Today it’s the anniversary of the birth of Jorge Luis Borges. He’d have been 112 today, which is pretty old, even for a writer.
Archive > August 2011
See The Universe For Free
If you haven’t already caught the Out of This World exhibition at London’s British Library, you’ve only a few weeks left: it finishes on Sept 25th. The exhibition presents beautiful and rare editions of a host of wonders from the history of SF, together with perceptive commentary, author interviews and all manner of other imagination-expanding [...]
Welcome to Gotham City
Just a quick post and a link from me today, aimed at fans of the DC Comics character, Batman. I stumbled upon this great blog post about Batman’s home city, Gotham, which even includes a map showing all the major locations from the comic. Want to know how to get from Arkham Asylyum to Crime [...]
Review: UNDEAD by Kirsty McKay
First up, the official blurb: It was just another school trip… When their ski-coach pulls up at a cafe, and everyone else gets off, new girl Bobby and rebel Smitty stay behind. They hardly know each other but that changes when through the falling snow, they see the others coming back. Something has happened to [...]
One Sweet Piece of Genius
Do you like pirates? Do you think the ‘Caribbean flicks were a bit… disappointing? Then look this way: One Piece by writer/artist Eiichiro Oda will shiver your timbers… Monkey D. Luffy (above, centre) is determined to be the greatest pirate the world has ever seen. Another person might see having no ship, no crew, and [...]
Submitting Your Manuscript
Recently, I received an email from a Scream Street reader called Emily. She asked a very important question… — Dear Tommy, It’s me again, Emily. I’ve written to you before and sent you a picture and I said I wanted to be an author when I grew up? I’m sorry to bother you again, [...]
You hum it, I’ll play it.
I’m off on holiday for a couple of weeks so will leave you with this piece of a/w I did today for a friend. A sort of request. I’m not sure what it means, but it’ll play me out as I pack my bag and jump on a plane. Of course, when I say [...]
Angel vs Demon
I recently started a new sketchbook with this image. Within pages this happened. It wasn’t long before all hell broke loose. There’s a story in this somewhere. I like drawing these buffoons. Watch this space…
