They know me so well! Murky Depths has picked up the SFX “Fanzine of the Month” gong for a 3rd time.
It wasn’t until I met up with Terry from Murky Depths this weekend that I found out that “The Escape Artist” was given a special mention.
Would you buy a used comic from these people?
Yep, BICS rocked. It rocked in a very special way.
To steal a trick from Nick Horby here, in no particular order other than the order that my brain spewed them forth, are my favourite moments:
And the truth is, this list could go on and on. I sang at least three others songs for starters and I still haven’t listed the fun times with the Mighty McAuliffes, the numerous (by which I mean 2) Staceys, Monts tales of Merlin, Belgian Dave, Ryan and Orko (virtually cannon fodder to my J-Bombs, bless their young hearts), wonderfully erudite exchanges with Scott Grandison, comedy ranting like a lunatic at Jimmy Bott, … and even as I try to draw this paragraph to a close I am sure I am missing someone or something vital. Probably more than one.
To put it as simply as I can 48+ hours of unadulterated comics is good, 48 hours of comics with this company is simple unbeatable. Except perhaps by 72 hours.
The cast list for our motion comic adaptation of “The Dark” has finally been agreed.
THE DARK/DANIEL ABBOT
Scott C. Wentworth
HOWARD HUGHES
Richard Elliot
BYRON
Terry Cooper
MILTON
Ben McPherson
BLAKE
Arric Daroe
KATE ABBOT
Gwendolyn Jensen Woodward
THE FREAK
Simon Wyatt
Terry and I listened to quite a range of different interpretations of the characters and the decision process was far tougher than I had anticipated. I certainly had not expected there to be so many talented people willing to give their time up for the project and I am immensely grateful to everyone who auditioned for us. Equally, it is a was a new experience for me to hear people reading my words aloud and has certainly given me a few ideas …
The first official press release for my new comic book mini-series “The Dark”, with AAM/Markosia, was despatched today.
The first issue should be available digitally from August, with the remaining four issues out by the end of the year, with a graphic novel version in the works shortly after that.
There is a preview version online that you rate and comment upon:
Monkeys with Machineguns are supporting the Born Free Adopt A Monkey campaign and have just, through a concerted cereal eating campaign, adopted Lucky.
Lucky was found in a town close to Lake Malawi. Passers-by saw him tied to a tree in a market in the centre of a rubbish pit and called the sanctuary. Even though he was well fed, he had not been looked after properly. The rope and chain that tied him to the tree was too tight and dug into his skin. The team took him straight to the sanctuary, freed him from his rope and chains and within weeks, his injuries healed.
After four weeks in quarantine, Lucky joined Buddy’s troop.
Soon, he’ll be joining a new family which will be released into the wild in November 2009.
This is a fantastic and very worthwhile campaign – all you have to do is keep eating cereal and posting the codes online to continue to adopt monkeys.
Once you have registered your codes, you can download a large picture of your chosen monkey and a PDF of an adoption certificate.
