- RT @steevbishop: And so follows a drought of bank holidays. Thanks August. Thaugust. #
- @DJDarren Not an unusual scenario in my house, either, sir. in reply to DJDarren #
- Gah! Went to Amazon, ready to buy Invincible Iron Man HCs. TOO UNCLEAR WHICH NUMBERING SCHEME IS BEST. @mattfraction, HELP! #
- A colleague is asking for a way to display Twitter results – hashtag plus particular user output – attractively. Any suggestions? #
- @ellenstarbuck Bloody blimey! Was this a whole band thing, or just you & Mr G? S'very exciting! in reply to ellenstarbuck #
- (@ellenstarbuck Plus, so, what did you think of Scott Pilgrim?) #
- @mmetcalfe @Pipsk1 Great minds think alike. Apparently, also you two! (Chortle!) #
- @davidwynne @Geebie Thanks, guys! It turns out there's a volume missing at Amazon, so I may just get the paperbacks, but that sounds right. #
- @Geebie S'okay, Amazon.co.uk doesn't have Stark Disassembled yet either, I think. 3 volumes is enough to be getting on with! in reply to Geebie #
- Photo: Mega-City Masters Cover (First Draft) by Tim Bradstreet http://tumblr.com/xi5h8f3rd #
- @jamiesmart So you've finally made the shift from practicing artist to MODERN artist… excellent news! Huzzah! Mazeltov! in reply to jamiesmart #
- @Sulman @davidwynne I think you're wrong. I think they'd be saying "FUCK YEAH ZOMBIE FRONT MAN!" #
- @davidwynne Hah! That dude looks just like you!! in reply to davidwynne #
- The Wilderness Downtown – Oh, blimey, Arcade Fire. This is nifty AS FUCK. http://tumblr.com/xi5h8k11z #
- Bank Hol will prob put comics back. So if you want us to talk about your new comic on #MOMBcast you need to get copy to us before Thursday! #
- (If you know any comic people with a book out this week, please pass that last tweet on to them!) #
- RT @factlets: Study: Heavy drinkers, aged 55-65, live longer than non-drinkers. Moderate drinkers even longer. http://factlets.info/Drink #
- Photo: Another must buy at Tee Fury. via pacalin:geekleetist http://tumblr.com/xi5h8nhnn #
- @jock4twenty Is THAT what Dermot Power is doing now? Awesome… He's brilliant. in reply to jock4twenty #
- WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB! (Scott Pilgrim soundtrack just turned up for me OH YES!) #
- @Eamon_ DUDE! Got a link for your podcast? in reply to Eamon_ #
- @ian_x Well, sure… the email address to send that stuff to is mombcast (at) gmail dot com! in reply to ian_x #
- I am officially hypnotized. http://tumblr.com/xi5h8trdz #
- Ah, fuck. Just noticed a major issue with some upcoming scheduling. Fuck. FUCK. It should be sortable, but, aww, fuck. #
- @JamesMOMB S'ace, innit? My copy of the book – WITH FREE DVD OF THE FILM!! – turned up today. in reply to JamesMOMB #
- There's a general sense of irritation at the way something has been handled here at the moment, which is both tiring & unifying. #
- @LacunaRaze LOL YOU THINK EVERYTHING SOUNDS HOT! You're as bad as almost as bad as me! in reply to LacunaRaze #
- @LacunaRaze Oh BLIMEY! in reply to LacunaRaze #
- @giagia Problematically, that film spunks it all in the last ten minutes with a "well, he WAS mental, after all" get-out. I feel your pain. in reply to giagia #
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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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