Fri, 25 November 2011 Nelson reflects the scene
Last weekend I was in Leeds for the Thought Bubble Sequential Art Festival, a mecca for comic book artists and writers in the UK and Ireland – with a number of well-known Americans attending as well.
The event was extremely well-run with a friendly atmosphere. The range of talent on display was quite staggering, and after [...]
Thu, 28 July 2011 Y: The Last Man review
I should have mentioned this last week, but I was insanely busy and didn’t even have time to blog.
I recently reviewed the first deluxe edition of the post-apocalyptic comic book series Y: The Last Man, for the UK Feminist web site The F-Word.
It’s the inaugural graphic novel review for the web site, and I hope [...]
Tue, 26 July 2011 Mythomania
A YouTube web series that’s well written, acted and shot?
They are rare, but here’s a fine, new example called Mythomania, which is written and directed by comic book artist Derek Kirk Kim. The story revolves around a group of aspiring cartoonists living in L.A.
It’s essentially a modern boy-meets-girl story. Andy (Jeremy Arambulo) dreams of winning [...]
Sun, 10 July 2011 troll hunter
On Friday I went to the showing of the Norwegian monster movie TrollHunter (Trolljegeren, 2010), as part of the Galway Film Fleadh. It’s written by André Øvredal and Håvard S. Johansen, and directed by Øvredal.
This film follows a well-worn path of supposedly being the raw footage from a documentary that three college students were shooting [...]
Tue, 05 July 2011 sunset, then the lesbian aliens
I snapped this image late this evening down by the River Corrib in Galway city. The Film Fleadh kicked off tonight, so I passed a long line of people, some dressed up smartly, waiting to get into the Rowing Club. That’s the official after-movie venue for the Fleadh, and it has a lovely section at [...]
Wed, 05 January 2011 WoW, a review
Those of you who like video or online computer games probably noticed that the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the world, World of Warcraft (WoW), released an expansion to its system in early December, called Cataclysm.
Richmond and Vicky at the Hi-Ex! Blog asked me to review the game, and I was [...]
Mon, 15 November 2010 is this seat taken?
Today I’m guest reviewing for Peter Tennant on Black Static’s Case Notes Blog.
I discuss the new audio drama ‘Is This Seat Taken?’, written by award-winning horror writer Sarah Langan (Audrey’s Door, The Keeper), which is part of a new series of horror audio drama by Tales from Beyond the Pale.
I’d also like to highlight Peter’s [...]
Wed, 03 November 2010 a woman masterchef
It was a tense final last night on Masterchef: The Professionals, but the best woman won: Claire Lara.
I’d been watching Claire from the earliest rounds and believed she had the talent, focus and ability to win the show, as long as she gained enough confidence to believe in herself.
She is the first woman to [...]
Mon, 25 October 2010 MasterMonica
As much as the craze for reality TV shows sometimes annoys me there are a few I enjoy. Generally, they are ones where contestants have to prove their skills under pressure and exercise some level of creativity.
I am a sucker for the MasterChef series, started by the BBC, and now much-franchised.
Currently the BBC is running [...]
Thu, 01 April 2010 horrible happenings
I’m in London at the moment, but I’ll be heading to Heathrow for Eastercon later today.
Some time after 2pm this afternoon I’m back on “Arts Brew” on the Internet Radio Z103, and I’ll be discussing the forthcoming Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway, among other things.
World Horror Convention in Brighton last weekend [...]
