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------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/bGIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------------------- [5] Interview Paul Dale Roberts Silhouet98@cs.com Interview with: David Bircham, Creator of Brodie's Law Interviewed by Paul Dale Roberts, Publisher - Jazma Universe Online! http://www.jazmaonline.com/ Question: Tell us something personal about yourself. Maybe where you were born, something about your family background, schools you attended, etc. Ok I was born in Doncaster Yorkshire but moved to London very early on in life after spending some time in Jamaica with family. I have always loved heroic art, but didn't always love comic books until about 18. Question: What was the first comic book you ever read? My first comic book was Judgement on Gothem back in '92, drawn by Simon Bisley and written by Alan Grant. Man the artwork blew me away. Question: What were your favorite comic books growing up? Well I'm still working at the growing up part (joke). I'd have to say I loved Sin City, Wolverine, X-Men, and Incredible Hulk. Question: For readers unfamiliar with Brodie's Law, can you brief us about the storyline? Brodie is an expert theif and highered killer. He's the type of guy who sees nothing wrong with hiding his true feelings inorder to get a job done. However seemingly by coincidence he stumbles on a power to take the soul of another human being (male, female, boy or girl). Not only their soul but their outword likeness aswell. The power come to Jack initially by way of a formula could PM13. This power eventually reveals the hidden truths about other people - including himself - that Brodie has always tried to avoid. Knowing to much about somebody comprimises his tough image; how could he kill someone if he knows everything about them for example. Question: What inspired you to create Brodie's Law? I have always liked crime comics, and i am a big fan of pulp entertainment; trendy, stylish and cool but in many ways trashy fiction. Also being a Christian I wanted to create a story that had a deep spiritual meaning. We do live in a selfish world where people don't care about other people, but inwardly we all value the same things. Question: Who are some of the main characters in Brodie's Law? There Is Jack Brodie ofcourse, then Tomokai Yoshida who is a genetic scientist. Who helps Jack make the formula. Then there is Eugene Della Cruz who was originally the guy that sent Jack on a mission to steal the formula that eventually changes Jack's life. Various other characters help to add a very seedy undergound feeling to Jack Brodies world, a world that in London we all know exists but it will seem unusaul to an American audience. Question: Who is your artist on Brodie's Law? That would be me. I've been drawind comicbooks professionally since 1994 or there abouts. My first Job was VR Troopers, which as you probably know came about very soon after the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers hit the big time. I've gone on to work for 2000Ad (judge Dredd comic) for many years and eventually did my own. Question: Do you have a website and if you do, what is the URL address? www.brodieslaw.com Question: How can somebody contact you? There is an eamil on the website but i like to here from Brodie fans and get feed back so I am contactable on dbircham@pulptheatre.com Question: If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 things would you bring with you and why? I would bring my wife, hardly see each other with my deadlines so we could catch up on quality time. I would bring several boxes of Snikers bars and chocolate digestives (bit of a sweet tooth). And i would bring some drawing equipment although i would have to hide it from the wife! Question: Your thoughts on the comic industry? The comic industry should stand by for a revolution because I believe the best is yet to come. There are too many doubters and way too much pesimism. I think many people have forgotten how good comicbooks really are. Question: Your 3 favorite fictional heroes and why? Indiana Jones, Because Harrison Ford rocks. Undercover Brother (that movie had me all busted up!! So funny). And Wolverine because he is wild and wise at the same time. Question: Your 3 real life heroes and why? Malcom X, because he was such a positive individual and that really shone through, plus he saw the error of hating people because of their colour and made a change publically. Muhamed Ali because he was in a league of his own in his proffession. And last but not least Jesus Christ because he changed my life. Question: What cons are you going to? Wizard Con and Sandiego. Question: What movies, cartoons and TV shows are your favorites? My favourate movie of all time is the original Star Wars trilogy. That movie took me to another realm and i will always be greatful for that. Pulp Fiction (coolest flick ever) And the Indian Jones Trilogy. Question: What books do you read? I love Sci-fi and fantasy books but also Motivational books Like Anthony Robbins. Question: What are your hobbies and recreational activities? My hobbies and recreational