Weird and Beard

Reborn: A Step Too Far for Comic Crossovers? Wed, 27/05/2009 - 13:05 — John Freeman Captain America as he appeared in Ultimate. Art by Bryan Hitch. © Marvel Life-long comics fan Phil Friel ponders the announcement of yet another big comics crossover, Reborn, from US publisher Marvel Comics, wondering whether the secretive marketing of the project from Ed Brubaker, Bryan Hitch and Jackson Guice will backfire... More Email This Print This	Psychoville Set to Shiver Tue, 26/05/2009 - 13:29 — John Freeman Psychoville: Coming to BBC2 in June. Image: BBC weirdandbeard goes behind the scenes of BBC2's new comedy drama from two of the people behind League of Gentlemen.... More Email This Print This
The Dangerous Illustrations Of Graeme Neil Reid Tue, 26/05/2009 - 11:15 — John Freeman When it was published in June 2006, Con Iggulden's The Dangerous Book for Boys was a surprise hit. Mixing factual historical stories with information on places, things and "how to" articles, the book appealed to young and old alike. From how to skim stones or play conkers, to details of patron saints and royalty, via fishing, dinosaurs, spies and the planets, the range of subjects was enormous and other publishers soon jumped on the bandwagon while Iggulden and his publisher, HarperCollins, stayed one step ahead of the competition with Dangerous pocketbooks and yearbooks. The latest title in this line is The Dangerous Book of Heroes which will be published on 28 May 2009. More Email This Print This	10 Reasons to Love... the New Star Trek Movie Sat, 23/05/2009 - 18:17 — K. Stoddard Hayes There are plenty of reasons to Trek back to the cinema to watch the new movie. Image: Paramount Pictures K. Stoddard Hayes points out some things you might have missed while watching the new Star Trek movie. There be spoilers here, so be warned! More Email This Print This
In Praise Of: Ursula K. Le Guin Wed, 20/05/2009 - 17:55 — K. Stoddard Hayes Author Ursula K. Le Guin at a Meet-the-author Q&A session at Bookworks bookstore, Albuquerque in July 2004. Photo: Hajor. Released under cc.by.sa and/or GFDL. When Ursula K. Le Guin won the Nebula Award last month for her novel Powers, K. Stoddard Hayes was delighted. Here, she outlines just why she holds the veteran author in such high regard.... More Email This Print This	Quashing Climate Change Myths Thu, 07/05/2009 - 08:45 — Paul Travers Jim Bishop and Todd Wood with a recent version of the Carbon Explorer float, which can descend to a kilometer beneath the surface, measure particulate carbon (and other forms of carbon), and resurface to send data by satellite. Carbon Explorers can also be reprogrammed remotely via satellite link. Photo: Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory New research has put paid to claims that global warming can be slowed by with a quick fix of iron dropped in the ocean, first mooted in the 1980s and which at one point was claimed could induce a new Ice Age. Amazing that never made it as a James Bond plot... More Email This Print This