- “Even molluscs have weddings, Though solemn and leaden.” Woke up at 4am for a wee, then only vaguely got back to sleep before 7.30. Sleepy! #
- Dreamt about Ramsey, an odd little place that I lived for a couple years in my teens. I was lost there. A giant power factory dominated… #
- … The centre of the place, around which light & space warped & bent. Plus, an ex-gf (one of the bad ones) was there, attempting to seduce. #
- Got mail saying @stephenfry is following me! Oh no! The pressure to say something worthwhile is now too intense. Also, not in my gift. #
- Oh, okay, I’m like, one in seventeen thousand, six hundred & twenty two. Phew… pressure off. I can go back to non-sequitirs & rambling. #
- http://is.gd/77AO Portraits As Living Deads. Far too much creepy fun. Worth noting – not in the best taste… #
- Had nice lunch with @laineyw, in which I ate muffin & we set the world to rights. THAT’S IT, IN YOUR FACE, FLANDERS! #
- My eyes are sore and tired, but I am caffeinated, and that’s what counts… #
- @rachellegoguen I don’t know about you, but for me it’s that I spend most of the intervening year drunk. #
- “Remember, Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.” #
- @BeaucoupKevin Wait, what? Are you talking about those little “postits” on vids at YouTube? I assumed that was done by the videomaker… #
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Found Objects
Another Way To Breathe: On The Disir
HEAVY SPOILERS FOR JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY 638
I was asked on my Formspring “Was that always the real origin of your Disir, or something that evolved for EXILED?”. To which I responded….
When I created the Disir back in SIEGE: LOKI and NEW MUTANTS 11, I knew the origin I gave wasn’t the…
Kieron Gillen is killing it on Journey Into Mystery. It’s process like this that’s the reason why. Inspiring.
MOMBcast #137 is recording tonight! Get involved!
MOMBcast #137 is recording tonight!
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Peach for godsgirls
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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