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Events that clash

cms — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:18:28 +0000

This year’s Bristol Comics Expo is going to be held on the weekend of May 9th-10th. Aggravatingly this is the same weekend that I’m going to be away at ATP vs the fans.

Even more annoyingly, this makes it the second year in a row that I’ll miss it. Last year I gave up, after a few attempts to survive the stupidly arranged ticket purchasing queues. Prior to that, I’d managed to go to every single one since Bristol began hosting them , back in 1999 or so.

Intriguingly, this year, the small press (usually the most interesting aspect of the festival, for me) is broken out into a separate event for some reason.

Jesus Christ: In the name of the gun.

cms — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:04:56 +0000

jwz said this comic was surprisingly awesome. He is correct.

Opus

cms — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:19:10 +0000

For the benefit of anyone else who missed the memo, Pulitzer Prize winning stripper, Berkely Breathed is back in the funny pages with a syndicated Sunday slot. Set back in Bloom County, with a mostly familar cast, with the mildest focus shift to centralising around the escapades of the titular waterfowl. It’s readable online at Salon.com, although sadly there’s not a feed, so you may need to schedule a reminder of your own.

Economic tailspin, leg-warmers, tired, bloated government set on self-destruct, jingo-tastic US presidential campaign underway, and Bill The Cat! The 80s are most definitely back.