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Friday Runaround – And Possibly A Big Sit Down Afterwards

Published Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:00:22 -0600

Last updated Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:59:53 -0600

Okay, I'm exhausted. Thirty-five posts, every hour for the last thirty-five hours. Thirty-six if you include this one (which I do!)

Okay, so what's been happening?

Well, the Big Wednesday delivery for shops this week has put them in good stead for what Americans are calling Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when everyone shops. And shops hard. Big sales everywhere, and comic shops have lots of big items to sell. It looks like money is coming back in fashion again. Maybe you can find some in the back of your wardrobe.
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Popbitch, the biggest direct influence on Bleeding Cool, announces their direct-orders-only book, Baboon Vs Badger. Asking various celebrities from Noam Chomsky to Stephen Fry who they think would win in a fight between the two mammals. Personally, I think that in confined combat, the badger would have the edge in terms of force and strength, but in an open space, the badger is faster and could get better wounds in.

Anyway, I've done a few cartoons for it, which they seem pleased with. I can't think of a better present for the love of your life.
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Okay, maybe the Ultimate TPB Collection of Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E.
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Referencing the MTV mention from Quentin Tarantino that Sergent Fury And His Howling Commandoes was a major influence on Inglourious Basterds, I am reminded by a pro Little Bleeder that Quentin is a Sgt Fury fan from way back and that the original screenplay for True Romance contains numerous references to the issue in which Pam Hawley dies – almost all of which were then cut out by Tony Scott.

Come on Marvel Studios, just offer Quentin Sgt Fury to do with as he wishes. I'm sure Samuel would be up for it.
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Therapist Philippa Perry, wife of Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry, has written a new graphic novel, Couch Fiction: A Graphic tale of Psychotherapy drawn by her Japanese housekeeper, Junko.

Wow. Beats meeting on Digitalwebbing I suppose.

Apparently it's an alternative way to presenting a traditional therapy textbook. The book will be published in April. The publishers call it "a cross between Irvin Yalom's Love's Executioner and Posy Simmonds' Tamara Drewe."

Oh shut up.
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And George Gene Gustines (who lets; face it, sounds like he was made up by Stan Lee or Jack Kirby) looks at the Geoff Johns' Agent Orange trade hardcover for the New York Times.
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The Sydney Morning Herald interview Magdy El Shafee, the Egyptian cartoonist who has imprisoned and his book Metro banned, as reported by Bleeding Cool earlier this week.

We thought it was kind of a revenge of the regime against the April 6 movement which had been organised largely through internet forums such as Facebook, and by the bloggers, and we didn't take it all that seriously… then all of a sudden I was being interrogated. What for? For my ideas? It was surreal, a very bad experience.

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Jessica Alba has snapped up comics-to-movie adaptation The Insiders by Bartoll and Gueretta, with Robert Rodriquez to direct, apparently.
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Tom Humberstone is committing himself to draw a complete comic every day for a hundred days, starting on Tuesday.

The daft eedjit.

Don't let him back out of it folks. He's in this for the long term.