Class Is In: 2000AD-101
There is something daunting about a series that has a long history that makes it hard for a newcomer to jump in and enjoy all the series has to offer. This is especially true in the speculative fiction areas such as fantasy, science fiction and horror, where long ongoing tales that span generations are the [...]
Andersonic Issue 15 Released
If you are a fan of the Thunderbirds or Gerry Anderson in general, then you should really checkout the A5 Andersonic fanzine which has just published it’s 15th issue. Each issue usually has something interesting to offer and issue 15 is no exception: “Tony Harding interview – a new interview with Century 21′s Effects Assistant [...]
CSO Fanzine: Doomwatch, Blake’s 7, Lost in Space & More!
A new fanzine, CSO, launches this month, covering the cult classics, including Star Trek, Doctor Who, Blake’s 7, Sherlock Holmes and even Twin Peaks and Are You Being Served? The 56-page fanzine, named after the 1970s special effects technology – Colour Separation Overlay – responsible for some of the dodgiest imaginings in all of sci-fi, [...]
In Defence of Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
Anyone who’s been following Cult Britannia’s excellent re-appraisals of the James Bond movies in the run-up to Skyfall’s release may have noticed a continued criticism of one element of the recent films, one I’ve never noticed before. Regular screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade “don’t have the writing chops to deliver anything unique, original or [...]
Taking the V: Bringing an Enigma to Life
V for Vendetta is writer Alan Moore and artist David Lloyd’s seminal comic series from the eighties. The story depicts a near-future police state in which a Fascist party called Norsefire hold power. It is against this backdrop that V, an anarchist revolutionary, undertakes a campaign to bring down the government. Now a new stage adaptation of V [...]
Don’t Look Back in Anger: Steed and Mrs. Peel’s 1990s Revival
It may surprise you to know that the years between 1985 and 1992 were quite successful ones for The Avengers. In 1982—five years since The New Avengers fizzled out in a blaze of budgetary cock-ups—Channel 4 repeats of 1967-era episodes (ironically, the first time many British audiences got to see The Avengers in Colour in [...]
Holistic Detection For a New Age: Dirk Gently
I know this is an odd start to the article, but have you been watching Doctor Who? I thought the cowboy episode was bad, but the most recent one gave new meaning to the word. With Doctor Who the television series degenerating into a rytalin-fuelled series of scatter-gun sketches connected by lazy sci-fi plot devices [...]
The Jubilee of Anno Dracula
Kim Newman’s field of knowledge is so dense that the only reason I know he is a human being is the delicious sense of humour pervading all his writing. It’s not just the diversity of his wisdom that is so dauntingly impressive, but the insight he gains from the most moribund film (OK Connery anyone?). [...]
Andersonic Issue 14 Out Now!
The wonderful Andersonic A5 fanzine has just released it’s fourteenth issue and is full of excellent features, interviews and columns: “Robert Easton interview - an interview with the late Stingray voice artiste (Phones, X-20) in which he discusses his time working on the series, working with Don Mason and Peter Lorre, and his views on [...]
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