Archives for October 2007
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 we… continue reading »
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 of Flopear”,1… continue reading »
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 Castlebar” McDonald. The focus of the discussion was the… continue reading »
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 as fustar.org. Since its inception Fústar’s subtitle has been (the uncatchy) “Recycling… continue reading »
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 for… continue reading »
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… continue reading »




