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    Swamp Thing

    in Comics

    Posted

    Interesting update from Rick Veitch

    Thanks, everyone, for all the love!  I wish I had news to share about Swamp Thing 88 and finishing my time travel story arc.  All I can say is that this is a very good time to let DC know how much you'd appreciate seeing it finally happen!

    [There's a campaign to get #88 included in the latest reprint]

     

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    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762287/swamp-thing-by-rick-veitch-book-one-wild-things-by-rick-veitch/?fbclid=IwAR2TpHN8yxyAvNE-A_jp09IPryjEANUztTCJa5ei_mv5l6ymw3NjepM3tfU

    John Constantine, Hellblazer : Dead In America #2

    in Hellblazer

    Posted

    Cracking along nicely. 

    Some genuinely classy story weaving (besides the three Vertigo characters referenced, that classical call back had me checking wikipedia like the days of annotations.)

    Several pages and the storytelling are appropriately reminiscent of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing.

     

     

    John Constantine, Hellblazer : Dead In America #1

    in Hellblazer

    Posted

    So far so good.

    I really like the idea of "hiding" in a London Bus while in America. Classic John Constantine:-)

     

    And how Chas's role is shared by Noah and Nat, but actually they both do some excellent Chassing (no Chazzing)

     

     

    I did wonder if the girlscout was Delirium or a nod to American Gods  - ie a facet of Americkay.

    Love this creative team

    What's going on with you?

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    How's everyone doing?

    We've had  busy year of minor surgery for parents, all successful - dad and stepmom heart related, Mom and Mother-in-law eyes - the latest being my Dad's new  heart valve (catheter insertion not open heart) last week. 

    I'm increasingly of the opinion that I need a project, to fill my part time day job.  But walking around London and the south east to keep "fitter".

    I hardly read any comics now (usually by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt and Terry Moore) but I have a urge collection to sort out. (Every year that ends up being next year)

    Hopefully next year we will do some travels.  Definitely Sydney, Maybe New Zealand,  so I'll keep our distant folks informed if that happens)

    Less distant people, I might see you around. I've had three musical events in Dublin that I might have gone to if not for commitments at home.

    Check me out here

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CwyTSCws7SF/?igshid=NzZhOTFlYzFmZQ==

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    Frightfest is Back

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    20 films this year.

    In order of watching. I've highlighted the best ones

     

    1) SUITABLE FLESH *
    back to the Miskatonicverse! Fun start. [cf ReAnimator]


    2) THE DIVE ***
    claustrophobia? Underwater probably no film this traumatic Top 10 [cf 127 Hours, but add water]


    3) IT LIVES INSIDE ****
    a take on displacement dysphoria. Very good to see different cultural horrors. And scary for a teen spook. (My only sight of a werewolf all weekend was not what you think) Top 5 [cf Ginger Snaps]


    4) CREEPING DEATH
    ... not the only reference to Halloween. Jumpy. Horrific kind of fun. [cf lots of likable FF films of the past]


    5) WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS *****
    Superb. Film of the weekend. Retro story of carnival folks with a dark side. Stylish film. Great soundtrack by the family band. [cf Guy Maddin's work]


    6) NEW LIFE ***
    Hard hitting moment of realisation. Infection horror allegory that worked very well for me. A woman alone attempting to get away from her past? [cf The Last Of Us]

    7) FACELESS AFTER DARK ***
    Sharp take on the connection between online abuse and violence. [cf Maniac]


    8] THAT'S A WRAP **
    this'd make quite a good double bill with the opening film. Fun satire on the genre's genders. Manages to weave Hitchcock with De Palma and their soundtracks [cf Crimewave but for serial killers]


    9) MONOLITH ****
    podcasts really can have an infectious theme. This "weird world " journo gets in too far. Top 5 for sure [cf ?? Maybe Orson Welles War of the Worlds? Or Signal?]


