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Tuesday Runaround – Brad Looks Glad
KickAssWatch: The London premiere went well last night, it seems. And Australians can see Kick-Ass for free…
A few of the local slebs were tweeting…
NoelClarke Morning.
Kick Ass was great. Nice party at Vaughns house after. All I could have was water cos of being sick. Hope this belly things goes.
edgarwright Saw Kick Ass. It does exactly what it says on the tin. Loved Nic Cage's Adam West impersonation. Spotted a lot of our stunt team too. See it. Toronto peeps. Was heartened in Kickass to see a scene outside the Scotia Bank where I spent many Sunday afternoons watching summer movies. Also in Kickass, mucho praise must go to the amazing Brad Allan who was responsible for the amazing fight choreography. He also did Pilgrim.jamie_oliver I'VE just seen Matthew Vaughn's new movie "Kick Ass" its like nothing ive ever seen before,
im speechless its VERY very good! off to USA joXX
richardpbacon Kick Ass is absolutely f****** brilliant. Witty.Bold. Smart. I wasn't prepared for it to be that good. Man alive.
Wossy Just home from post KickAss party. Movie went over GREAT! Nice to meet so many friendly comic book fans! In response to daws. Wife's dress tonight by Viv Westwood and yes, I had a chat with mika and brad Pitt. Both lovely.
WossyWatch: Talking of whom, the website for Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards, Home Turf, updates with all manner of stuff. They're confirming a minimum of 26 Turf comic pages an issue, expanding the series from four to five issues and bring William Stout, and Dave Gibbons in as upcoming variant cover artists…
ClimateWatch: To tie in with this weekend's Scottish comic convention Hi-Ex and local wind farm , the BBC asked a number of comic book artists to share their cartooning visions of environmental challenges. Mo Ali, Vicky Stonebridge and Johnny McMonagle.
RadicalWatch: Have you ever read a puffier puff piece than this Philadephia Daily News article on the Hercules comic book from Radical Comics?
Radical Comics has made a big name for itself by making sure all of its projects have the most sophisticated writing, art and packaging of any books on the shelves today.
The books have been so light-years ahead of most competitors in terms of quality – so cinematic in terms of story and visuals – that Hollywood has taken notice and the majority of the company's titles have been optioned for adaptations to film.
SnipeWatch: A look at Kick-Ass yet to come, taken from a US charity shop last week.
AnnoyinglyYoungTalentWatch: Nine year old kid raises a thousand pounds for charity by drawing comics. Bastard.
AppointmentWatch: Dark Horse's Cheyenne Allott and Thing From Another World's Brady Bonney join the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund as Development Manager and Operations Manager respectively.