Not only can you listen to the podcast of our Secrets and Lies Live show from Cardiff International Comic Expo but now thanks to our sidekick camerman, Matt Pease you can see it in moving pictures. Watch as Chris Lynch, Paul Cornell, Rob Williams, Stuart Tipples, Charlie Adlard and Mike Collins take on the Sidekicks in the comic book news quiz with a twist.

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Welcome to a new series of posts that will showcase sketches I have blackmailed convinced artists to do for me (and you...but mostly me) on my ipad whilst we sit around sharing a beer or two. The choice of sketch is the artists own and all have and will be done on the Art Studio for ipad app. Today's sketch is obviously Batman as drawn by Stuart Tipples.

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Of all the things I'm looking forward to seeing and doing at The Cardiff International Comic Expo 2011 on 26th February, the unveling of the welsh anthology book, 10thology has to take one of the top spots.

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This weekend I'll be off to the beautiful county of Kent with the special lady in my life so I'll be completely off the grid, enjoy these little bits of comic book news until I get back.

You're on the Global Frequency...again. After one failed attempt to launch Warren Ellis' comic book series as a TV show with a pilot back in 2002, a new version is now being planned according to Aintitcool. Coincedentally I've just finished the second trade paperback collecting this series (courtesy of Sidekickcast regular and Drawing Monkey Stuart Tipples Thanks) and my first thought was this would be perfect as a TV show. For anyone unfamiliar with the series, Global Frequency is an independent rescue agency that utelizes the skills and knowledge of 1001 experts across the world all channeled through a central hub. It works like a mix between 24 and Fringe for proper internet geeks often dealing with environmental issues, conspiracy theories or fringe science, pretty much the sort of stuff Warren Ellis likes to talk about all the time.

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