Archives for December 2008
Things I Saved From a Skip: 1 – Jinty Annual 1981
Given the (rather amusing) collapse of the global financial system, 2009 should prove a big year for rummaging through skips. While I endorse the activity, I don’t welcome the competition. Uncontested skip-rummaging has been good to me. Today’s post concerns… continue reading »
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
Just popping in briefly to wish one and all a Merry Post-solstice Wintermass X-festival. Uncle Phil Spector (the world’s Christmassiest murder suspect) has been hogging our turntable all week, so I’ll let Darlene Love take it (and us) away. Enjoy.
Zero Tolerance & Infinite Justice: The Nick O’Teen Story
A recent discussion on the dubious “pleasures” of EU/Swiss propagandic comics set the memory banks whizzing, fizzing and grinding. Long forgotten (and eminently forgettable) examples of educational/promotional “sequential art” came popping back into the concious part of the noodle. Memories… continue reading »
Why does Santa Sound Like George from Glenroe?
Yesterday afternoon the Christmas market in Clarenbridge (normally a haven of gentle family fun) found itself terrorised by the appearance of a violent, paralytic and terrifyingly intense Santa Claus. He smashed his “sleigh” into a stall selling fruit cake &… continue reading »
None for Anyone in the Audience: The 2008 Manky Toy Show – Live!
9.00 – A pair of cheap, stained curtains open. A thin figure bounds jovially through them and onto the stage. A glamorous, heavily pregnant, assistant follows (her movements cautious & wary). The scene reeks of tawdry & thrown-together charm –… continue reading »
