Thursday 28 January 2010

Shooty Book!

The SHOOTY DOG THING book from Hirst Books has just started shipping.

It's available to order from www.hirstbooks.com and is very very lovely indeed!

I'll post a full contents list once I'm up to date with the signing of all the pre-orders and they're in the post :o)

Brax

Tuesday 28 July 2009

AND THEN, WE WERE TEN

Hey, how's it going? Good or bad I hope the last issue of Shooty Dog Thing (for now) will make your day that little bit better.

Here's what's in the issue this time:

'Future Legend' cover by Cody Schell
Editorial by Paul Castle
'Photo Of The Quarter' by Chad Knueppe
'Short Trips: The End Of The Road' by Jon Arnold
Lance Parkin interviewed by Paul Castle
'Where We But Dream To Go' poem by Simon Bucher-Jones
'AlternativeZ': Survivors and The Tomorrow People reviewed by Terry Francis
'6b Or Not 6b' by Paul Castle
'Who Could Have Been The Four-Five-Six? (It's A Fan Thing)' by Paul Castle
'PPG?' picture by Paul Montgomery
'Doctor Who Monthly' reviews: 'Action In Exile' by James Hadwen, 'The Choice' by Paul Castle, 'Vampire Science' by Wesley Osam, 'The Maltese Penguin' by Nicole Redo, 'Slipback' by James Gent, 'The Dominators' by Arfie Mansfield
Stuart Douglas interviewed by Paul Castle
Iris Wildthyme 'Movie Posters' by Cody Schell
'The Panda Book Of Horror' picture by Paul Magrs
'Iris Wildthyme And The Celestial Omnibus' reviewed by Jon Arnold
'Happy Times And Places' by Paul Castle
Gareth Kavanagh interviewed by Paul Castle
'The Master's Life On Mars' comic strip preview from Vworp Vworp by Gareth Kavanagh and John Daiker
From 'Black Scrolls': Ten Questions for Anneke Wills and Sophie Aldred by Gareth Kavanagh
'Suits You Sir!' by Paul Castle
'The Randomiser' by Paul Castle
'Fixing A Hole' by Nick Mellish
'Frank the Macra' cartoon by Mike Morgan

As always the issue comes in two free-to-download editions. This gives you a choice: you can either print it out as a proper fanzine, or read onscreen as an e-zine.

A5 Fanzine version (print this side first):
Side A (file size 3.55MB approx)
(and then flip the pages over as a whole and insert them into the sheetfeeder so that the blank side prints):
Side B (file size 2.54MB approx)

E-zine version:
Screencopy (file size 6.06MB)

As ever, all the back issues are still available by scrolling down the page or clicking the links to the left. I hope you enjoy the issue – let me know what you like!

Sunday 19 April 2009

Shooty Dog Thing - It's back, and it's about 9!

Hiya, this is issue 9!

Second Doctor, Jamie & Victoria Cover by Danielle Ellison
Editorial by Paul Castle
"The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" by Paul Castle
"What do you think of the casting of Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor?" by loadsa people (forgot to thank you in the editorial: so thanks everyone, much appreciated!)
"Iris? Iris? Who the heck is Iris?" by Jon Arnold
Interview with Paul Magrs
Conjugal Rites review by Stuart Douglas
Interview with Mark Wright & Cavan Scott
"Doctor Who Monthly" - reviews by James Hadwen (Nature Of The Beast), Nicole Redo (Seasons Of Fear), Wesley Osam (Trading Futures), Paul Castle (Star Tigers), James Gent (The Nightmare Fair), and Arfie Mansfield (The TVM)
"Re: The Other Issue" - "Shocked!" by Louise Sellers, "An Imperfect Mirror" by Paul Castle, "Missing Pieces" by Jon Arnold
Cartoon by Mike Morgan
"Doctor What If?" by Nick Mellish and Paul Castle
"Season Of Mists And General Fudginess" by Paul Castle
"AlternativeZ" (P, Q, & R) by Terry Francis
Anneke Wills - "Naked" reviewed by Paul Castle
"Base Under Siege" by Arfie Mansfield
"Auntie Iris's A-Z Guide To The Rubbish Monsters" by Erik Pollitt

As always the issue comes in two free-to-download editions. This gives you a choice: you can either print it out as a proper fanzine, or read onscreen as an e-zine.

