There’s a new publisher in town, it’s got the name Kickstarter. It’s aiming to tackle the OGN market and this week releases 4 brand new books from various creative teams. I was given a preview copy to review and it wasn’t a bad book. It missed a lot of great opportunities but it had a [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2010 by ryan
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I’m going to change the format here, and completely steal Chad Nevett’s schtick, by mixing my weekly comic haul with some eclectic musings (see what I did there? No thesaurus or nothing!). So, let’s go. Eclectic Purchase – Daredevil #511 – so far the main title hasn’t really dropped too far in quality, even though [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2010 by ryan
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This is a stolen meme from a mate who I know won’t mind. Thanks, Rol. 1. You’re building your dream house. What’s the one thing that this house absolutely, positively MUST HAVE? (other than the obvious basics of course) A library. Preferably with one of those ladders on the wheels, and a fireplace. And an [...]
Posted on June 24th, 2010 by ryan
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As I’ve said previously, it’s been six years of my life. I was there at the start and a natural disaster wouldn’t even keep me from being there at the end. I sat down to watch the entire finale and these are my random thoughts on the whole shebang. And, now, with SPOILERS! I liked [...]
Posted on June 1st, 2010 by ryan
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I can remember when LOST began, all those years ago. It was a different time, I had just started teaching, I was in my early 20′s, I was living on my own. The world was a different place but it would become so much more as this show began. The ads came on and it [...]
Posted on May 24th, 2010 by ryan
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I’m reading Clive Barker’s Abarat to my class. I never thought I’d get the chance to read Clive Barker to little kids so I am relishing this opportunity. And they’re digging it, from all accounts. To kick it off, I did an art lesson based on the opening lines of the book: The storm came [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2010 by ryan
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I am a massive fan of Scorsese, always have been. I watched Taxi Driver as a young teen and was completely won over. Through repeat viewings over time and age I understood more and more of the film and it now ranks as number two on my all-time list. Scorsese was a master, no doubt [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by ryan
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My writing regimen is a little scattered what with my return to work. I got a solid two hours yesterday morning, and yielded a very nice 1k of words out of it. Quota had been met for the day and I was happy. There was no need to stress or overthink the process or the [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2010 by ryan
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This week brings 3 more titles back into my life, which seems to be a bit of a good number each week. I wonder how I’d go round-tabling with nine comics in one week. I’d have to keep it short, but this week won’t be short because I’ve got three very interesting, very talkative titles [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2010 by ryan
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Comic buyers always debate which to buy; floppies or trades. There are pros and cons for both, which I’ll attempt to enumerate quickly right now. Floppies – the monthly comics -due to the publishing schedule this means you get to go to the comic store every week to pick up at least one title -you [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2010 by ryan
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