Hey, everybody! I know you're all very busy trying to cure your turkey-induced indigestion with copious amounts of "special" eggnog...but if you have a second, check out IMPACT magazine. This fine periodical is devoted to action media in all its forms, and my favorite Englishman, John Mosby, is a regular contributor.

The latest issue takes a step forward with increased comics coverage, which I know will interest many of you here on Ye Olde Friends List. But don't take my word for it - Mr. Mosby can tell you more in the note below. And don't be daunted by the magazine's UK origin - you can get a copy of your own if you want it badly enough.

Impact #204 out in the UK today!

A note from Mr. Mosby himself:

Just a heads up. Before I was temporarily felled by my head problems (they've scientifically verified I have a brain now, so that's something), I'd persuaded the publishers of Impact to increase our comics coverage and produce an issue designed to get such attention. Due to my being ill and having to rearrange some pages, we've had to put the Thought Bubble coverage in the following issue, but the issue that hits the shelves today in the UK (#204) has exclusive interviews with Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Doug Jones, Beau Smith, Fluid Fiction/DevaShard, the latest anime releases as well as major coverage of eastern action such as Chocolate, The Good The Bad & The Weird and also James Bond, Quarantine, Transporter 3, Spooks and Ozploitation.

If enough people support this issue's comic coverage, we've some major interviews and articles planned for the immediate future. So, blatant plug over... you should be able to find this issue on the shelves of the bigger W H Smith, Borders etc in the UK and it's also orderable (nationally and internationally) from www.impactmoviemagazine.co.uk

Thanks to the Impact writers who stepped in and really helped finish off this issue and now it's over to you. If you want us to continue to the same extent of comic coverage, it's down to sales. Cheers.

Writer Eric Trautmann (whose name is assaulted repeatedly in the intro to this interview) submits to a round of interrogation about his comic work. Of course, the most important question he answers is "what is it like to work with Brandon Jerwa?"

An Entertaining Grime: Eric Trautmen Interview

Eric Trautmen first caught my attention when he helped Greg Rucka with the last few arcs of his Checkmate series. Since then, Eric has gained a good deal of fanboy support for his work on DC's espionage title, and has certainly left me wanting to read more from him in the future.

In hopes of getting to ask Eric some questions before he skyrocketed to the highest heights of comic-creator fame, I shot him a few questions and he was kind enough to sit down and reply.

(Click here for the interview)

Sometimes, you just need something adorable to make the bad things go away...

Capucine

 

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

"A breathtaking story by Capucine. Starring baby monkeys lost in frightening trees, a witch, crocodiles, a tiger, a 'popotamus' and a lion, and even a 'tremendously very bad mammoth'. There are also magic powers and an orange ring, but sometimes, 'something goes amiss'."

Written by Brandon Jerwa, with art by Jonathan Lau and covers by Dennis (Legion of Super-heroes) Calero! Ghosts #2 continues as the Ghost Squadron, a black-ops Viper team and the freelance salvage team from the Orion come to grips with the new realities of their situation, and a Cylon dominated galaxy!

Featuring 32 pages of story and art (in a 40 page comic) depicting Dynamite's first all-new cast of Galactica characters!

Comic Book Resources > Preview: New Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts #2

Featuring 32 pages of story and art (in a 40 pages comic) depicting Dynamite's first all-new cast of Galactica characters!

Written by Brandon Jerwa, with art by Jonathan Lau and covers by Dennis (Legion of Super-heroes) Calero! Ghosts #2 continues as the Ghost Squadron, a black-ops Viper team that calls the Pegasus home and the freelance salvage team from the Orion's Pride come to grips with the new realities of their situation, and a Cylon dominate galaxy!

(Preview pages abound...)

Newsarama.com : Getting Inside The Kurgan's Head - Talking to Brandon Jerwa

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