activities are spilt between spending time with my wife, Church and Drawing up the freshest artwork around. Question: What comic books do you read now? Right now I read Streetfighter and Incredible Hulk and whatever else takes my fancy. Question: If Brodie's Law became a Hollywood movie, who would play the character parts and why? These are the actors we see for the different roles: Jack Brodie: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0005458/ Jason Statham (The Transporter), Thomas Jane (Punisher). Good in action movies. They both have the physic of the Jack and they can certainly pull it off. Tomokai Yoshida: Lucy Liu or Zhang Ziyi. Pretty, sexy and very intelligent actress. Eugene Della Cruz: David Carradine or Terence Stamp. They both look exactly like Eugene and exudes that sense of authority and power. Harry Wade: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0504412 Adrian Lester (Primary Colors, Hustle) or Forest Whitaker. Two fine black actors of our generation. Very intelligent and would pull off any detective role. Sticks: Lennie James(Snatch), Vas Blackwood(Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Danny John- Jules(Cat from Red Dwarf, Blade II) Tony T.: Vinnie Jones. Vinnie was born to play this role. Need I say more. Question: That ends the interview, any last words of wisdom? Yes look out for Brodies Law because it's a good read, and it's not trying to be anything other than what it is. And for all of you doubters that think the comic industry is dead, you need to look again because things are starting to boil up!! _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [6] 2004 Eagle Awards Mike Conroy eagleawards@btconnect.com 2004 EAGLE AWARDS WINNERS (for material published in 2003) WITH over 13,000 voting forms received via post, email and website counting centres, the 2004 Eagle Awards were the most successful in its 28 year history. Despite these record-breaking levels, voting in many categories was very tight with nominees running neck and neck. In some instances, the race for the top spot paralleled the US presidential elections with the winners only being decided with the last few votes cast. A complete list of winners follows: FAVOURITE COLOUR COMICBOOK Fantastic Four [Marvel Comics] FAVOURITE BLACK & WHITE COMICBOOK Bone [Cartoon Books] FAVOURITE NEW COMICBOOK Conan [Dark Horse] FAVOURITE COMICS WRITER J. Michael Straczynski FAVOURITE COMICS WRITER/ARTIST Mike Mignola FAVOURITE COMICS ARTIST: PENCILS Jim Lee FAVOURITE COMICS ARTIST: INKS Scott Williams FAVOURITE COMICS ARTIST: PAINTED ART Alex Ross FAVOURITE COLOURIST Laura Martin FAVOURITE COMICS EDITOR Axel Alonso [Marvel Comics] FAVOURITE MANGA COMIC Blade of the Immortal [Dark Horse] FAVOURITE EUROPEAN COMIC Tex [Sergio Bonelli Editore, Italy] FAVOURITE COMICS CHARACTER Batman [DC Comics] FAVOURITE COMICS STORY Daredevil #46-50: Hardcore [Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev] CHARACTER MOST WORTHY OF OWN TITLE Doctor Strange [Marvel Comics] FAVOURITE SUPPORTING CHARACTER Mary Jane Watson [Spider-Man - Marvel Comics] FAVOURITE COMICS COVER JLA: Liberty and Justice [Alex Ross] FAVOURITE COMICS VILLAIN Doctor Doom [Fantastic Four - Marvel Comics] FAVOURITE GRAPHIC NOVEL Sgt Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place [Brian Azzarello/Joe Kubert] FAVOURITE REPRINT COMPILATION The Chronicles of Conan [Dark Horse] FAVOURITE NEWSPAPER STRIP Mutts [Patrick McDonnell] FAVOURITE MAGAZINE ABOUT COMICS The Comics Journal [Fantagraphics Books] FAVOURITE COMICS-RELATED BOOK Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross [Chip Kidd with Geoff Spear] FAVOURITE COMICS-BASED MOVIE OR TV X2 [Bryan Singer, director] FAVOURITE COMICS-RELATED MERCHANDISE Kingdom Come action figures [DC Select; second series] FAVOURITE BRITISH COMIC Warhammer Monthly [Black Library] FAVOURITE COMIC STRIP TO APPEAR IN A UK COMIC OR MAGAZINE Judge Dredd [2000 AD/Judge Dredd Megazine - Rebellion] FAVOURITE BRITISH SMALL PRESS TITLE Thrud the Barbarian [Carl Critchlow] FAVOURITE COMICS-RELATED WEBSITE Comicon.com FAVOURITE COMICS E-ZINE Newsarama FAVOURITE WEB-BASED COMIC PvP [Scott Kurtz] ROLL OF HONOUR Neil Gaiman The Eagle Awards 2004 were sponsored by Ace Comics www.acecomics.co.uk - 63-64 High Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1DN, England; telephone 01206 561912 Victoria Plaza, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 5SR, England; telephone 01702 613021 10 Bridge Street, Derry, Northern Ireland BT48 6JZ; telephone 02871 369787 For further information/interviews, please contact Mike Conroy at: eagleawards@btconnect.com Nominating forms for next year's Eagle Awards will be ready for publication early January. Magazines wishing to run the forms and websites wanting to host links are invited to contact Mike Conroy at: eagleawards@btconnect.com High resolution versions of the Eagle Awards logo are available as are photos of the impressive Eagle Awards statues, which are finished in antique bronze and have a 13" wingspan. Send requests stating format, resolution and size required to: eagleawards@btconnect.com Introduced in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry's longest established awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been featured on the covers of leading US and UK titles across the last 28 years ranging from Uncanny X-Men and Swamp Thing to MAD and 2000AD. Unique in the comics industry in that they reflect both the professional and the reader's choice, the Eagle Awards comprise of two distinct stages: (i) A Nominations Form allows the entire comics community to choose their favourites. (ii) The top three nominations then appear on the voting form for the readers and fans to choose from, thus focusing the fans with no wasted votes. