Blightyvision: “Red Dwarf: Back to Earth”
Directed by Doug Naylor Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor Starring Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, and Robert Llewellyn So we announced recently that “Red Dwarf” will be coming back for at least one more series on Dave, the channel currently re-running the original series. The decision was based largely on the success […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: anime references in all the wrong places, Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, it's not a ripoff it's an homage, Robert Llewellyn, sci fi, sequels
Comic Non-Sans: Properly Multimedia
I really want to be able to make one of my own comics properly media-spanning someday. There have been attempts in the past by many to at least expand into audio and video — some successful, some just weird. Recently, I hit a point in my personal life where there was just no time to […]
In: Columns, Webcomics · Tagged with: anime references in all the wrong places, homestuck, mindscrew, mspaint adventures, Webcomics
Comic Non-Sans: Evolution of an Artist
Toward the end (at least, currently the end ’til they get more money) of the anime series “Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei,” the idea of change was addressed — that is, people’s instinctive dislike of change in general. To drive their point home, the last part of the episode was not drawn in manga-ka and “SZS” creator Koji […]
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Blightyvision: “Lost in Austen”
Written by Guy Andrews Directed by Dan Zeff Starring Jemima Rooper, Elliot Cowan, and Hugh Bonneville Any girl of any sort of classic literary bent in high school had a thing for Jane Austen. No, sorry, let me rephrase that … had a thing for Pride and Prejudice. No, wait, that’s still not entirely right. […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: anime references in all the wrong places, available on dvd, based on a novel, fanfic, historical comedy, Jane Austen, lost in austen