    10) COBWEB ***
    a really good take in the kids in horror ( and I don't like scary kids). [Spoilerish cf Coraline]


    11) PANDEMONIUM
    didn't quite hit the spot for me. I d have watch 90 mins of the two guys from the start As they travelled though the after-life but the stories told on the journey through I'Enfer didn't gel]


    12) THE HERD **
    the other infection tale has a bit more Z-word but a moving tale at its heart. [cf More Walking Dead than Living Dead]

    13) THE PIPER
    probably pipped to last place by 11) because it has some good jokes and Liz Hurley was brave enough to be in a scene with Tara Fitzgerald. Retelling/updating the legend of Olde Hamelin Towne [cf unfavourably with Outcast]


    14) THE SEEDING ****
    one of the best "lawless people out in the wild" films. Main two actors really convinced they were trapped and some nastiness that was fully justified. Top 3 [cf Deliver(y)ance]


    15) COLD MEAT **
    taut two hander between serial killer and victim. Psychological more than Supernatural. [cf that Dahmer series where we got to know everyone]


    16) RAGING GRACE ****
    the second film set in a culture away from home. Building from social comment to horror. But with the young actor who plays Grace delivering the best comedy performance of the weekend She needs to be charming for when the ending appears on the horizon. Phillipino immigrants in London beautifully represented by the writer/ director's speech at the Q&A [cf Simon Rumley's horror of circumstances from FF 2006 The Living and The Dead]


    17) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL **
    Nick Cage type B. Two hander in a car with occasional supporting cast. But it's really all about Crazy Passenger [cf The Hitcher but mixed with Con Air]

    18) MY MOTHER'S EYES ****
    next generation of J Horror (along with last year's New Religion) . Seemingly a sci-fi about bring a mother and daughter together through prosthesis (not the spoiler you think) but sound design and cello driven soundtrack are amazing. When your mad scientist goes mad.... [cf New Religion or Japanese theatre]


    19) FOUNDER'S DAY ***
    witty political satire that's also a slasher romp with a mystery you can puzzle upon. [cf Scream but not the sequels]


    20) HOME SWEET HOME ***
    A very moody and atmospheric ghost story from Germany. Told in a single shot remarkably. Very believable performance at the core. Looming ghosts work very well. [cf The Grudge]

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    No matter who we vote for, Governments always fuck it up.

    in Bring the Noise

    Posted

    On 4/30/2023 at 4:59 AM, Avaunt said:

    The King IS politics, right, he is the Head of State? More than one State?.

     

    He wants "we the people" to swear before god to be faithful to him. I don't think so. His Mum,yeah, I would have gone along with that, merely substituting "Dog" for the other bloke.

    His Nanna, yeah, Sure, she was cool. His Grand-dad ?. The Good King ?. I already DO swear by his Service.

     

    Charles?.  No, sorry.

    The wording of the media on this matter caused  misunderstanding. 

    It's usually something offered to dignitaries and lickspittles, but Charles invited (not told) the people to join in.

    Still a vast misreading of the view of the people., but then for 12 years The Tories have claimed to represent the ("great British ") people.

    The Queen mom was roundly disliked by cockneys during the war because she fled the capital then ran around bombsites consoling people as if she shared their terror.

     

    I'm something of a Republican but don't want the monarchy thrown out too hastily as (1) we can't trust the elected fuckers (2) I think the Royal Family should be voted out in a popular TV reality show.

     

    The Monarchy is an industry of hangers on, and I am hopeful that Chuck iii will replace them with hard working folks (qv House of Lords, where dozens of industry and professional experts run rings around the political appointees.

    And the hereditary peers certainly take their jobs more srsly than many MPs I've met on the rare occasion I've been there to give evidence.

    Hellblazer : Rise And Fall #3

    in Hellblazer

    Posted

    I finally got round to reading the series. Liked it a lot.

    Unlike the Empathy story There is an ocean of wrongly interpreted football emotion in this (disappointing lack of Satan observing he gets his misery dosage from Everton). But unlike Denise Mina's series long joke against England fans,  this was a moment in a story. 

     

    But this felt like a proper Hellblazer story, fairly concise, perhaps by the numbers but the numbers were good ones (7 13 666)

    I liked the pay off and also the supporting cast.

     

    And then,this picture turned up on my synchronicity timeline:

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