anticristo news


	JULY. 14 '04 Sometime earlier this year, both versions of AntiCristo (hardcover and softcover) went out of print. It took a while, but it's still an achievement considering its original incarnation as a fanzine. If anybody is still in contact with author Steve Fentone, let me know... home DEC. 22 '02 Happy Christmas to all believers and non-believers. It was a quiet year for AntiCristo. 2003 will possibly see an updated and revised edition of the book guilty Catholics love to hate (and love). For the sake of completism, a link to AntiCristo's page on Amazon Japan. home OCT. 8 '02 The softcover edition of AntiCristo has sold out. You can still purchase a limited hardcover edition at the FAB Press site. home JUL. 29 '02 Brit heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer published a short, off-the-cuff review of AC. Read it on the FAB Press website (top of the page). Buy a copy of our book while you're there, won't ya? home JUN. 23 '02 Was touring some Shinjuku video shops today with Mr. Jasper Sharp of the ever-informative Midnight Eye and saw copies of AC for sale at Mondo Video. Had heard AC was available in Tokyo, but hadn't seen it for myself. Hope to go into a second printing late this year or early next, so if you nunspotters out there have any fair-sized nuggets of information or corrections, send them along and you'll be credited in the next edition. home APR. 10 '02 Just a minor update to point to the new reviews up on the FAB Press website. The Black Star reviewer is quite...agog. Not much else happening in the AC camp for the time being. home DEC. 17 '01 Yes I know it's been a while (see my latest cinejournal entry). Back in Tokyo and have not given up on a Japanese edition of AC just yet. Publishers have fresh budgets at the beginning of each year, so we'll try to convince one of them that AC should be on the slate -- whatever its final nihongo incarnation (picture book, anyone?) AntiCristo was on TV again (The Mike Bullard Show)! I didn't see it myself, but here's author Steve Fentone's recap of what aired: ...The latest installment of the Mike Bullard Show was on the box in the background. One of the guests was Daniel Richler, who came on to talk about his new digital cable channel, Book Television. Guess what video clip he used to illustrate his schtick?! They showed the whole intro bit in front of the church up until Richler mentioned my name, but then they cut away. Richler was obviously hoping they would show more, because he made some joke about if they hadn't cut it off so fast they'd have seen (quote) "a hot-looking babe in a nun outfit". I noticed that the clip had Book TV's disclaimer about "contains explicit material", etc, so maybe Bullard's director got cold feet. The studio audience was cheering, whooping and whistling all along! Richler never actually mentioned the title of the book other than in the old clip footage, but he made a few "off-colour" jokes about AC's contents ("it's got lots of pictures"), and how Bullard should take one home. Of course, Bullard leered and played along without ever really intending to pick up a copy. Naturally, although the book was visible in the clip, Richler didn't bother bringing one with him (we can't expect too much, after all). Finally, Video Watchdog will at last weigh-in with their review of the book in an upcoming issue. home NOV. 06 '01 Posted a new review of AC that was featured in the first issue of the Toronto-based pub 'The Everything To Do With Sex Magazine.' The release coincided with the big ETDWS show at the CNE last month. home AUG. 12 '01 Things have been very quiet in the AC camp as of late. "Holding" and "pattern" are two words that come to mind. August is a difficult time to do any business in Japan. It's the only month Japanese workers can take a "consecutive" holiday (which means more than one day off in a row). There's also obon -- a four-day long holiday/ritual where the spirits of the dead are welcomed back to spend some fleeting time with their living family members, and then waved goodbye to once again... The available copies of AC for sale on earth are dwindling, however. Check out the new, multi-currency, fully secure online shopping experience over at our publisher, FAB Press. home JUN. 18 '01 AC has received it's first piece of Japanese coverage. Supreme movie-maniac and prolific author Kiichiro Yanashita reviewed AC for the incomparable cult movie magazine Eiga Hihou (trans: Movie Treasure). Please go to the media archive to see it. An accompanying translation will be up shortly. We are inching toward a Japanese deal! Stay tuned. home MAY. 13 '01 Another piece of U.S. coverage arrives. Old skool fanzine trooper Michael Weldon of Psychotronic Video weighs in with his take on AC. Please go to the media archive to read it! home APR. 30 '01 The Fangoria review has arrived! This is really the first major coverage for AC in the U.S. and it's solid. Please go to the media archive to read it. Also, our first Japanese coverage will be seen in the July issue of the venerable HiHo Magazine -- Japan's number one gore/action/ exploitation/underground monthly. home MAR. 28 '01 Finally, the links to our two television pieces are here. The first link is to the SexTV segment (see my Nov. 15 entry). The second is our segment on Daniel Richler's "The Word" (see my Jan. 06 entry). Special thanks to Stacey Case for creating the streaming media. You'll need Windows Media Player to watch these two segments. AntiCristo on SexTV (disabled) AntiCristo on The Word (disabled) home MAR. 22 '01 Taking small steps toward a Japanese deal...hope to have something locked and loaded by summer. Made a separate page archiving the reviews AC has garnered so far (see top of page). home MAR. 19 '01 Two more AC reviews have come down the pipe: the aforementioned review in the U.K. raincoat crowd pub' Desire and an excellent, detailed review in Headpress . home MAR. 17 '01 Finally received the interview/article that ran in the X-mas edition of Knave, the British adult mag. Please go to the media archive to read it. Also, the Fango review will be in the next ish' according to the Fangoria website (scroll down). home MAR. 4 '01 There hasn't been much news lately so I decided to write this entry in style...on the plane to Japan (wish I had bought a cigarette lighter adapter, there's AC under my seat). I'll be working on licensing the Japanese rights to AntiCristo. So far we have four or five potential contacts...wish us luck! Ganbaru! home JAN. 28 '01 Bizarre Magazine (in which there have been various ads for AntiCristo) has finally run their review of the book. Click here to read their irreverent take on AC! home JAN. 20 '01 Today Steve and I did a radio interview on CIUT 89.5 (University Of Toronto Radio) with host Jessica Mendes. The interview lasted for about an hour and the topics ranged from the genesis of the book to patriarchal oppression to chastity belts. Look for streaming audio clips up here soon. The SexTV episode featuring AntiCristo will show again this weekend at 11:30pm (EST) on CityTV and again on Sunday. If you missed it the first time 'round, check it out. home JAN. 6 '01 More television coverage for AntiCristo! Well known Canadian author/broadcaster/producer Dani el Ric hler did a segment on our book for his new show "The Word" (currently on pay channel "Canadian Learning Television" (CLT)). Below are some grabs from the segment. Also, the January issue of Film Review Magazine (with Robert DeNiro on the cover) features a five-star review (see the Dec. 5 entry). home Archive 2 (September 28, '00 - December 16, '00) Archive 1 (August 25, '00 - September 25, '00)