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As the "Dreadful Thoughts" club badges begin to wing their way around this wide world (i.e. Ireland) my thoughts have turned from the sunlit plains of munificence to the shadowy valleys of …

The naming of those fantastic (and hideous) creatures that routinely crawl from the earth's dark chasms or slither from the depths of its briny seas is a process both mysterious and (occasionally) spontaneous. Granted there are some, like this chap, …

What does one do on a miserable Sunday such as this (a Sunday dragged straight from the depths of Satan's arse)? Watch DVDs? Check. Waste an hour or two playing the Wii? Check. Idly flick through the thousands of comic …

A Manky Toy double-bill for you on this glorious Monday (glorious because the sun has his/her hat on and I'm off work). Through no conscious design on my part a "Jesus" theme seems to have sneaked its way into proceedings. …

Update 23/01/08 - I've emailed a few people who've shown (or casually expressed) interest in FIZZOO! to discuss format, structure, page & word count etc. If anyone else fancies getting involved please email me (or …

The second entry to go on display in fustar.info's Museum of Cultural Waste is not (I admit) wholly dissimilar from the first entry. I'd intended to drift away from vintage Girls' comics and discuss (say) the merits of …

Fate, as the unluckiest among us no doubt realise, can be a cruel and capricious thing. To some it regularly deals four (or even five) aces, to others it simply administers crippling …

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 …