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Wednesday Runaround – Pushing The Floppy Haired Gay Agenda

Published Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:18:14 -0500

Last updated Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:53:10 -0500

TweetWatch: Ooh look, Steven Moffat is on Twitter.

DoctorWatch: Matt Smith stars as writer Christopher Isherwood in a story of his formative years in the gay subculture of nineteen twenties Berlin, in Christopher And His Kind, for BBC2 later this year. A little less of the raggedy Doctor there… but no bow tie? For shame. Bow ties are cool.

PrequelWatch: Inception gets a graphic novel preview treatment courtesy of Udon Studios.

NewsWatch: The Guardian picks up on Stool Pigeon's Alan Moore interview.

MoreNewsWatch: Salt Lake Citypaper profiles graphic novelist Gina Miller over her new digitally created book Lazarus.

YetMoreNewsWatch: Seems like Frederick Von Wertham was right all along. Margaret Barbaree, founder of a citizens' group called Protect Our Children, of Crestview, Florida, claims that a chapter of the Gantz manga comic book published by Dark Horse Comics and Psychic Academy from Tokyo Pop has sent her teen son into "extensive therapy" after, it seems, stealing the volume from the Crestview Public Library. And has presented images within to the board of the Library as evidence of their insiduous nature. Gantz is adult-rated by Psychic Academy is recommended for 13 year olds and older. Barbaree has already protested against the library's decision to stock manga. But it seem that protest didn't have much of an impact on her son.

EvenMoreNewsWatch: The Montreal Gazette profile Kid In The Hall Scott Thompson's Danny Husk: The Hollow Planet graphic novel from IDW.

DoctorStare: Oh go on, let's have a Matt Smith topless shot.