tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:44:47 +0000http://www.omnivistascope.com/noreply@blogger.com (UKDane)Blogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-8195650275256008111Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:28:00 +00002010-03-21T21:44:47.509ZIt can't have escaped the attention of anyone who was paying attention, that the blog has lapsed a little. That shouldn't be taken as a sign that nothing is happening, oh it is, but rather that it often seems that the posts are too trivial for the front page.Hence the new blog on Facebook! Home of trivial witterings. Not as cool as twitter, but less yesterday than MySpace. Sadly the http://www.omnivistascope.com/2010/03/ovs-new-blog-on-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-744812851749280836Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:32:00 +00002009-12-25T15:43:34.995ZMerry Christmas from your seasonal Omni-Controller. What are you doing here on Christmas Day? Ah well... welcome all the same. While you are enjoying turkey with 'trimmings' on this day of festival, the board of directors of OmniVista Corp shall arrive for their psychic board meeting in an undisclosed predetermined brain.Here they shall decide what shall come in the following year. A number of http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/12/ovs-merry-christmas-everybody.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-5504973208773865349Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:06:00 +00002009-12-09T16:09:18.618ZIn the latest edition of SFX (The Atavar cover), Omnivistascope has been kindly given fanzine of the month for issue 5. Nice words were reserved for Keegan Jask, Warlock Holmes (who does seem to have gone down rather well) and they really liked Rathbone: Last of the Organic Wars.Hurrah!http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/12/ovs-fanzine-of-month.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-1867687457284600893Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:10:00 +00002009-11-21T22:52:01.169ZWell, I've returned from a slightly strange Leeds Thought Bubble. Despite being very tired, I had a good time in the company of excellent people. Thanks especially to all the visitors who remembered me from last year and came back for more OVS. Blessed art thou!I gave away all the copies of my free 52-page OVS sampler, containing stories from issues 1-5. Let's see how that goes :)Currently http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/11/ovs-thought-bubble-pops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-5954969047168840941Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:27:00 +00002009-11-02T22:29:05.491ZThe "Art for Hearts" auction has been organised to fund research into organ transplants and has now started on Ebay!You will need to type in "Art for Heart" into the search section (Ebay seems to have a problem with plurals) and choose either "Book" or "Art".The pieces on there are by professional children's illustrators and would make a great Christmas present for anybody. Failing that they're ahttp://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/11/art-auction-art-for-heart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-193161838034655512Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:19:00 +00002009-11-01T23:26:29.387ZOmnivistascope shall be docking at the Leeds armoury in November to sell copies of the latest issue to unsuspecting members of your dimension on Saturday 21st November.http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/I am thinking of making up some free A5 booklets of OVS strips. If anyone has any suggestions of which character(s) they'd like to see, for free, please let me know :)PVShttp://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/11/ovs-thought-bubble-baby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-5446000548031869518Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:38:00 +00002009-11-01T17:08:22.055ZSince the last blog post, the blog has mutated into a nano-bacterial lifeform. As the last few months pastby, so the lifeform multiplied, until such time as it became sentient. Realising what Paul had been posting in past blogs, it developed a new mutation, and, cleverly, decided that its first course of action would be to change the blog password. Hence why Paul has been unable to blog anything http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/11/blog-has-mutated-into-nano-bacterial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (UKDane)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-2502381101461512355Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:10:00 +00002009-11-01T23:04:38.916ZHello, all! It's been a long time since I've blogged, so apologies for that. I've been holidaying, being ill and other groovy stuff :)Currently working on:Two collections of my comics for release 2001/11...(one of them involves a sci-fi storyteller and another involves magic...)Omnivistascope VI - for 2010...