A5 Fanzine version (print this side first):
Side A (file size 2.4MB approx)
(and then flip the pages over as a whole and insert them into the sheetfeeder so that the blank side prints):
Side B (file size 2.1MB approx)

E-zine version:
Screencopy (file size 4.5MB approx)

As ever, all the back issues are still available by scrolling down the page or clicking the links to the left. I hope you enjoy the issue - as ever all feedback is welcome!

Brax

Friday 2 January 2009

Eight, eight, what rhymes with... ah, late - sorry!

Well, hello...

Bit late again, but wanted to get it done properly rather than rush it out. The past month or so's seen some family illness and Christmas, so you know how it is: you gotta prioritise! Anyway, both are thankfully all-but behind us now and I got here in the end.

So, without further waffle (there's enough of that from me in the issue) issue eight contains:

Second Doctor, Ben & Polly Cover by Danielle Ellison
Editorial by Paul Castle
"Doctor Who And The War Machines Of The Daleks" by Paul Castle
"AlternativeZ" (M, N, & O) by Terry Francis
Interview with Simon A Forward
"Doctor Who Monthly" - reviews by Wesley Osam (Bad Therapy), James Gent (The Two Doctors), Paul Castle (Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer!), James Hadwen (The Tides Of Time), Colin John Francis (Excelis Dawns), and Arfie Mansfield (The Sea Devils)
"Cy-Fi" by Paul Castle
"Another Blatant Shelf Life Plug..." by Jay Eales
"Lost Keys!" by Paul Castle
"Better Bad Than Trad?" by Finn Clark
"The Obligatory 11th Doctor Speculation Bit" by Paul Castle
"The Wordsearch Of Steel" by Terry Francis
"Stockbridge" by James Hadwen
"The Terrible Zodin" recommended by Paul Castle
"The (Not So) Terrible Zodin!" review by Jon Arnold
"Bad Joke" cartoon by Danielle Ellison and Paul Castle

As always the issue comes in two free-to-download editions. This gives you a choice: you can either print it out as a proper fanzine, or read onscreen as an e-zine.

A5 Fanzine version (print this side first):
Side A (file size 8MB approx)
(and then flip the pages over as a whole and insert them into the sheetfeeder so that the blank side prints):
Side B (file size 1.3MB approx)

E-zine version:
Screencopy (file size 9.3MB approx)

As ever, all the back issues are still available by scrolling down the page or clicking the links to the left. I hope you enjoy the issue - as ever all feedback is welcome!

And when you're done, pop over to Leslie McMurtry's The Terrible Zodin, which I'm delighted to say was inspired by Shooty Dog Thing.

See you next time, I'll try and get my arse in gear and have issue nine done for March!

Brax

Tuesday 30 September 2008

Issue Seven - Autumn 2008!

Hey!

Bit late this time, but still managed to get it out in the target month by the skin of my teeth! More about that in the editorial!

