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• ParcelWorst (or ParcelFarce)

  By John Freeman on 22 August 2006

  

  I’ve just sent an e-letter to Parcelforce regarding their appalling service in delivering a parcel to my work address. The parcel’s finally arrived, three days late, banged about and only now reached me because the driver “found it in the… Read More ›

• US Newspaper polls readers on cartoon choice

  By John Freeman on 15 August 2006

  

  Can’t see the the UK Guardian ever doing this: or getting as much feedback — some 5000 readers replied – on a newspaper’s plans to alter its comic strip section. www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/comics/15254126.htm Strips to vote on here: www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/comics/15244087.htm

• Inspirational Star Trek posters

  By John Freeman on 14 August 2006

  

  Some don’t work, but when they do, they really do. Plenty more of these unofficial images at: echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html

• Links section revamp

  By John Freeman on 13 August 2006

  

  There might not seem to be much going on at downthetubes — but you’d be wrong. It’s all “under the bonnet” stuff though — tidying up images folders, a revised links section which hopefully makes more sense to visitors. The… Read More ›

• WebFinds: Andrew Orton’s Doctor Who wizardry

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2006 • ( 2 )

  

  Comics writer David Bishop’s unearthed some groovy Doctor Who art: check out Vicious Imagery: Andrew Orton is a fecking genius – or visit Andrew’s web site here

• In Review: Kickback by David Lloyd

  By John Freeman on 9 August 2006

  

  Review by John Freeman Joe Canelli is a corrupt cop in a corrupt force in Franklin City, a mythical American metropolis dominated by powerful drug lords. He tries to ignore recurring dreams of powerlessness as he routinely cleans up the… Read More ›

• Is there such a thing as a free comic?

  By John Freeman on 8 August 2006

  

  I’ve just been sent an email by wowio, an ad-based service offering downloadable e-books – including comics from UK publisher Markosia and others. It all sounds fine and dandy but the stumbling block came when I tried it out, only… Read More ›

• Stupid Cycle Lanes

  By John Freeman on 8 August 2006

  

  Just been sent this great site (www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk/facility-of-the-month) with a plethora of examples of silly cycle lanes. The one above is in York (pic credited to one Ian Bromsgrove). You can click on the left arrow at the top of the… Read More ›

• New SF: Infoquake by David Louis Edelman

  By John Freeman on 23 July 2006

  

  My friend Lou Anders, who works over at science fiction & fantasy publisher Pyr (www.pyrsf.com), just sent me some info on a book that just came out which is very different from the usual SF novel, one he hopes will… Read More ›

• Mike Conroy on the BBC

  By John Freeman on 20 July 2006

  

  Well, sort of… longtime Comics International contributor Mike Conroy has just done his first job for the BBC, providing research for Waiting for Superman. Broadcast on Radio One on Monday night, it includes input from Dan Jurgens, Denny O’Neil and… Read More ›

• Special Delivery Frog

  By John Freeman on 18 July 2006

  

  Our champion hunter cat delivered this frog this morning: I’m sure she’s trying to persuade us not to keep messing up our house (we’re having our roof done) — and thinks gifts like this will persuade us… Still, at least… Read More ›

• Cat Presents take a new twist

  By John Freeman on 7 July 2006

  

  One of the perils of working from home is that I never know what our hunter-killer cat will bring in as a ‘present’ (usually in the hope that she will be rewarded with biscuits, I suspect). Usually, thankfully, she has… Read More ›

• Down the Tubes Blog Launches

  By John Freeman on 7 July 2006

  

  Okay… I think I’ve got the hang of this. Still having some problems adding pictures but I’ll sort that eventually. Welcome to my new blog, part of the wider downthetubes site. If I’m away from my computer, this is where… Read More ›

• They think it’s all over — well, yes it is now

  By John Freeman on 4 July 2006

  

  World Cup 1 Avoiding It 0 So England lost the quarter final, came crashing out of the World Cup and the press inevitably cast around for someone to blame for the fact that despite valiant efforts by a 10-man team,… Read More ›

• Bonnie Scotland

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2006

  

  … as in five days of being in Scotland, where the only sight of the World Cup was a brilliant cover for the Scottish Daily Mirror urging Trinidad and Tobago on. Ooh, and I will admit to checking the score… Read More ›

• Hollywood comes to Hornby

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2006

  

  Well, not exactly: World’s End Television are to shoot a short film in Hornby next week. The cast list for the film, Last Night, is under wraps: apparently revealing who’s in it might warrant “unwanted attention”, so I can’t tell you… Read More ›

• Avoiding the World Cup – Day Six

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2006

  

  Hmm. I find the wording of this press release from my local council highly suspicious… The England flag will be flying from the roof of Lancaster and Morecambe Town Halls on Thursday in support of our boys playing in the… Read More ›

• Meow Mix: Cat Big Brother

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2006

  

  (Old post reinstated, ignore if RSS checking) Maybe they’ll use famous cats like Data’s Spot, from Star Trek, eliminating the opposition with a well-pawed phaser… ANIMAL PLANET TO LAUNCH CAT BIG BROTHER SHOW A US cable network is hoping to… Read More ›

• Official: Cats are harder than bears

  By John Freeman on 12 June 2006

  

  Caught this pic in one of the tabloids while on a bacon bun run, of Jack, a 15-pound orange-and-white cat, who’s sitting under a treed black bear in a backyard in West Milford, New Jersey, Sunday, June 4, 2006. Jack,… Read More ›

• Avoiding the World Cup Day Four

  By John Freeman on 12 June 2006

  

  World Cup 1, Avoiding It, 1 It should have been easy to avoid the World Cup yesterday; but I actually found myself filling in the scores on the free Broadcast-provided wallchart. It was just like being an 11-year-old kid all… Read More ›

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