Bedazzled and prehistoric comedy Year One, his final movie, in 2009.
He said that his time on a psychiatric ward had prepared him for directing Hollywood’s elite.
“People laugh when I say that, but it was actually very good training,” he told journalist Mike Sacks. “Not just with actors; it was good training for just living in the world.
“It’s knowing how to deal with people who might be reacting in a way that’s connected to anxiety or grief or fear or rage. As a director, you’re dealing with that constantly with actors. But if I were a businessman, I’d probably be applying those same principles to that line of work.”
Film producer Brian Grazer once called him “the father of the modern Hollywood comedy”, saying his Animal House script was “thoroughly ripped off by the Porky’s series” while “Caddyshack was ripped off by Happy Gilmore; Ghostbusters by Men in Black; and Groundhog Day by the Adam Sandler comedy 50 First Dates.”
Ramis also inspired a new generation of film-makers, including Judd Apatow, who cast the director in his 2007 comedy Knocked Up.
More recently, he had directed episodes of NBC television’s The Office.” No matter what I have to say”, he once declared, “I’m still trying to say it in comedic form.”
He died of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels, his agent told the BBC.
The star had been quiet about his illness, which dated back to 2010, but several friends had visited him recently, including Bill Murray, from whom he’d been estranged for years, the Chicago Tribune said.
He is survived by his wife, Erica, sons Julian and Daniel, daughter Violet and two grandchildren.
Actor Malcolm Tierney dies aged 75
Tierney, who performed a range of character roles on TV and film from the 1960s, played Tommy McArdle in soap opera Brookside from 1983-87.
He was also noted for his theatre work with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s.
In 2012, Tierney appeared as Sorin in Chekhov’s The Seagull at London’s Southwark Playhouse.
Writing on Twitter, the theatre praised him as “a magnificent actor” who was “so brilliant” in the production.
Tierney took a significant role in BBC show Lovejoy, playing the rogueish antique dealer’s rival in three series of the light-hearted programme.
The Manchester-born actor also appeared in Doctor Who strand The Trial of a Time Lord in 1986, and had a role in the original Star Wars movie in 1977.
Cinema audiences will also recognise him from the Mel Gibson movie Braveheart, in which he played the villainous magistrate who executes William Wallace’s wife before meeting a similar end at the hands of the Scottish rebel.
Other notable roles on the small screen included in A Bit of a Do, a serial based on books by Reggie Perrin creator David Nobbs, and the 1990 series of political thriller House of Cards.
Actors who worked with Tierney during his extensive career also paid tribute to him via social media.
Tempus fugit
World Premiere of First Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – Official Trailer Sneak Peek (2014) [HD]
Green Skies: Kathatakathalaka Is Coming….
“Kathatakathalaka’s coming shall be heralded by war.
The Earth will face storms of Ice, Fire, Rain and Flood.
The Atomic God shall be angered.
The Comet shall circle the Sun and many more will thunder through space.
A boulder shall be cast down from the Heavens to terrify all.”
http://article.wn.com/view/2013/12/08/Ice_Storm_Temperatures_Drop_To_29C_In_US_4/
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2014/01/01/uk-weather-more-storms-and-floods-for-the-start-of-2014/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/coms13.htm
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/coms13.htm
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/status.php
It’s happening. The Green Skies are next.