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Offworld Report: Comics, Manga and Anime - Feb '04
An Alan Moore retrospective, another look at Tank Girl, and why
poor old Captain America is now awakening in a parallel reality where
the Nazis won WWII and control the USA ... hmmm, a bit of politics,
anyone?
 Hex
and Shopping
When you hear of a movie called 'Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi'
you just know it's got to be an anime flick.
The
Big O II
It's a case of missing memories that needs solving in this anime
movie.
More
on Moore
Wow, it's an Alan Moore's retrospective for his 50th birthday.
The
New Victorians
Review of the latest League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novel.
My
Starship Girl
Anime review of Yamamoto Yohko, Starship Girl.
Banner
of the Stars
BoS review (anime).
Ghost
in the Shell 2
Masamune Shirow's latest work of science fiction anime style.
The
Cap'N
Review of the all new Captain America #20
Taking
it for Grant(ed)
C omics guru Steven Grant submits to the interviewer's chair.
Happy
Birthday: Graphic Novel
After 25 years, it's the Diamond Jubilee of the graphic novel. Has
it got better or worse?
Thor
versus Captain America
Hugo-winning SF author David Brin's The Life Eaters from
Wildstorm Comics.
Five
Star Stories
Look at the science fiction works of Japanese anime and manga creator
Mamoru Nagano.
Millennium
Actress
Anime doesn't get much odder than this. And that's saying something.
A
Millar's Tale
Interview with X-Men writer Mark Millar.
Tank
Top
Why the heck does the Tank Girl strip inspire such devotion among
fans?
Into
the Infinite
The anime movie Infinite Ryvius provides more anime antics.
Parallel
Amerika
Captain America awakes to find a Nazi-run USA. Oh dear.
Viper
Interview
The Founders of Viper Comics chat about their creations.
Questions
for Quesada
Marvel bigwig Joe Quesada sits down for an interview.
Small
Retailers Don't Get It
Why independent stores are missing out on the new boom in graphic
novels.
Up
the Niles
An interview with Steve Niles, creator of 30 Days of Night.
Facing
the Music
Will theDC/Humanoids deal mean the tone of the title will now be
set by Wizard magazine?
Elephant
Answers
So what is a graphic novel anyway?
Comic's
Boom
Looks at the growing trend for best-selling graphic novels.
The
Dead Zone
Look at the new horror title, The Walking Dead, from Image Comics.
Rude
Boys
A look at how the Japanese apply their obscenity laws to manga and
anime. Rather loosely, we suspect!
The
Fantastic Film
Is the Fantastic Four coming our way as a movie?
Silence
on the Hill
Creator Scott Ciencin chats about his 'Silent Hill: Dying Inside'
mini-series.
Casey
Joes
Creator Joe Casey talks Marvel Comics' Avengers.
Due
to the Devil
One of the founders of Devil's Due Publishing talks about their
new creations.
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OTHER CONTENT - February 2004
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The
Man Who Sold the Moon
Scots SF author Ken Macleod reckons that watching George W. Bush's recent speech
at NASA felt like science fiction coming true. But reservations ... well, he's
got a few.
(COMMENT)
Human
Stories of Mars
The successful landing of the NASA rover Spirit in Gusev Crater on Mars has
caught the world's imagination, but England's favourite hard SF author, Stephen
Baxter, thinks that our attention will soon move on.
(ARTICLES)
Sixty-Two
And A Half Miles High
Scottish SF writer Rod MacDonald on the X Prize Foundation and the strange British
dreams of a privately funded space race.
(ARTICLES)
Starfleet
In Motion
There's rather a lot of crew on a Federation starship. So apart from jogging
around a lot during a red alert, what the heck do they all do? Uncle Geoff muses
on the unlucky blue shirts who draw the Enterprise's toilet duty.
(ARTICLES)
Offworld
Report: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Feb '04
Authors Brian Aldiss, Lucius Shepard, Robert Sheckley, Stephen Baxter and Gene
Wolfe are interviewed, as is Kim Stanley Robinson, whose latest novel is somewhat
... wet. There's also new articles by Isaac Asimov, James Patrick Kelly and
John Clute.
(NEWS)
Offworld
Report: Weird Science - Feb '04
Plenty of articles on Mars missions and moon bases, a look back at the top scientific
advances of 2003, a new supersolid state of matter is discovered, and why the
Earth's magnetic field is fading fast.
(NEWS)
Offworld
Report: Comics, Manga and Anime - Feb '04
An Alan Moore retrospective, another look at Tank Girl, and why poor old Captain
America is now awakening in a parallel reality where the Nazis won WWII and
control the USA ... hmmm, a bit of politics, anyone?
(NEWS)
Offworld
Report: Roleplaying Games - Feb '04
Why presenting an RPG player with impossible choices helps makes for a great
game, a look at the secret lives of Wood Elves, and a free PDF rules download
for the 28mm figures wargame Cobalt-2 from Westwind.
(NEWS)
Paycheck
Sadly, our Frank discovers this film is one Paycheck not worth necessarily cashing
or depositing as Woo waters down his boisterously banal and generic thriller
all too convincingly.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Peter
Pan
Visually vibrant and mystical in its charming presentation, Franks happily discovers
Hogan's live action take on Peter Pan is an exquisite and sparkling celluloid
fable that just pops into life.
(FILM REVIEWS)
The
Return of the King
Inherently grand, vibrant, inviting and whimsically overwhelming, Jackson packs
an urgent sense of vitality into this third installment that will certainly
amaze those who were attentive to the previous colorful two TLoTR epics.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Peter
Pan
In this new movie, Mark discovers a feast for the eyes that he can recommend
with more conviction for parents than he can for the children who might see
it.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Sea
of Souls
Interviews with actors Bill Paterson and Archie Panjabi, stars of the BBC's
shortly-to-be-released new X Files-style television series, 'Sea of Souls'.
(INTERVIEWS)
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