Paul Cornell's Festive Friday Newsletter
For 20th December. The Death of Wolverine is out now! Festive!
The Death of Wolverine is Out Now!
As announced here on ICv2, Marvel has released an omnibus edition of the Death of Wolverine storyline, featuring not only the miniseries of that name, but also my entire run on the comic. I’m very pleased that all this material will now be available in one volume.
There are two covers, this regular one from Alex Ross…
And this direct market exclusive version from Joe Quesada.
It’s available to order on Amazon, and at all good bookstores and comic shops.
The Final Hammer House of Podcast is Out Now!
The 7th, and last, Hammer House of Podcast Christmas Special is out today! Indeed, it’s our final episode of any kind, unless Hammer make a new horror movie, in which case we’ll pop back to make a new episode!
In the Special, Lizbeth Myles and I will be watching Peter Cushing’s appearances on The Morecambe and Wise Show across eleven years and two channels. We also have a chat about all the Hammer movies, in genres other than horror, that we didn’t watch, and sum up how we feel about the whole seven year journey.
You can find it here, and if you want to see the material first, here’s the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society page on YouTube, which has a playlist of the sketches.
Of Shadows, Stars and Sabers
I have a new short story in a new original anthology, Of Shadows, Stars and Sabers, edited by Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell, and I’m alongside a stellar group of authors, including Adrian Tchaikovsky, David Quantick, Stark Holborn and Lizbeth Myles! The book is out on February 11th, and is available for pre-order now!
The Sequel to Hammer House of Podcast is… Telefantasy Time Jump!
On January 13th, Lizbeth Myles and I will be starting our new podcast, Telefantasy Time Jump. It’s going to be about the history of fantastic television in the UK, going year by year, starting with 1953. (But we’ll be talking in the first episode about all the shows that came out before that date.) Each episode one of us will pick a UK series from that year for us to watch two examples of, and the other one of us will select a show from the rest of the world in that year to talk about on our extra monthly episode for Patreon supporters. (Everyone who’s at the £3/$3 level or above.)
If you’re a current Patron of HHoP, you don’t have to do anything (except set your patronage to the £3/$3 level if you want the extra episode). The HHoP Patreon site will simply turn into the TTJ site and memberships will be carried over. If you get HHoP through a podcast app, you may have to re-subscribe, but we’ll get into that as 2025 approaches.
HHoP will be leaving Twitter/X as soon as the podcast is finished. (I envisage our team of weirdies leaping on an ancient carriage driven by Christopher Lee that gallops off out of there.)
You can now find the new podcast at these links on Instagram (where it’s /telefantasytimejump/) and Bluesky (where it’s TelefantasyTJ.bsky.social).
My Ko-fi and eBay Stores Re-Stocked!
I’ve re-stocked my Ko-fi store, where you can buy my books and comics, signed and personalised, for shipping worldwide.
Similarly, I’ve now re-stocked my ebay store, full of Bronze Age Marvel comics at bargain prices.
Find my Books at Bookshop.Org and Help Out Indie Booksellers!
Bookshop.org is a collective selling tool that sets up a marketplace for all indie bookstores in the UK, functioning exactly like Amazon, except you’re supporting your local bookshop. You can find a selection of my books here, and I get a little cut of the proceeds too if you order from here!
My Linktree
You can now find all my social media links, my website/blog and links to where you can buy my books, in one place here, thanks to Linktree!
My Week
Sorry if I make this quick. Caroline and I are taking Thomas to the Arboretum tonight for their Christmas Lights event (and listening to the Christmas Top 40 countdown on the way, it’s an annual treat). Also today, I have a million other things to get done, as if I’m in my own frantic festive music number or instructive TV special about failing to slow down for Christmas. Liz was staying this week, which was an absolute pleasure, and allowed me to get some relaxation in and watch Moonlighting episodes. On Tuesday we went to Kim Newman’s traditional lunch for his friends in the business, and had a great time with people like James Moran, Rhianna Pratchett and Sophia McDougall.
Last Friday was the Vicarage Christmas Party, which was brilliant, bringing together as it did so many different local groups of friends and some creator friends visiting cross-country. I didn’t speak to everyone for as long as I should have, but I did mingle, the place was packed, and I was left feeling warmed and supported by my community.
This is going to be the last Newsletter before Christmas, so let me just say to you, whatever your tradition is, Happy Holidays, and from mine, may you have a peaceful, happy, loved Christmas.
To Be Continued
The next Newsletter will be out on Friday, January 3rd. And we can all face that New Year together. I hope to see you all then.
Have a lovely Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!