icon 00 Monthly Archive: October, 2007

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Balloons of Doom & Balls of Hate

Like a deep, dark, weirdness-filled mirror the world of Bunty (and girls' comics in general) continues to hold fustar.info in its thrall. The more I look, the more wonders (and terrors) I see returning my gaze.

Two weeks ago …

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The Flights of Flopear

Due to popular demand, or, more precisely, the demand of a single individual ("graylien"), I hereby present another offering from the Bunty Book for Girls 1983. "More Flopear content! More Flopear content!", he begged. Wish granted.

"The Flights …

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Filled with Unknown Terror…

Those readers who've loitered around Fústar HQ since its early days may recall an interview I conducted (way back in the cold & dark of January, 2006) with David "Son of …

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The Museum of Cultural Waste: Bunty for Girls 1983

Since local supplies of shoddy, cheap toys remain limited and undependable, I thought it might prove vaguely amusing to launch a new series on the blog formerly known …

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Every Little (or Lot) Helps

An alarming headline from today's Limerick Post. While I know that Tesco have (over the last number of years) been aggressively seeking to increase their presence in the Irish supermarket landscape, I hadn't realised quite how far their plans …

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The Blog Arose

Crack out the modestly-priced sparkling wine. Rip open a fun-sized bag of Malteesers.

Despite the best efforts of the joyless despots at a certain sinister Mega-global-corp, my blogging days are not quite over. Fustar.org (a cosy enough home for over 2 …