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FestivalsLove's Rebellious Joy – A Tribute to Paul Reekie
Irvine Welsh and the Subway Sect's Vic Godard pay tribute to the memory of Paul Reekie, while Gordon Legge shares a new piece of writing in honour of Scotland's most maverick man of letters Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
FeaturesComic Book Guy: Don't Buy Into the 'Death of Spider-Man'
Last week, Marvel raised their profile by having their 'big' story of the moment grace the pages of USA Today and the Guardian. The story was one of heroism ... Read more »| 29 Jun 2011 -
FeaturesComic Book Guy: Green Lantern-Emerald Knights
Neatly locked, loaded and released as ammunition in the live-action Green Lantern promotional build-up, Blu-ray animated feature Green Lantern: Emerald Knigh... Read more »| 17 Jun 2011 -
FeaturesComic Book Guy: Grant Morrison goes into Action [Comics]
This past weekend at the LA Times' Hero Complex Film Festival, DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and Co-Publisher Jim Lee addressed a live audienc... Read more »| 15 Jun 2011 -
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Comic Book Guy: DC No. 1s
On 31 May, DC made a historical announcement that would change the shape of not only the DC Universe, but of DC Publications as a whole. Via their blog they ... Read more »| 08 Jun 2011 -
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Starter for 11: Frank Quitely
All-Star Superman artist Frank Quitely tests his own comic book geek credentials in the never-ending quest for our prized haggis supper Read more »| 02 Jun 2011
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Sheridan Simove: The Value of Nothing
“Nothing will come of nothing” said King Lear, although Shakespeare shows that plenty did. Plenty came of nothing for author Sheridan Simove too when he wrote a book with nothing in it… Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
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Comic Book Guy: Glasgow goes Gotham
Glasgow, twinned with no fewer than eight cities including the splendour of Turin in Italy and the creolized vibe of Havana, Cuba, can now add one more to th... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Comic Book Guy: Super-TV
*Spoiler* This past Friday in the US of A, Smallville came to the climax of its ten season run with less of a crescendo and more of a whimper, as fans whoop... Read more »| 18 May 2011 -
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Comic Book Guy: Grant Morrison double
Glaswegian comic book writer Grant Morrison is a born storyteller and it’s thanks to his creative vision that the mould of stagnant formula within comi... Read more »| 11 May 2011 -
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Releasing the Valve
Valve is a new literary journal, and an intriguing experiment. The experiment part is that it’s been created by students of a Strathclyde University class aimed at forming a journal for new writing. Got that? Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
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Comic Book Guy: Free Comic Book Day
This Saturday 7 May is a very auspicious day in the comic book calendar: it is Free Comic Book Day, held the first Saturday of every may since 2002. This doe... Read more »| 03 May 2011 -
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Comic Book Guy: A Royal Kerching
Mugs, ashtrays, tea towels, lighters, cottage cream fudge, pens, pencils, scrapbooks, t-shirts, banners, books, DVDs, dress up dolls, cup cake toppers, lifes... Read more »| 28 Apr 2011 -
FeaturesComic Book Guy: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Feisty and fearless, feminist and ferocious, adventurer, investigator and collector of rare artefacts… This is not the gun-toting, hotpant adventures ... Read more »| 20 Apr 2011 -
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Comic Book Guy: The Weekend That Was Kapow! Comic Con 2011
This past weekend saw the inaugural Kapow! Comic Con bathed in weather normally reserved for its California counterpart. Shame then, it was indoors. But ther... Read more »| 13 Apr 2011