belatedly reviewing lust, caution, the element i most woke up to was probably the mah jongg, a game my family played a little when i was a teen — we had a very strange set made not of ivory-bamboo or fake plastic equivalent but some curious cru[…]

while huntin the net for info on who wrote or drew BLACK MAX i found this link, to a page detailing the first issue ever on LION comic (23 feb 1952), some 20 years before i was a reader — it lists the contents, as follows:
Outlaw Of Space (wit[…]

When I was a kid, I paid less attention to writers than to artists – the latter are easier to notice, I guess. Also, not only did the Lee-Kirby comics look spectacularly exciting, they were great stories too, and Stan Lee didn’t seem to w[…]

Brazilian pop meets US indie!
Verdict: 6.4 (15 votes, sd 1.2)[…]

(I’ve written notes on this series before – 500+ pages of reprints of old comics for around £11. First batch of volumes / Second batch. This volume came out today.)
I think this is my favourite continuing war series ever – the[…]

“Tough metal guys go Cher”
Verdict: 5.8 (14 votes, sd 1.9)[…]

Follow up to last nights Lollards. It is difficult to describe the horror of something visual on the radio. My dislike for the Randy Newman penned, Sarah MacLachlin sung “When Somebody Loved Me” from Toy Story 2 is less about the song its[…]

Moomins animation (v Roland Rat v He Man). What is the comet? Unease and a-moralising kids books. Ed Gorey. Position Normal – “Nostrils and Eyes”. Tom calls “Uncle” and the “New Mother”. Toy Story II and The Saddest Song in the World from. It is. Closing remarks. Midweek number 1 is Man 2 Man?

When Geeks Have Children
Saving throw vs teething now[…]

PLUG PLUG!
Tonight leading Moomin academic Dr Vick, Tom Ewing and Pete Baran, corralled into brilliance by the Atommick Brane herself halloo the return of the kid-lit husband list! (Ms Puddleduck come on down!) (PuddleDUMB more like!) We’ll tac[…]