This issue contains:
TenDoc & Rose Cover - Aimee Steinberger
Editorial by Paul Castle
Interview with Chris McKeon (new book: Time's Champion)
"Alien Bodies: The End Was Nigh?" by Jon Arnold
Eighth Doctor cartoon by Mike Morgan
"On The Other Hand..." by Paul Castle
"Big Finish 1998-2008: From Benny To Many!" by Nicole Redo
"The Wrath Of The Terrible Zodin!" cartoon by Mike Morgan
“AlternativeZ” (J, K, & L) by Terry Francis
"Recurring Monsters And Villains" by Louise Sellers (graph by Paul Castle)
"Almost But Not Quite A Life" cartoon by Mike Morgan
"Doctor Who Monthly" - reviews by Wesley Osam (Managra), Adam Stone (The Romans), Arfie Mansfield (The Joy Device), James Hadwen (The Stockbridge Horror), Colin John Francis (Exile), and Paul Castle (The Five Doctors)
Interview with Jon Connors (new fanzine: Jargon)
"Tune In, Tune Out" by Nick Mellish
"Missing Episodes?" by Paul Castle
"William Hartnell's Hats And A Hundred And One Other Questions..." by Paul Castle
"Tennant's Hamlet" reviewed by Jon Arnold
"Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor: Invasion Of The Dinosaurs" cartoon by Mike Morgan
"Steven Taylor: The Real Hero Of Sixties Doctor Who" by Leslie McMurtry
The Terry Francis Crossword
"The Biggest Cop-Out Ending In Doctor Who - Ever!" by Paul Castle
"Well-Prepared" cartoon by Aimee Steinberger

As always the issue comes in two free-to-download editions. This gives you a choice: you can either print it out as a proper fanzine, or read onscreen as an e-zine.

A5 Fanzine version (print this side first):
Side A (file size 5MB approx)

(and then flip the pages over as a whole and insert them into the sheetfeeder so that the blank side prints):
Side B (file size 4.5MB approx)

E-zine version:
Screencopy (file size 9.5MB approx)

As ever, all the back issues are still available:
Issue six link
Issue one to five links

I hope you enjoy the issue - as ever all feedback is welcome!

Brax

Monday 16 June 2008

Issue Six - Summer 2008

Hey there, welcome to the sixth issue of Shooty Dog Thing. If you’ve never encountered the fanzine before then HELLO! SDT’s been described as doing for the eighties/nineties fanzines what Russell T. Davies has done for Doctor Who, giving it a noughties update that reinvigorates the concept of the printed ’zine. And if you’ve never encountered a fanzine before, this is what fans used to create before we had websites - just print off the PDF of side A, flip the paper and then print side B, fold it in the middle, kerchunk a couple of staples in place and that’s a fanzine! Of course, there’s also an e-zine version you can simply read on your computer screen, if you don’t want to print. The choice is yours, aren’t I good? Oh, and did I mention it’s totally free? :o)

Cover - “The Year Of Intelligent Tigers” by Andy Mason
Editorial by Paul Castle
First Doctor Wordsearch by Terry Francis
Interview with Paul Scoones
“Do The MONSTER MASH” by Paul Castle, illustrated by Mike Morgan
“The Enemy Within” by Charles Daniels
“AlternativeZ” (G, H, & I) by Terry Francis
Comic strip - “The Pen Store Adventure” by Leslie McMurtry
“The Curse Of Fatal Death - The Board Game!” by Paul Castle
“Doctor Who Monthly” - reviews by Wesley Osam (The Year Of Intelligent Tigers), Adam Stone (Remembrance Of The Daleks), Arfie Mansfield (The Time Meddler), Colin John Francis (Sympathy For The Devil), James Hadwen (Final Genesis), and Paul Castle (Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD)
Interview with Julian Eales & Selina Lock
“Two’s Firsts” by Terry Francis
“Moths Ate Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Scarf” reviewed by Ali Bongo, Paul Castle, and Tim Hirst Back Cover - “Frank The Macra” by Mike Morgan

As always the issue comes in two free-to-download editions. This gives you a choice: you can either print it out as a proper fanzine, or read onscreen as an e-zine.

A5 Fanzine version (print this side first):
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-06-SUMMER-2008-PRINT-SIDE-A.pdf (file size 5MB approx)

(and then flip the pages over as a whole and insert them into the sheetfeeder so that the blank side prints):
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-06-SUMMER-2008-PRINT-SIDE-B.pdf (file size 2MB approx)

E-zine version:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-06-SUMMER-2008-SCREENCOPY.pdf (file size 7MB approx)

As ever, all the back issues are still available, just click on this link http://brax-zine.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html for links to download the first five issues.

