Dead Space animated comic
This is a comic based on an upcoming video game. Yet it’s surprisingly enough actually quite good. I’m not quite sure why they decided to animate the comic (though that is something that seems to be becoming a trend) but the music and Ben Templesmith’s art actually combine to make quite a creepy experience.
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Monkey: The Olympics
This BBC advert for the Olympic games was created by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Alburn of ‘Gorillaz’ fame. I really want to see the opera based on this that they created:
The Black Panther
Continuing Marvel Comics current stance of good works which they keep a fair bit of control over, here’s a sample video for a new ‘Black Panther’ cartoon. Heavily based off the new version of the comic that came out a few years ago, you can really see the John Romita Jr. artwork. There’s some interesting interviews here with some of the cartoon’s creators.
Revolution Cycle…
… is an event being run by a friend of mine Fearghal O’Nuallain. Here’s how the website describes it:
This November, Simon Evans and Fearghal O’Nuallain will begin the first Irish circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle. Their unsupported expedition will cover over 30,000km, passing through 30 countries and some of the highest, lowest, driest, coldest, warmest and loneliest places on earth. In doing so, they will be promoting the positive contribution that cycling can make to mental health and the environment, raising €100,000 for Aware and highlighting climate change
To get a feel for what the guys will be doing here’s their flickr site and a sample of their videos:
Aswan to Alexandria from revolutioncycle on Vimeo.
So I’ve been neglecting a few things lately…
Just a couple of links that are pretty interesting. The first is a new Stephen King series ‘N’ which has been made into a combination animated comic/cartoon in association with Marvel Comics. Seems pretty good from what the first episode shows anyway.
Next is ‘wrestling mania‘ which is more for my own entertainment, a handy blog with most of the big American shows on video.
Finally up, is a blog by my mate Harry from TCD. Definitely one of the more interesting characters I’ve met debating, his blog hasn’t a whole lot on it yet, but is worth the look.
Librivox
Librivox is an volunteer organisation devoted to putting up various public domain books in audio form. While I know that audio recordings aren’t for everyone, its still quite useful for the like of me who travel a bit and yet can’t always read while doing so. Currently I’m downloading their H.P. Lovecraft collection. Obviously,given that these are recorded by ‘the man on the street’, some of the audio recordings could be of a slightly better quality, but the vast majority of them are pretty cool so take a look…
Bill Moyers address the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008
Interesting video, and while there’s nothing in it that many haven’t heard before (Jonathan Hickman’s ‘The Nightly News’ comes to mind as a source of such discussions) it is still interesting to see such a big name talking about such things: