"Unmasked" Updates

Hello everyone, here's the latest on the First
Philippine Graphic Fiction awards night:

+We have the winners! Wait for a special surprise
when we announce it on the night of July 15.

+We have also decided to come up with a "People's
Choice" award, wherein you will all get to vote for
your favorite entries for the comics and the fiction
categories. Thus, we will be posting the short listed
finalists of both categories starting July 1, so you
may all get a chance to read the exceptional work
we've discovered this year. On July 15, we shall be
exhibiting these works as well, and you may cast your
vote. We will also be rewarding your efforts through
a special raffle of the ballots cast.

+We will also be giving a special prize to the most
creative, original mask worn that day.

More updates to follow. More details will be released
as they are finalized.

18 more days =)

Cheers,
Fully Booked Management.

"Eternals #1" on local shelves now!

"Eternals" #1 hit local comicbook store shelves last Friday! It retails at PhP240. The "Eternals" sketchbook has been available for a while now. It retails at PhP120.

I've read #1 and... wow.

"Eternals #1" Hits the Stores

"Eternals #1" is now available in the US!

Comic Book Resources posted Rick Berry's "Eternals" #2 and #3 covers here:
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And an interview with "Eternals" artist, John Romita Jr. is here:
Click click click.

Neil's Stuff on Marvel Digital Comics

Marvel has digital copies available of excerpts of Neil's works online! Here's the full list:

• Eternals Sketchbook
  
• Eternals #1
  
• Marvel 1602: New World #1

"Neil Gaiman Talks Eternals, Part 2"

Part 2 of the Marvel Podcast where Neil talks about "Eternals" is up and may be downloaded here:

Download Marvel Podcast: "Neil Gaiman Talks Eternals (Part 2)"
(Filesize: 16.9MB; Format: mp3)

Joe Quesada: "If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you ride towards the Pearly Gates?"

Neil: "Well, I know what I don't want Him to say. You're gonna get up to the Pearly Gates, and there's God.... and He'll say 'Listen, I've got a question... Sandman 5... Page 15, Panel 3... What was that thing in the background?' And you think 'Oh no! I was hoping that's not what he's gonna ask.'"

The New Worlds Website is up!

The New Worlds Website is back up, with information about the upcoming "New Worlds 4: A Broken Time Machine - The 4th Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention" on 16th July. Some info about the First Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards will also be posted there soon. :)

www.newworlds.ph

"Mr. Punch" and more "Coraline" Casting News

The Fabulist posted another track from the "Where's Neil When You Need Him" CD. :) You can download it here:

Future Bible Heroes - "Mr. Punch"

It's creepy!

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http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1204.html

French and Saunders get animated
The comic duo will lend their vocal talents to Henry Selick's stop-motion feature 'Coraline'.
Chris Tilly | Jun 12 2006

Last summer we brought you news of 'Coraline', the first feature from Nike founder Phil Knight's film company Laika Entertainment, and we promised more information as and when it broke.

Nearly a year on we can make good on that promise, with the announcement that Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will voice eccentric neighbours Miss Forcible and Miss Spink in the stop-motion feature.

Dakota Fanning has already been cast as the voice of the title character, a young girl who is transported to a parallel universe when she steps through a door in her new house.

Based on the Neil Gaiman book, Henry Selick ('The Nightmare Before Christmas') is directing, and he told Screen Daily this about the announcement: 'I'd like to say that casting [French and Saunders] was my idea, but the credit goes to Coraline's creative father, Neil Gaiman.

'Spink and Forcible are not the usual comic relief characters of animated films, but as performed by French and Saunders, they will be morbidly funny.'

'Coraline' is currently in production and should arrive in cinemas sometime in 2007.

4th Scifi & Fantasy Convention and the First Phil. Graphic/Fiction Awards

The New Worlds Alliance and Fully Booked present:

"New Worlds 4: A Broken Time Machine"
The 4th Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention

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The First Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards

July 15 and 16, 2006
The Rockwell Tent, Powerplant Mall, Rockwell, Makati City

For more details, keep watching this blog. :)

More "Eternals" stuff

Neil talks about "Eternals"

A lettered preview of Issue #1

Marvel Podcast: Neil and Marvel Editor Joe Quesada talk about "Eternals". (Filesize: 18 MB, Format: mp3)

"Eternals" Preview

The cover for "Eternals" #1:

ETERNALS # 1
COVER BY: RICK BERRY
WRITER: NEIL GAIMAN
PENCILS: JOHN ROMITA JR.
COLORED BY: MATT HOLLINGSWORTH

You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall-- so why does no one remember any of this? Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602, Anansi Boys, Sandman) is joined by superstar artist John Romita Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine) to bring you the eagerly-awaited event of 2006—ETERNALS!! Ike Harris has dreams of adventures, love affairs and betrayals, but no one involved remembers or believes him. And who is trying to kill him to keep him from talking about it?

More unlettered pages may be viewed by clicking here.

"Eternals" may be pre-ordered at Neil's Online Store.

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In off-topic news, Warner Bros. announced that they're moving the release of "Superman Returns" from June 30th to June 28th! The only thing that remains is to confirm if IMAX will do the same. *squee!*