(Artists heed the horn of summoning, awoooo...)A book and CD release of my horror game http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/10/ovs-long-time-no-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-4226341281255827768Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:37:00 +00002009-08-16T12:39:35.086+01:00OVS5 is now in the shop and can be bought alongside issues 1-4.Stories include Space Lord, Rathbone, the return of Warlock Holmes and many many more!OVS will next be appearing at the Thought Bubble comics festival in Leeds in November.http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/08/ovs-5-available-to-buy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-3479364977886390797Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:06:00 +00002009-07-26T16:15:16.271+01:00Issue 5 of critically acclaimed science fiction comic Omnivistascope is being delivered this week and will be added to the shop soon. Continuing in this issue are The Misfits, Rathbone, Space Lord, guest strip by Chris Geary and much more, with a cover by Oliver Redding.The issue is the biggest yet at over 100 pages and features an interview with Kim Newman and articles on Rebelstar and the http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/07/ovs-omnivistascope-5-is-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-7720702930826357546Sun, 31 May 2009 20:25:00 +00002009-05-31T21:47:36.480+01:00I have dates for the last material coming in and have also begun to compile the comic before it goes to the printers. There is some tinkering still to do, and I'll be getting proofreading copies of the comic (for a nice change!) before it comes out, but I'm still expecting it for June.Here is a brief scene from Episode 3 of Rathbone which returns to Omnivistascope. It is drawn by Bryan Coyle, http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/05/ovs-countdown-to-ovs5-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-6285623451631852541Sun, 17 May 2009 16:17:00 +00002009-05-17T18:06:17.315+01:00Well, I've seen the latest Star Trek movie, which uses the same titles that appear in a lot of JJ.Abrams product including the sub X-Files rubbish that is Fringe. Don't get me started on Fringe, it's a TV show based on the concepts beyond any rational interpretation of science. Still, at least it's rubbish from the outset, it has had the decency not to draw you in for a series or two before http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/05/film-star-trek-no-huge-spoilers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-4908090321706876060Sat, 09 May 2009 18:42:00 +00002009-05-09T19:44:42.002+01:00Worth registering your interests with the current Eagle Award nominations to support the stuff you like. Solar Wind won an award in the past and, although I've already peaked awards wise, I've spoken to others who've got a big boost from these things, so it is worthwhile voting for them.All the bestPaulhttp://www.eagleawards.co.uk/nomination.aspxhttp://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/05/comics-eagle-awards-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-2849428856951293128Mon, 04 May 2009 15:24:00 +00002009-05-04T16:30:23.337+01:00Well, most of the work is now done, but as I'm not at Bristol this year, I'm using the opportunity to try and get a couple more strips in before I publish. I won't name 'em in case they don't make it though :)Most of my work is done, I have a few bits to tidy up, but as I've had a long weekend of work and comics production, I'm now going to have a wee break.Anything I say about the issue may behttp://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/05/ovs-5-due-out-end-of-mayearly-july.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-1118419486757916840Mon, 04 May 2009 14:59:00 +00002009-05-04T16:21:55.641+01:00Back before the name George Lucas didn't cause me to sigh and hang my head in a sort of weary despair, there was a film called THX1138. This was his first full film, which showed a weird distopian vision of the future, it's inhabitants mere cogs in a machine, which appeared to have no actual purpose. I love it.You can't get the original film any more sadly. Lucas decided to go back and add http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/05/film-21-87.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-8686061653050775477Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:28:00 +00002009-04-19T20:29:29.784+01:00Hi everyone, I'm currently putting together issue 5 of Omnivistascope, the science fiction comic I (largely) write and put out yearly.And I have space for letters. It's at this time I realise I haven't saved all the e-mails I told myself I would use as letters. Now I must ask for letters, even though the idea of a letter is really a bit anachronistic and redundant. Do I even want letters? Whathttp://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/04/ovs-omnivistascope-5-letters-and-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-4063726492426460721Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:10:00 +00002009-04-12T10:16:41.400+01:00The Last Days of Destiny is on sale, and has gone down very well with the audience so far. Which I'm obviously delighted about. I'll posts ome feedback up here soon.I am currently trying to work hard on the next issue of OVS (Model 5) and not get distracted by games. Games do have a habit of getting stuck in my head, they are like crossword puzzles in that respect.I may be entering a