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A Comic Monthly is a free monthly comic book OPTIMIZED for computers and handheld devices (in other words, they are digital files). You can download the files here, if you didn't already notice, there are a few buttons up there somewhere that you can click on.

We are very proud to present a majestically wide range of artists from all over the globe pushing all different types of styles. The one thing that they have in common is that they are great, which is pretty cool. You can read more about them in each issue.

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It took a diversion into looking at the GN editing:
http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,32346.0.html

But now the Bluffer's Guide is now in full swing, starting with Nemesis:

http://toobusythinkingboutcomics.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-2000-ad-part-2-bluffer-offers.html

And some side thoughts on superheroes and the amount of craft on display in the work:

http://toobusythinkingboutcomics.blogspot.com/2011/04/superman-batman-nemesis-warlock-keeping.html
http://toobusythinkingboutcomics.blogspot.com/2011/04/silver-ships-discipline-control-in-pat.html

Here is a list of tones that go from 8Hz all the way up to 22,000Hz. It's fairly common for people who are over 25 years of age to not be able to hear above 15kHz, so this will help you find out where your high frequency hearing cuts off.

www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/

Lovely piccie by Boo Cook for an upcoming creator-owned series Blunt written by Tom (T.C.) Eglington, to be published... somewhere:

http://boocook.blogspot.com/2011/03/sandy-sci-fi.html

Earlier goodies:

http://boocook.blogspot.com/search?q=eglington

A great look back at an early issue:

Despite my glee at witnessing Volgans getting riddled with buckshot, the next story in the issue was the one that really blew me away. 'Flesh' was a time-travelling romp with a difference, the sort of thing that Philip José Farmer might have dreamed up (I had absolutely no idea who Philip José Farmer was back then, but years later I read a novel of his also called Flesh, though it has nothing to do with time-travel). The main conceit of 'Flesh' was that there simply wasn't enough food to feed the billions of a future Earth; the best solution was to go back in time and hunt dinosaurs for meat, without any thought of the paradoxical consequences that might result. The world of 'Flesh' is thus a mixture of prehistoric brutality and futuristic gadgetry with a Wild West slant. I don't remember the name of the main hero. I just remember that the villain (who wasn't always a villain) was called Claw Carver and that his hand had been bitten off by a velociraptor; he killed the beast and took one of its claws for a substitute hand. Later he fought a duel with another velociraptor, claw to claw. But his primary achievement in issue #4, as far as I was concerned, was that he said the word "bums" while playing poker in a saloon.

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Obviously, the word "bum" has different meanings on both sides of the Atlantic. In the USA it means a tramp, a loafer, someone who doesn't work, a scruffy individual. But in good old Britain, a bum is the human posterior, the buttocks and butthole combined. When Claw Carver said the word "bum" in issue #4, I didn't care about the context. I just rejoiced that he had said it. I underlined the word with a felt tip pen. What joy! Bums! It was a major revelation for me. It seemed that there was someone out there who truly cared about the young people, someone willing to smuggle the word "bums" into our own houses under the noses of our parents. Rarely have I ever felt such warm conspiratorial fellowship since that cherished moment.

www.bscreview.com/2011/03/tyrannosaurs-and-bums-a-brief-appreciation-of-2000-ad-issue-4/

Just a note to say this has been postponed at the last minute (well last day), so don't head over there tomorrow:

http://theprimaryclone.blogspot.com/2011/03/important-forbidden-planet-signing.html
http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2011/03/26/exclusive-pre-publication-event-dan-abnett-signing/

When the rescheduled date is posted I'm sure someone will update this.

Missed this first time around (there wasn't a huge amount of publicity and Zenescope don't often appear on the comics news radar, despite a certain Eagle-nominated letterer working for them Just not on this) but it is now being collected:

http://grimreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/chronicles-of-dr-herbert-west-graphic.html

I already have the films and Army of Darkness vs Reanimator, so I am sold

Should interest a few folks although the project needs to be finished, which might be tricky but still... if you have an idea it might be worth speaking to them. No idea who they are mind, so it might be an idea to ask around.:

ZETA COMICS IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS:
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS & Illustrated Children's Books

Zeta Comics is all about publishing all-ages, creator-owned projects in the growing market of digital and printed comics and children's books. We have an insatiable craving for science fiction and fantasy stories that are irreverent, unconventional or just plain propellant laced genre busters for all ages.