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [7] Thoughts From the Land of Frost Alex Ness Alexander@popthought.com [Alex has taught college level history and is a full time father. His interests include cats, comics and militaria. His writings have been featured on SlushFactory.com, UGO.com, and are currently on the Popthought.com web site. ] A new talent, A new title from IMAGE COMICS By Alex Ness Welcome to a special edition of Thoughts from the Land of Frost. I am occasionally (read that as often) requested to interview brand new creative talents but usually, (read that as often) have not been given the necessary tools to do the work. In this case, I am honored to have been requested to do this by the writer artist and he allowed me to read his work, in preview format, it is a beautiful work. AN: Paul Harmon, welcome to my column. Could you in a nutshell explain the premise of your story MORA? And why do your story through IMAGE? PH: At the core of the story it is about the monsters any of us are capable of becoming. The vehicle for that story is Mora's life and the strange world of the witch. Eventually the characters in the story will be faced with doing something severely wrong to try and make things right for themselves. I wanted to explore what I think any of us are capable of doing. As far as going with Image, I really don't think anywhere else would give me the creative freedom I have here, it's awesome. AN: Nightmares and Fairy Tales SLG by Serena Valentino and Foo Swee Chin, and Fables DC by Bill Willingham and Lan Medina (and others) each dealt with adaptations of sorts of fairy tales. How is your story different and were those stories of great interest by you? PH: I am aware of Fables because I really like the beautiful covers. I am not certain but I believe those stories take actual fairy tales to work with. For me I was drawing on the Folk Lore and Fairy Tale as whole. I wanted my story to have that absurdity and symbolism that makes those stories so special to me. I was reading a lot of Shirley Jackson, and Roald Dahl when I was working on my story so those influences are there as well. I also read a great children's book called "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" by Salman Rushdie. I really wanted to tap into the eerie quality of some of their works. AN: When will your comic be available for pre order and when is it coming out? PH: MORA will be in the December Previews and the first issue will ship in February. AN: This is your first comic so welcome to the comics industry Paul. Could you please tell us how you are trained and how you came to the comics world? PH: Thank You. I have been drawing ever since I can remember, and reading comics for nearly as long. I remember at a very young age thinking that maybe comics was something I could do with my art. Fast forwarding many years I went to school at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, majoring in Illustration. While there were some exceptional courses and a few exceptional instructors they were the minority there. After awhile it seemed there were just too many unprofessional courses that the school wouldn't take responsibility for so I left. Even the classes I really loved improved me as an artist in general but had no real bearing on what I truly wanted to do. So I moved to Los Angeles doing some freelance work and really worked a lot on drawing comics. During that time I found about Images proposals and after one horrible and deservedly failed submission came back to them a little over a year later with a much stronger project. I emailed some sample to Erik Larsen and was able to meet him in San Diego and things took off from there, so here I am. AN: What is the story with the name of your studio Dog Meat Sausage Works? PH: Ha-hah. Surprisingly very few people ask me about that name, but I'm glad you did. I used that name signing up for my first e- mail account when every other name was taken. "Dogmeatsausage" was taken from a 70's Shaw Brothers film called "The Chinatown Kid" where the main character has moved from Hong Kong to Chinatown San Francisco and mistakenly calls a hot dog a "dogmeatsausage." I have used it ever since, it's quite memorable. I think it gives, my work and my studio a persona and life of it's own. So my studio is the Dogmeatsausage Works. AN: Do you have any projects on the horizon beyond this one? If yes tell us a bit about them if you would? PH: I have a lot of others stories that I am looking forward to telling. I am a huge Ultraman fan and I have a sci-fi story that will be inspired by my love for that show. I am obsessed with extra terrestrials so I want to do a story that would deal with some very frightening alleged interactions between us and "them." And I'm also talking with a buddy of mine who is also on Image about doing a collaboration IF our books do well. We have totally different styles so it would be awesome. