On Saturday November 14th, a special event for the magazine Spaceship Away was held at Chine Bridge Lodge, Bournemouth (UK). Launched in 2003 by Rod Barzilay, Spaceship Away presents completely new adventures of the original version of Dan Dare. … Continue reading
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, the comics news website Down The Tubes has been compiling a special album of artwork from various illustrators, celebrating the event from a comics artwork perspective. Find more photos … Continue reading
The Dorad & Sirius website has been updated visually, along with new sections for the two principal characters. To tie-in with the update, here’s a view of early costume design sketches by Marko Keränen, for the main human character Dorad Neubaum. … Continue reading
Congratulations to Monty Halls, completing yesterday’s London Marathon in 4 hours and 11 minutes. In an email from Monty to his sponsors: “It was a fantastic day”. “The support runners received around the course was phenomenal and the dolphin costume … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to Gerry Anderson, 80 today. Thank you for many years of classic entertainment. There can’t be many people unfamiliar with Gerry Anderson’s work, but if you happen to be one of them, why not pay a visit to … Continue reading
As dolphins and other cetaceans are an integral part of Dorad & Sirius, would you please consider sponsoring TV presenter Monty Halls, running in this year’s London Marathon on April 26th, in aid of WDCS (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society). The … Continue reading
Dorad & Sirius stems from an earlier idea which led to a short pilot for a possible children’s TV series, made at the facility company Fingers in 1990. Principally based around the graphics platform Quantel Paintbox, the pilot called McMurdo – … Continue reading
As you can see from the header (as well as the image in the previous post), the tag line for Dorad & Sirius is Evolution And Imagination, relating to the ‘What if…’ idea concerning human evolution, which is at the heart … Continue reading
Welcome to Chakralog, the official blog for Dorad & Sirius – a new science-fiction concept devised for the digital environment. The format involves a storyline evocative of wholesome science-fiction comic adventures of the past, while utilising production and presentation methods which didn’t exist … Continue reading