Our preference is to work with assembled creative teams that have finished the illustrations for a children's book of at least 24 pages or completed an issue in a comics series of at least 3 issues. We are primarily interested in full-color projects, but proposals for black-and-white projects could also be given the nod. Since we have a strong digital publishing channel, we'll look at a wide variety of formats and get creative about publishing it if your story inspires us.

What's so special about being Published by Zeta Comics?


Well, we focus on a broader distribution network, meaning we'll convert your book into whatever format is required for IVERSE, GRAPHIC.LY, ePub ereaders, Kindle or iPad, iPhone and Android mobile devices. We also offer Print on Demand through Amazon (US, CDN and UK) and BarnesandNobles.com and about 94 other online book retailers. Which means once an order is placed through an online store, we print the copies to fill that order and have them shipped directly to the retailer. Being so strong in digital distribution means we can get your book in front of a market of 50 Million plus book buyers a month. Ya, that's big. Real big.



To learn more about our submission guidelines follow the link:

http://02f15ac.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=892

www.zetacomics.com

http://downthetubes.ning.com/forum/topics/kids-comics-looking-for

In Fortean Times 272 pages 28-29 they discuss the "The Black Ball of Trundle Hill" that appeared in Action Annual 1983 (which like the later Action Special is a bit of an oddity considering Action shut its doors in 1977 - there seems to have run from a least 77 to 83).

There he says:

I contacted Martin Baker, author of the book Action: The Story of a Violent Comic (1990, Titan Books), but his research did not extend past the initial run of the comic. I also contacted a couple of enthusiasts who had created web-sites about Action, but they too were only interested in the original run of the weekly comic. Various writers and editors work on Action: Pat Mills, John Sanders, Steve MacManus and others worked on the title, but it is unclear if they were involved with the later annuals or not. I have been unable to find contact details for any of them.

Now I'm sceptical Pat worked on those later annuals but as editor of 2000AD he might know who did and we can get a message through to him. Steve MacManus would have been helping Tharg at this point but he'd presumably know what was going on at related titles and I suspect David Bishop can get a message through to him.

Does anyone have nay better ideas of who to contact?

If they followed the 2000AD annuals model the factual text pieces are just that, although they might have just been cobbled together from other sources. Coincidentally that issue and the one before looked at World of Wonder and I was struck by the fact that the illustration of Douglas Home levitating from there was reused in the article on him in the 1979 2000AD Annual (compare page 57 with FT271 page 46, the only real difference is the image has been flipped - it gives the credit to Leslie Caswell).

Just stumbled across this:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitley5d4ry61

God knows where this should go but... Small Press Big Mouth (with our very own Stacey Whittle), Geek Syndicate, Down The Tubes, Neil Gaiman, Warren Ellis and Paul Cornell are up for an award:

http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/03/16/the-sfx-blog-awards/1/

It is all quick and easy, you can even skip categories you don't have an opinion on.

This idea has come up before but I thought it was over due another shot at it.

I rather enjoyed the readers surveys that came with the prog every year, and the idea I could win a prize You also got to find out who the favourite character and stories were and other useful information I'm sure (the kind of thing advertisers might be interest in, if we are looking at the bottom line).

The Eagle awards have used an online service for their nominations and voting, so there wouldn't need to be the hassle of making one from scratch and integrating it with the site - all you'd need are the questions you want answering and you are away.

This is part 1 of the interview by Matthew Badham for which he asked for questions from folks here and on the FP blog:

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/pat-mills-unwrapped-part-1-the-godfather-of-brit-comics-talks-with-matt-badham/

This topic has been moved to Classifieds.

http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php?topic=32029.0

The site is here with a quick preview:

http://deadbeats.hppodcraft.com

Also on his blog:

http://strangeplanetstories.blogspot.com/2011/02/deadbeats.html

Gay dwarves, clowns, zombies, Hitler and Michael Jackson - I have my money right here for that DVD.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/02/18/return-of-the-moonwalker-trailer-with-zombies-jacko-clowns-midgets-hitler/

Well the last one went down well, now he is tackling another favourite in time for Xmas:

http://strangeplanetstories.blogspot.com/2011/02/case-of-charles-dexter-ward.html

This topic has been moved to Help!.

http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php?topic=31915.0

This topic has been moved to General.

http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php?topic=31823.0

Start drawing up your list:

Voting for the 2010 nominations will open on Friday 4th February to register your favourites.

http://www.eagleawards.co.uk

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