- @McKelvie It took me ages to work out that she was the girl from “Nathan Barley”, n’all. For what it’s worth, agreed. She is the hotness. #
- Oh, there’s lovely, iTunes… Exactly what I needed first thing… ♫ http://blip.fm/~lk6j #
- @richjohnston re: Ross/Brand/Dr Who, Heh… a perfect thing to read, first thing in the mornin’. Made me chuckle, it did! #
- Oh, awesome, it’s started already… #
- I have SUCH a soft spot for Laurel and Hardy – they make me happy. Didn’t used to, but I love the songs… ♫ http://blip.fm/~lk7o #
- @steevbishop You know, if I was a cynical man, I might wonder whether the BBC aren’t hoping this Dr News will douche the Brand/Ross stuff. #
- I love songs about being a crappy band. Come to think of it, I can’t think of any others. But I love THIS song. ♫ http://blip.fm/~lk98 #
- Ah, well I remember seeing Perry Farrell simulate wanking into the audience at Reading. The crowd despaired, but… ♫ http://blip.fm/~lk9p #
- “I don’t know where to begin, living in sin… How can we talk? Look where we’ve been.” I listened the HELL out … ♫ http://blip.fm/~lkc3 #
- Guuuh… feel nauseous… #
- I have become comfortably numb. I mean, seriously, in my tummy. No metaphor. Though it isn’t actually that comfortable, thinking about it. #
- @ostephens Oh, wow, STILL love Lalla Ward – despite her marriage to increasingly fundamentalist Dawkins. Think Romana was formative for me. #
- @marcellerby I doubt that. I find that it just THINKS it’s smarter than me. Because it’s stupid. I still hate the new image uploads… #
- @baillie That was a comedy drama with a twist, all wrapped up in one tweet. You are the future of word writing people types! #
- Bollocks, that was, of course, aimed at @davidbaillie. Having that dreadful girl on all the news boggled me, and now I have the headbads. #
- @davidbaillie That dried-up evil old bitch. She has hounded my heels – my arch enemy since the Antigon Agenda Scenario in ’76. #
- @davidbaillie Whichwhat upset? My tummy one, the Dr Who one, or the Brand/Ross/Your Half-Sister one? #
- @davidbaillie … Oh, uh, sorry, yeah, that was me. I was trying to fix it. You know, make it better? I broked it. #
- @davidbaillie Ah… that explains the webcam. Thank goodness. I thought something VERY dodgy was going on. #
- Dammit, this day is just endlessly grim. I wish I could have just one single, solitary quantum of solace. Heh. See what I did there? #
- @davidbaillie … Oh thank goodness. Hm, ghostwritten… does that explain why sometimes your pieces are really good? #
- @davidbaillie … #
- @davidbaillie Joking! #
- @davidbaillie (Goodness, don’t want to get myself wrapped up in a controversy with a Baillie…That’d be a disaster.) #
- @davidbaillie But… but that’s where I do all my best work. If I can’t host another season of my topical, humourous panel show, I’m fucked. #
- @davidbaillie What will I do if I have to learn a non-arbitrary scoring system.
Plus, without license money, how will I pay for whores? # - @davidbaillie
I didn’t mean it. I could tell the awesome was really all you. I’ve got a genuine piece of your writing. On that banana. # - @warrenellis Dang those fundamentalists, they ruin EVERYTHING. Apparently I wasn’t an atheist the right way & now you aren’t a proper Twit? #
- That’s enough for one day. Will get back online at home. Stupid headwrongs. Girl One already en route, Dog One ready – hugs waiting at home! #
- @davidbaillie http://flickr.com/photos/nixsight/2750896013/ – http://flickr.com/photos/nixsight/2751731026/ – Am sure I’ll regret this… #
- @BeaucoupKevin You can live without knowing, sir. My whole country has turned into idiot city. It’s like Janet Jackson’s tit or something. #
- @soullastylianou The debate rages, but personally, I think there are female Gallifreyans & male Gallifreyans, so a female would be stunty. #
- Oh dear @steevbishop. At this point, there couldn’t be more of a fuss if Brand has had sex with Baillie when she was twelve or so… #
- … & then throw her in front of the car carrying Lady Diana, causing it to crash and kill almost everyone inside. Uh. @steevbishop #
- Hm. My head still doesn’t feel right. I either need a new glasses prescription, or I’ve got a brain tuna. Hope it’s not the tuna. #
- @VanessaY Sorry to hear about your delivery stupid. Sheesh, was that a whole day wasted? #
- Srsly? Well, happy birthday, but that totally sucks. You should UTTERLY stink-palm the delivery guy. Actually, don’t. That’s gross. Sorry! #
- Ooop, that was, of course, aimed at @vanessaY. Well, not OF COURSE, of course. But. Uh. Happy Birthday Vanessa! You’re awesome! #
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Illustration by Victo Ngai for the fiction “Sweet Dreams” by Peter Stamm
“She went to the bathroom, filled the tub, and got undressed. The mirror misted over with condensation, and the smell of pine needles filled the air. She turned off the water, and the apartment suddenly seemed very quiet. Then she heard footsteps, and Simon’s voice through the half-open door. He said, I’ll just go downstairs for the bottle of wine. I thought you’d gone already, said Lara, and she poked her head through the crack, and he kissed her on the lips and tried to barge the door open, but she held it shut. They kissed again. See you soon, said Lara. It was odd, she still felt a little ashamed in front of him.”

This scene is one of my earliest comic memories. It was the first point at which I saw a comic character making a mistake, which meant it was probably the first time I really processed them properly as characters and human.
Spider-man has webbed up a doorway to stop a criminal escaping, but then realises that the criminal is escaping out of the window instead, and in his hurry to catch them he forgets his own webbing.
It seems gloriously ridiculous out of context, but if memory serves it was part of a pretty intense and dramatic story featuring Alex Summers (Havok).
(This was me, by the way.)
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