I was going to write and rail a touch against Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, which styles itself as literary science fiction; and all the beginners sci-fi errors it makes. That was until I stumbled across the trailer for the new Michael Bay […]

Many many years ago I was given a book in my Christmas stocking called The Exam Secret. It argued, cogently, wittily and somewhat dangerously, that the secret of exams was to entertain the examiner. This nugget of insight is something I’ve alwa[…]

is peter halley a comics artist ?
no
a) he doesnt work on paper (ie he is not ephemeral)
b) he doesnt use words (is the usual conflation and split b/w language and image requiste?)
c) his work can appear apart (ie can it be modular and still be seque[…]

There’s little more satisfying than seeing a story which you know is going to involve the words and watching in delight as they appear. Paragraph 1…2…come on….3…4….almost there….5….6…yes! GET IN y[…]

Down in Sunny Peckham something’s happening.
You can call it socially engaged practice, you can call it democratised art, you can call it goofy fun, but we can all agree it’s Pet-Tastic.
I think I was unsuccessful in my attempts to pers[…]

A recent bout of Pythonism — it happens every so often — prompted me to break out the apparently out of print Dr. Fegg’s Encyclopedia of All World Knowledge, as written by Messers Jones and Palin of said troupe. Much like good ol&#[…]

Roving reporter Alix spots a poll on the Isle of Wight website: Who’s Wuthering Heights is better – Bronte’s or Bush’s?. Cross-discipline wranglings in the area! But why this area???[…]

Reading this http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/cfinch/finch5-18-05.asp catty, and bitchy review of the new Johns show by Charlie Finch, of Caluga and Most Art Sucks fame, caused me deep anger. Not only because it seemed to be homophobic, but al[…]

Nominations are open for the I Love Comics best characters of all time poll.[…]

Slashdot poll Favorite fictional place?. I am disgraced as someone who works in IT and didn’t know about Elbonia. Current memes force me to propose CSI: Elbonia at least.[…]