Heavy.com has illustrated the uncanny similarities between 2000AD strip Firekind (1993) and Jim Cameron’s Avatar (apparently in development since 1995). I have to admit that when I first saw the trailer for Avatar I did notice the similarities, but dismissed them on the basis that a few superficial resemblances could easily be down to coincidence… Continue reading Avatar: did Jim Cameron rip off 2000AD’s Firekind?
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A Beginner’s Guide To Comics: A Response
I had originally written this as a comment to Andrew Hickey’s Beginner’s Guide to Comics, but I thought I would add it here instead. First go away and read his article and then come back to this: Andrew’s is a good list which I would broadly agree with. Jaka’s Story was one of those strips… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide To Comics: A Response
Justice is in Our DNA
A new Judge Dredd film has been given the go-ahead. The potentially good news is that it is to be produced by DNA Films, the UK outfit behind 28 Weeks Later and Sunshine. io9.com have seen fit to justfy an entirely unsubstantiated rumour that Danny Boyle will direct. Harry Knowles wants Judge Death in it.… Continue reading Justice is in Our DNA