I hope you enjoy the issue - as ever all feedback is welcome!

Wednesday 12 March 2008

ISSUE FIVE!

Hello

Welcome to the fifth issue of Shooty Dog Thing, marking the first anniversary of the fanzine. I hope you'll stick with us through 2008 as issues 6, 7 and 8 materialise in June, September and December, but for now I hope you enjoy this new issue.

Cover by Jon Wesley Huff
Editorial by Paul Castle
Letters page!
Interview with Joe Lidster
"The Twenty-first Century Is When It's All Gonna Change. And You Gotta Be Ready!" by Patrick Mulready
"AlternativeZ" by Terry Francis
Comic strip: "Doctor Who And The Pen Store Adventure" by Leslie McMurtry
"Doctor Who Monthly" reviews:
(March - 'Doctor Who On The Web Planet' comic strip reviewed by James Hadwen, 'The Dark Flame' CD reviewed by Colin John Francis; April - 'Time-Flight' novelisation reviewed by Paul Castle, 'Revolution Man' novel reviewed by Wesley Osam; May - 'Turlough And The Earthlink Dilemma' spin-off novel reviewed by Terry Francis, 'The Aztecs' tv story reviewed by Arfie Mansfield)
"Who Cares!" by Tim Hirst
"In The Beginning" by Adam Stone
"Licence Denied" recalled by Jon Arnold
"Nasty, Brutish, And Short" by Paul Castle
Cartoon: "Alien's Anonymous" by Mike Morgan
"Unmuddying The Waters" by Lawrence Burton
"And Cut It Now!" by Jon Arnold
"Season Of Mists And Mellow Fruitfulness" by Paul Castle
Cartoon: "Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor" by Mike Morgan

As always the issue comes in two free-to-download editions. This gives you a choice: you can either print it out as a proper fanzine, or read onscreen as an e-zine.

A5 Fanzine version (print this side first):
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-05-SPRING-2008-PRINT-SIDE-A.pdf

(and then flip the pages over as a whole and insert them into the sheetfeeder so that the blank side prints):
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-05-SPRING-2008-PRINT-SIDE-B.pdf

E-zine version:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-05-SPRING-2008-SCREENCOPY.pdf

BACK ISSUES:

ISSUE ONE

Print version Side A: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-01-SPRING-2007-PRINT-SIDE-A.pdf

Print version Side B: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-01-SPRING-2007-PRINT-SIDE-B.pdf

Read on screen version: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-01-SPRING-2007-SCREENCOPY.pdf

Freebie "Shooty Dog Thing Adventures" edited by Erik Pollitt:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDTA-01-SPRING-2007-SCREENCOPY.pdf

ISSUE TWO

Print version Side A: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-02-SUMMER-2007-PRINT-SIDE-A.pdf

Print version Side B: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-02-SUMMER-2007-PRINT-SIDE-B.pdf

Read on screen version: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-02-SUMMER-2007-SCREENCOPY.pdf

ISSUE THREE:

Print version Side A: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-03-AUTUMN-2007-PRINT-SIDE-A.pdf

Print version Side B: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-03-AUTUMN-2007-PRINT-SIDE-B.pdf

Read on screen version: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-03-AUTUMN-2007-SCREENCOPY.pdf

ISSUE FOUR:

Print version Side A: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-04-WINTER-2007-PRINT-SIDE-A.pdf

Print version Side B: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-04-WINTER-2007-PRINT-SIDE-B.pdf

Read on screen version: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/2/22/807177/SDT-04-WINTER-2007-SCREENCOPY.pdf

All are free to download, and free to distribute. Please don't re-use any artwork or articles without permission. You may scan the front cover to promote Shooty Dog Thing in websites or magazines.