http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/04/games-last-days-of-destiny-on-sale-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-4762355368942435079Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:06:00 +00002009-04-11T10:07:38.876+01:00As you probably know, Red Dwarf is back in a brand new mini-series called 'Back to Earth' on (appropriately) channel Dave. Why has a show that's not been broadcast for nearly a decade suddenly come back on a relatively obscure (sorry Dave) digital channel? Well, massively popular during its heyday, Red Dwarf always was something of a space oddity. I'm not sure why I'm compelled to watch it again,http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/04/tv-red-dwarf-is-back-why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-2734792249127648809Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:43:00 +00002009-03-28T22:00:56.071ZHowdy Pardners!Welcome to Destiny, Arizona. The setting for my Wild West card game 'The Last Days of Destiny' which plays out exciting cinematic gunfights in a doomed town.Over ten years in development (it's a long story, son) I have finally produced a version available for sale, which will be available for £2 on downloadable PDF. Featuring 110 cards with illustrations by professional artist http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/03/games-last-days-of-destiny-released.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-8590536071725050700Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:50:00 +00002009-03-25T21:08:33.905ZLast week I was adding another chapter to the longest mid-life crisis in history (I think it's been ongoing since I was about three) by lying about being really into the Hip Hop (but I really did enjoy the album, albeit it in an old-fogey fashion, cheers Junior Disprol!). As for OVS, I'm working on it, as if it were some sort of Frankenstein and I was the mad professor who would later come to be http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/03/ovs-ovs5-is-alive-and-definitely-last.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-883145378104107072Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:40:00 +00002009-03-20T20:32:58.768ZWell, I'm a year older and I still haven't got my life sorted out. Still, I have a plan and a caffeine addiction, that my friends, is a start.Arriving through the post, entirely unrelated to this cosmically ignored date, was a Jack Daniels Key Ring (They must think I'm still drinking like it's 1999) and the new album from Welsh Hip Hop monsters, the Dead Residents. Now, as is well known, nobodyhttp://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/03/stuff-another-year-another-hardcore-uk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-2702182190916393621Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:54:00 +00002009-03-12T20:16:51.012ZI didn't think I was going to watch The Watchmen, but in the end, I did.I left feeling the cinema feeling as if I'd received a severe blow to the head with a rather large book, wielded by a deranged American gentlemen, who then ran away into the night. Some of the pages may have been missing, but even in my dazed state I recognised the book as The Watchmen.I can't tell you if it was good or bad http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/03/film-i-watched-watchmen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-9052671297106146212Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:37:00 +00002009-03-09T22:18:34.908ZThanks to everyone who has got in touch to tell me about the review of Omnivistascope Model IV in the latest issue of Comics International (buy it at your local comic shop now). As I've been largely unable to reach the outside world for a month (except via the irregular No.56 outworld colony shuttle) I'm very grateful to you all for your transmissions.Artists Paul McCaffrey, Bryan Coyle and Chrishttp://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/03/ovs-were-on-road-again-ovs-4-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-7057110620637546755Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:07:00 +00002009-03-04T21:34:33.072ZAt the start of February I was coming home from work when I hit an ice patch, I almost thought I had it under control, but that only lasted a fraction of a second before the car went into a spin and decided to become an off road vehicle. I was okay, the car not so much.I've had a month of doing very little but travel to work and look for cars (admittedly I had a nice week's holiday in Inverness)http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/03/wanted-new-second-hand-car.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430040.post-6456759227431693022Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:59:00 +00002009-03-02T21:04:52.603Z"Memory? Yeah, I used to have one of those, reckon I left it somewhere. Now lemme think..."Well, rather annoyingly, I lost the details of an artist I was keeping 'on file' for when a suitable story came up. I was sure I knew his name, had a contact e-mail, everything. Looked up the name, and it's not him. Looked in my contacts list, he's not there.Weird.Anyway, he's from Darlington, and I http://www.omnivistascope.com/2009/03/ovs-lost-artist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (paulvonscott)1