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Sci-Fi On-Demand Channel 'Illusion' Launches in October

Illusion On-Demand, the first and only dedicated science fiction and fantasy on-demand channel is launching nation-wide this October.

Illusion On-Demand say in a press release this week that the channel will offer a wide variety of programming which includes live-action premieres, award-winning films, anime and news, Illusion wants to define the new face of Sci-Fi culture.

Launching with a library of over 300 programming hours, Illusion is confident that Sci-Fi lovers will find a new top destination on their VOD lineup.

Now and Then, Here and There
Included in Illusion's initial lineup fans will find the acclaimed anime series "Now and Then, Here and There", VOD premieres of several BBC series including "Strange", a monthly selection of camp in the form of the "Troma Creature Feature" and the original roundtable discussion series "Analog: The Science of Fiction" moderated by editors of the renowned Analog: Science Fiction and Fact magazine. Also included in the initial lineup will be award-winning features, shorts, mini-series and the first shows on television dedicated comic book news and interviews.

Dekker Dreyer, president of Illusion, explains what makes Illusion On-Demand unique, "When my partners and I imagined an all sci-fi /fantasy VOD network we really had to work backwards. We decided that our programming needed to have a good mix of premieres, exciting movies, but all the while celebrating the classics. The sci-fi audience is very smart, and my partners and I have taken great care to program a diverse lineup that fans will really enjoy."

Illusion's respect for the fans and the people that made the genre great can be seen in the special events they've been a part of as they've built up to the coming Fall launch; events such as their recent tie-in with Hero Initiative and The CGC which brought fans together with industry legend Stan Lee on an Illusion-sponsored yacht during San Diego Comic Con. The event benefitted comic creators in need.

For the latest news about Illusion visit the official website, www.illusiontv.com. An upgraded site with Illusion's lineup and web exclusives will be launching in early September.

Illusion will be launching free to the consumer in millions of homes via carriers like Verizon Fios on October 1st, 2007. Call your local cable operator to find out if Illusion will be available in your area.

Cinemacomics!

Jay Carvajal started out writing screenplays over ten years ago and continues to do so today. He is a lifelong comic book reader and is currently adapting several of his screenplays into comic book format.

His company, Cinemacomics, publishes quality comic books with a cinematic feel to them. The stories are self contained and run for as many issues as needed to tell the tale. Jay collaborates with truly talented artists and his several titles are accomplished with style, originality and great passion for the graphic medium.

"A sequel will always be a possibility if there is fan interest and a story to be told that will be as entertaining as the first," says Jay.

During the coming years, Westerns, Sci-fi, and everything in between will be published at Cinemacomics and all will have a beginning, middle, and an end to each story.

SUPERMAN DOOMSDAY

Flatland

Full of dry wit and wry satire worthy of Monty Python, Flatland is the imaginative creation of independent filmmaker Ladd P. Ehlinger Jr., who directed, animated and edited the entire feature film. You can find him on MySpace, as I did.

Adapted from the 1884 novel by Edwin A. Abbott, the story follows its hero A Square, who inhabits a world that is completely flat and two-dimensional. A mysterious visitor from the third dimension arrives, bent on spreading the gossip about another dimension called height. A Square is taken out of Flatland and transported to the 3D universe. In so doing, the very fabric of space-time itself is placed at risks, potentially destroying all of creation.



Widely reviewed, Ladd has earned critical acclaim from Film Threat, Scifi.com, and Aintitcool, among others. Flatland clips have been frequently viewed on Youtube.

Ladd has a Special Collector's Limited Edition DVD, signed and personally numbered, now available at www.flatlandthefilm.com

Johnny Saturn

Scott Story, one of the many friends I've made on MySpace, is the talent responsible for sending a superhero to hell.

Johnny Saturn is his long-running, full-color webcomic currently at home on Graphic Smash. This site is intended as your resource for all-thing Johnny Saturn, especially the many characters who pass through the strip.

Scott and his wife began the comic with a basic question: Which is superior? Super powers or martial arts? Martial arts or great intellect? Great intellect or the will to succeed at any cost? "Though we have gone on to explore other questions, this theme is still central to the story," he says on his website.

Scott Story is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist who lives in the Midwest. He's done album covers for bands, covers and interior illustrations for table-top role-playing games, advertising illustrations for large corporations, logos for individuals and businesses, graphics for websites, illustrations for magazines, and private commissions of all types.

You've got to love a writer with the last name "Story".

TV REVIEW: ABC is 'Masters' at hiding a sci-fi gem
Miami Herald - Aug 04 10:48 AM

For the next four weeks, ABC presents its best new series in more than a year: an ambitious, artistic, refreshingly intelligent anthology series, "Masters of Science Fiction."

Race, the final frontier
Boston Globe - Jul 31 1:28 AM

Earlier this month at Readercon, a convention for fans of fantasy/science fiction at the Burlington Marriott, Marlin May was one of perhaps two blacks in the room. But that didn't intimidate May. He had just made arrangements to meet a science-fiction writer for dinner, showing how much comfort this fan had found in this world.