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to tell you about my book Alex. AN: Thanks Paul. There you have it, the book appears in December Previews readers. FINAL THOUGHTS: By the way all review materials sent to the address below will be considered for possible review. ONLINE ARCHIVES: http://www.popthought.com/archives.asp?CMID=3 http://www.robingoodfellow.com/tftlof.html http://www.slushfactory.com/columns/an/ http://stlcomics.com/columns/tftlof http://www.digitalwebbing.com/cbem Alexander Ness The Land Of Frost Box 142 Rockford MN 55373-0142 _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [8] Suspended Animation Michael Vance MiklVance2@worldnet.att.net [Michael Vance became a professional freelance writer in 1977. He has been published in dozens of magazines and as a syndicated columnist and cartoonist in over 500 newspapers. His history book, Forbidden Adventure:The History of the American Comics Group, has been called a "benchmark in comics history." He briefly ghosted an internationally syndicated comic strip, and his own strip for five years called Holiday Out that was reprinted as a comic book. Vance also wrote comic book titles including Straw Men, Angel of Death, The Adventures of Captain Nemo, Holiday Out and Bloodtide. His work has appeared in several comic book anthologies, and he is listed in the Who's Who of American Comic Books and Comic Book Superstars. Vance's weekly comics review column, Suspended Animation, has been continuously published for more than fifteen years, currently reaching more than 750,000 readers in fanzines, newspapers, and in over eighty websites. In addition, he worked in newspapers for twenty-two years as an editor, writer and advertising manager, creating three successful newspaper magazines. Michael Vance is currently communications director of a nonprofit agency, the Tulsa Boys' Home, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a Christian.] Ant #s 1-3/$2.95 & 32 pgs. each from Arcana/art and story by Mario Gully/sold in comics shops and at www.arcanastudio.com. Good things come in small pack-ages, especially when they are a small naked woman painted red. That naked woman with antennae is Ant, the imaginary super heroine of an eight-year-old girl with big problems. She writes about Ant and her adventures in her journal because she can neither solve nor escape her big problems. Certainly a prepubescent girl who images herself as an almost naked woman in pornographic poses as she battles crime has at least one major problem, right? A prepubescent boy dreaming about naked women painted red is much more believable. Indeed, such a boy buying Ant is a sure bet. In addition to female flesh encased in the exoskeleton of an ant, that young boy and his not-so-young brothers will also get excellent art by a new talent who is destined to become a major artist. His work is dynamic, his visual storytelling is enthralling, and he lacks only life experience. That will come with time. In addition to female flesh, readers will also get a serviceable plot, believable dialog, nice characterization, and a story with lots of grammar and spelling problems. Spelling can be fixed with a dictionary, but grammar requires a bit more education. Both are more important than some folk imagine; anything that draws attention to itself and away from the story destroys suspension of disbelief, a critical element of all fiction. The writing in Ant needs a bit more work or a different writer. By the way, the writer and artist are the same guy. Someone equally talented at both is a rare someone indeed, so there is no shame in his weakness. The shame would be a young artist ignoring the advice. Ant is recommended for readers who enjoy superhero adventure and aren't offended by lots of near nudity. MV For information on Michael Vance's short stories, comic books, and available work, send a query to MiklVance@Yahoo.com. _________________________________________________________________ Thanks for subscribing to the Comic Book Network Electronic Magazine (CBEM) --------------------------->Disclaimer<--------------------------- This is an ANNOUNCE only mailing list, only the Editor can send messages to the list. No one else has access to the subscriber list. Replies to these messages will be received by the Editor ONLY, so you must CC: individual contributors if you want them to get your E-Mail. The E-mail to the E-mag MAY be used in future issues at the Editor's discretion UNLESS you specifically request that they not be. It is our policy to withhold names and/or Addresses, by request only, from letters of comment. All contributors are required to use their real name and have a valid Email address for their columns to be published. 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