We're going to be launching the fifth Scarifyers adventure, The Secret Weapon of Doom, at the Regenerations convention in Swansea on Saturday 18th September. Nick Courtney and Terry Molloy will also be doing their first-ever Scarifyers panel - more details to follow.

It's come to our attention that some customers are having problems ordering the Peter Cushing CD from the site. While we try to fix it, we've set up a Big Cartel shop at http://www.cosmichobo.bigcartel.com. Orders still come through to us exactly the same, and you still get the pre-order discount.

In case you've missed it previously, the debut outing for The Scarifyers, 'The Nazad Conspiracy,' is repeated on Saturday 12th June at 6.00pm on BBC7. And it'll be available on the BBC i-Player for the following week.

There's a behind-the-scenes feature about the recording of the forthcoming Scarifyers adventure, 'The Secret Weapon of Doom,' in the latest issue of Sci-Fi Now. Co-writer Paul Morris reveals the art of writing the Scarifyers: 'I write the long scenes with long lines and big words and Simon writes the short scenes with short words.'

We're taking a short break, Eyjafjallajoekull permitting, so any CD orders will be sent out on 24th May.

Peter Cushing's reading of his own autobiography, 'Past Forgetting,' is now available to pre-order. Between now and the release date of July 5th it's available for a special price of £11.99, reduced from the normal £14.99.

The second outing for Lionheart and Dunning, The Devil of Denge Marsh, gets a repeat outing on BBC7 starting tonight at 6pm. If you miss it, you can catch up during the following week on the BBC i-Player.

Just a reminder that the last posting date for UK Christmas deliveries is Monday 21st December. Which isn't far away, so don't leave it too late!

We're off on yet another holiday, so any CD orders will be sent out after 25th November.

We've just added another free download to the site - a behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of the most recent Scarifyers adventure, The Curse of the Black Comet. If easily offended, please don't listen!

Scarifyers writer/producer Simon Barnard is interviewed over at Design Critique, a podcast focusing on how companies design products for their customers. If you'd like to hear Simon being exceptionally dull on the subject, then you can subscribe to Design Critique in iTunes or any other podcatcher, or you can go to the web page at www.designcritique.net

The Scarifyers will be out en masse at the Regenerations convention this weekend in Swansea. Nick Courtney and Terry Molloy are both putting in an appearance, and you're likely to find Cosmic Hobo squeezed inbetween Anneke Wills, Katy Manning and Mary Tamm as you walk in. Come and say hello!

We're taking a short holiday, so any CD orders will be sent out on Monday 14th September. Downloads will remain unaffected.

Well, the reviews for 'The Curse of the Black Comet' are in, and what's the verdict?

"The heftiest slice of ham you’ll see this side of Christmas – and terrific fun, to boot" declares SFX. "Pure audio magic," adds Total Sci-Fi. Den of Geek say "A first-class romp... one of the best Scarifyers stories yet." And Sci-Fi Online said "This audio CD is almost the perfect present, so treat yourself and get a copy." So if you still haven't, then do!

The more keen eyed amongst you may have noticed that there's something strangely different about the Cosmic Hobo website. In the next few days we'll be updating the site and adding a few new features, so please be patient and bear with us if the site looks a little odd in the meantime!

Well, it's been quite a wait, but the fourth Scarifyers tale, The Curse of the Black Comet, is almost upon us. A globe-trotting tale of mysterious Egyptian boxes, weird lights in the sky and civil servants, it's the Scarifyers most epic adventure yet. And their loudest, as it stars none other than Prince Vulcan himself, Brian Blessed, alongside the regulars.

The Curse of the Black Comet is released on September 1st, and you can pre-order your copy here.

We're pleased to announce that BBC 7 will be broadcasting the third series of The Scarifyers from next Sunday. For four weeks from 22nd February listeners to digital station BBC 7 will be able to hear the radio premiere of The Scarifyers: For King and Country in BBC 7’s Seventh Dimension slot on Sunday evenings, 6.00pm.

A lot of people have commented on the fact that the Scarifyers artwork looks a bit like Tintin. There's a very good reason for that, as you'll discover if you hop on over to the Forbidden Planet International Blog, where Scarifyers artist Garen Ewing is interviewed about Tintin, writing comics and his magnum opus The Rainbow Orchid.

If you buy the November issue of Sci-Fi Now magazine, you'll discover that all of page 18 is given over to a thought-provoking interview with the creators of The Scarifyers, Simon Barnard and Paul Morris. "In the fourth one we sort of reach a bit of a peak with an international dimension," says Morris, bafflingly.

And if you want to go for the whole audio-visual experience, you can also hear Barnard's drab tones spoiling the otherwise interesting Yog Radio podcast.

Nick, Terry and the rest of the Scarifyers gang returned to the studio this week to record episode four, "The Curse of the Black Comet". But this time they were joined by shouty bearded thesp Brian Blessed.

Brian joins the cast to play the world’s worst explorer, Sir Basil Champion. "The extraordinary thing is that I always wanted to play Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger, and this is the opposite side of the coin, Basil Champion. Professor Challenger is a great explorer, but Basil Champion is completely useless," says Brian.

The Curse of the Black Comet will be released in 2009.