The first ever Manchester Animation Festival (MAF for short) starts today! It takes place at HOME in Manchester and will last from today (17th Nov) and until the end of Thursday (19th Nov).
There are lots of exciting events - workshops, Q&As, screenings, and panels - on over the three days, so come and check it out! There's a full diary of all the events on the website with tickets still available to purchase for most events online or in person, ranging from £5 to £12. [.....]
Today is Wednesday and comic book fans will know what that means: New Comic Book Day! New comic books are released every Wednesday, and starting today I will be writing a new comic book article every Wednesday.
This week I headed into my local comic book shop to pick up some new comics - Travelling Man in Manchester, I highly recommend popping in if you're in the area. Check out spoiler-free reviews of my picks of the day below.
If you're thinking of getting stuck [.....]
Remember, remember, the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason, and... comic book plot?
Tonight is bonfire night, and whether you want a light read before heading out to the celebrations, a heavier read as you stay in for the night, or something to try the day after before the autumnal mood leaves you, Hello, Robots! has you covered. Curl up with this selection of our favourites:
5. Pete Wisdom (Marvel)
Imagine if James Bond was: a) from Essex and b) a mutant with the [.....]
Plot development and character development abound in the latest episode of Steven Universe. When it rains, it pours. Spoiler warning: don't read ahead if you don't want 'When It Rains' spoiled for you.
Let's get this out of the way: CUTE MOMENTS. This week's superb CUTE MOMENTS include (but is not limited to) Garnet's declaration of love (OH MY GOD SO CUTE), Peridot's fear of thunder and rain, and Steven and Peridot's hand-holding.
Steven and Peridot's relationship continues to build in what is unusually [.....]
It's that time of the year again when the house is filled with the pitter-patter of comic book-inspired television. Already I'm being kept up at night by superhero programming crying out to be burped and changed and streamed.
It's been tricky keeping up with comic book television over the past couple weeks and with upcoming premieres, so we're undergoing a little bit of a change of how we cover these shows. Welcome to the first installment of a new weekly column rounding up spoiler-free reviews of [.....]
Tickets and passes for Manchester Animation Festival became on sale today. MAF will be filled with guest speakers, workshops, masterclasses, retrospectives, panel discussions, and feature screenings over the 17th, 18th, and 19th November at HOME Manchester.
Tickets for individual screenings and events range from £6 to £12, day passes are £40, whilst passes for the full festival are £85. Concessions on the ticket prices are available for students, people aged 60+, those with a registered disability, and those who are registered unemployed or claiming Jobseekers Allowance. [.....]
A new Doctor Who spin-off by the BBC has been announced. The spin-off will be aimed at teenagers and will be written by young adult fiction author Patrick Ness, pictured below.
The series, titled 'Class', will be set in a school in modern London but be filmed in and around Cardiff like Doctor Who itself. Class will consist of eight 45-minute episodes and will air on BBC Three in 2016.
I'm astounded and thrilled to be entering the Doctor Who universe, which is as vast [.....]
A new trailer for Marvel's Jessica Jones dropped yesterday. In the brand new teaser trailer, we catch a glimpse of Krysten Ritter as the titular superhero post-bar brawl.
In the comics, Jessica Jones is a former superhero with super strength, durability, and the ability to fly. It's still unclear exactly how much of the character will translate to screen, but from the way she taps the jukebox, I'm willing to bet she retains her super strength.
The entire series will drop on Netflix on [.....]
Another week, another new episode of the always excellent Steven Universe. And what an episode! It appears we're on the forward march with plot in this week's episode 'Catch and Release'. Spoiler warning: don't read ahead if you don't want 'Catch and Release' spoiled for you.
First of all: PERIDOT. I love Peridot. She is such a useless, dorky child, and this episode is Peridot at her best. I mean, she is a threat and pretty skilled at what she does, but she is also [.....]
Gotham made a return to US television screens on Monday with the premiere of season two. Season two won't be coming to UK audiences until 2016, but whilst you wait (or find alternate means of online streaming) fans can find our spoiler-free reviews of Gotham every Tuesday from now going forwards here at Hello, Robots!
Haven't seen season one yet? You can find it on Netflix UK, where it's well worth a watch for its excellent character work (Robin Lord Taylor's Oswald Cobblepot/the Penguin is a [.....]
The first ever Manchester Animation Festival (MAF) is fast approaching and today MAF's full website launched.
Taking place on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of November and hosted at HOME in Manchester, the festival is set to attract an international community of animators and animation enthusiasts. Tickets go on sale on the 2nd of October, so there's plenty of time to prepare if you're interested in attending the event set to feature screenings, workshops, panels and more.
Among today's news was the reveal of the [.....]
Woo! After nearly a month of no Star vs The Forces of Evil, we got it back last week, and then a week after that we get the season finale?
Could [.....]
Another fortnight, another episode of Gravity Falls for our perusal! Am I happy about that, I hear you ask? Well, let me answer your question with another question:
Does a manotaur shit [.....]
