- @RichMOMB Well, THAT fucking sucks. #
- @davidwynne Ha! Is that anything to do with our conversations over the last couple of days? in reply to davidwynne #
- @kierongillen Just read on Bleeding Cool about SWORD. Guessing you're busy enough that this is sad but not devastating news for you, but… in reply to kierongillen #
- @kierongillen …want to let you know that I'm loving it. Think it's one of the more competent books Marvel have. Anything we can do? in reply to kierongillen #
- @kierongillen Um… "Most competent" sounded a lot more complimentary in my head. I meant it as the highest of praise! in reply to kierongillen #
- @kierongillen Stronger ideas, characterisation, plotting and more fun than anything else I've read from either DC or Marvel the last year. in reply to kierongillen #
- @davidwynne Hah, yeah, I realised that as soon as I'd written it. I fucking love SWORD, though. in reply to davidwynne #
- @Sulman That should certainly help things along…! in reply to Sulman #
- Think we're going to use http://is.gd/6sHJK The Knot to present travel/accomodation info to wedding guests. Anyone got better site suggests? #
- (@SamShepherd, I'm mainly looking at you.) #
- @Chris_TOMP Is that the bit about her liking comics for ladies? He cracked me up with that at the time. #MOMBCast in reply to Chris_TOMP #
- @steevbishop Oh, yeah! Heh. in reply to steevbishop #
- Watching Being Human with G1. She caught up today, & the 2nd series is going strong now. Wogan, conspiracy, humour. Good stuff! #
- Being Human 0202 pretty fucking swell. Intense episode, you guys! #
- @jamiesmart Avatar was pretty bloody awesome, wasn't it? in reply to jamiesmart #
- @McKelvie G1 hadn't seen the 1st series so we just played catchup on it. It was harsher than I remembered. in reply to McKelvie #
- @dcurtisj Talking about it feels a bit like that all the time. in reply to dcurtisj #
- Where were Spandau Ballet from? Ed Norton just played one of them as straight up American Cockney on Modern Family. #
- @Chris_TOMP It's when American actors do an OTT Cockney accent. Allroit, then azzabaht it? in reply to Chris_TOMP #
- Why everybody seem so down this morning? I woke up to the smell of chicken stock on the slow cooker, throughout the house. Then to work! #
- …Oh, actually, yeah, I see. Wish I was still at home with the chicken stock and the fiancee. #
- @Chris_TOMP Uuuuhm… I… shouldn't answer that. in reply to Chris_TOMP #
- @SamShepherd Oh, is it? How does it feel? in reply to SamShepherd #
- @rolhirst Oh man! I hate that too! We're like twins! in reply to rolhirst #
- @Sulman Teehee, Alison Kock. Shark Scientist!M Also, the onlookers who saw the whole thing as quite "colourful" made it sound almost pretty. in reply to Sulman #
- It's about right that on the grumpiest day of the year, @RichMOMB would be so productive. Always swimming against the current, making waves! #
- @RichMOMB It really wasn't, though, was it? We loved those fucking cakes. Now I'll be upset if we don't have them EVERY week. in reply to RichMOMB #
- @rolhirst Why of course! in reply to rolhirst #
- @steevbishop Lols. And then double lols! in reply to steevbishop #
- @RichMOMB It did! But in reality, not NEARLY as loud as your protests…
Lesson to be learned there. Oh, yes, birthday cake, #MOMBcast! in reply to RichMOMB # - @MissDracula But why? #
- @jhewlett Oh, but it was a GOOOD season, sir. Well worth it. I recommend grabbing/watching it before you see the new one. in reply to jhewlett #
- @MissDracula Oh, well, there IS that. When you say it out loud like that, I think I want to cancel my account, too.
in reply to MissDracula # - @MissDracula First neiceynephew? (A smarter way to put that would be: First time being a prospective aunt?) in reply to MissDracula #
- @jhewlett Well, that's just a TERRIBLE attitude. I swear, you youngsters have NO patience. in reply to jhewlett #
- Right, talking to Southern Water trying to find out what they actually have records of so far. Spoke to man who was actually quite helpful. #
- …This time I am making notes of every person I speak to. Don't know how much this will help. #
- @JamesMOMB You know, I still haven't put that thing up on the podcast site. Stupid me. STUPID STUPID STUPID! in reply to JamesMOMB #
- A very short Elephant Words piece from me this week. It's called Potential – http://is.gd/6waI9 – Go! Read! Enjoy! Comment! Share! #
- @ElleSergi Listen to @JamesMOMB… when it comes to food & eating, he knows what he's talking about… in reply to ElleSergi #
- @ElleSergi (…as galling as it is as a Greek Cypriot to take advice on EATING from an ENGLISH guy like @JamesMOMB! They are AMATEURS!) in reply to ElleSergi #
- @JamesMOMB Did you ever see this site?: http://is.gd/6wfhn – pre-cleared independent music. Oh yea! (No idea how GOOD it is, mind!) in reply to JamesMOMB #
- @JamesMOMB Also, are we already on the Libsyn directory? in reply to JamesMOMB #
- RT @kierongillen: I write a little about The SWORD situation: http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?p=1779 #
- @SamShepherd Primadonna! in reply to SamShepherd #
- Have included Show Timings in #MOMBcast details. Will be interested to see if people find it useful: http://is.gd/5LWa9 #
- http://is.gd/5LWa9 – I think timings will be useful for creators of comics we review, such as: @mattfraction @kierongillen @butwin et al… #
- … Like if @brianmbendis wants to hear what we say about Siege, but not listen to the rest of our blather, for eg. http://is.gd/5LWa9 #
- Did anybody else spend a worrying amount of time trying to see the lady alien's nipples in Avatar? #
- @mrtonylee OH MY GOD. You're listening to TMBG. You really are a class act, aren't you? in reply to mrtonylee #
- @mrtonylee Oh wow… you're not just listening to They Might Be Giants. You're listening to motherfucking Flood! in reply to mrtonylee #
- @georgelondon She was nothing to me. She was alien meat, and nothing more. in reply to georgelondon #
- @mmetcalfe Nichten spickten Fritzenheinen. Ein illiteraten dans la multiplical linguism. So nein. in reply to mmetcalfe #
- @mmetcalfe Which is to say, I am astonishingly poorly read for such a verbose guy. I haven't read ANY Kafka. But I could probably blag it! in reply to mmetcalfe #
- @DJDarren But… EVERYBODY has nipples! in reply to DJDarren #
- @Butwin Phew, good. I mean, I know SOME people, like yourself, love listening to our lovely nonsense, but it might be a bit much for some! in reply to Butwin #
- @Butwin BTW, did I ever insist that you read this: http://is.gd/6wxi1? From one creator of self-contained super-hero universes to another… in reply to Butwin #
- Also, did anybody else start forgetting that the main female character in Avatar was a weirdly proportioned alien at… uh… key moments? #
- @DJDarren Obviously, that last tweet was partly aimed at you… in reply to DJDarren #
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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!
As always, we welcome contributions - 2-5 minutes of audio sent to MOMBcast@gmail.com - and questions/comments either here, at G+, FB or at the same email address.
We’ve also got a copy of Antony Johnston and Sam Hart’s beautiful new espionage GN The Coldest City to win - it’ll be tied into tonight’s show, so listen and keep an eye out here or at MOMBcomics.com for details on how to enter.
Oh, and we’re still asking you that question about animated movie adaptations of comics - go comment here or at G+ or FB in the relevant place and we’ll talk about that tonight, too!
If you know anyone who might be interested in this stuff, can you tell them about it please? Pretty please?Go! Get involved!
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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