• Sunday 14 August 2005

I've spent the most of this week attempting to fend off migraines and suffering headaches and toothache, and therefore was forced to self-impose a ration on my computer time while completing the production work on Strangehaven #18. So plenty to catch up on ...

phil collins eat your heart out
Confirmed this week, I will be doing a double comic shop signing on 17 September at ACE Comics at both their Southend shop and their Colchester branch. I'll be in Southend at 11.00 am until about 12.30, then quickly whizzing up the A12 to be at the Colchester shop for 2.00 pm. Sharing the spotlight will be the incredibly talented Mr. Chronic Fatigue, creator of the Mixy comic, so if you're in the Essex area, please pop down to see us.
Chronic Fatigue/Mixy website
ACE Comics website

picked by the planet
Joe Gordon of Forbidden Planet dropped me a line to let me know that the forthcoming Strangehaven: Conspiracies trade paperback has made the Staff Picks section on their website. Check it out here:
Staff Picks Forbidden Planet

of interest to my italian readers only
Received the fifth volume of Black Velvet's Italian language Strangehaven translation this week, and mighty fine it looks too. If you haven't seen the great work that Omar and smoky do on it, it's a lovely package in a prestige-type squarebound format pairing two of the original comics in each Italian volume.
They also feature an exclusive Italian letters/questions page and sport new arty-type photographs by yours truly on the back covers.

the mark of champions is to win when you play badly
It must be said that newcomers Wigan gave Chelsea a run for their money this afternoon, very impressive they were and I hope they manage to survive in the Premiership. But despite a lacklustre performance, Chelsea's newfound resilience was underlined with Crespo's stunning last-minute winner.
Mourinho's honesty in evaluating Chelsea's poor performance was also refreshing.

sad news all round
The Internet problems that I experienced last week meant that I didn't hear about the sad and shocking sudden passing of Page 45's Mark Simpson until a few days ago. This comes just a few weeks after the death of cartoonist and musician Andy Roberts, both guys in their early 40s, both who contributed much to the UK comic industry and both who I had met on several occasions. Both will be very sadly missed.
On Wednesday I heard that my Aunt Doll had died in hospital, aged 92. I had travelled to see her a couple of years ago and had kept in touch since. She was the last of my dad's siblings, so it was very sad to hear of her passing, even if she did have a 'good innings.'

•Last week's quiet mumurs

this week i have mostly been entertained by ...

movies
Kill Bill Volume 1 [2003]
Scary Movie 3 [2003]
Godsend [2004]

cds
Ernie - Songs of Ernest Noyes Brookings [Various]
Listen to What the Man Said [Various]

graphic novel
Suspended In Language [GT Labs]

footie
Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2 [community shield]
Wigan 0 Chelsea 1

cricket
The Third Ashes Test
England v Australia [Old Trafford]

blog archive
week ending :
07 August 2005
31 July 2005
24 July 2005
17 July 2005
10 July 2005