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• World Cup 1, Avoiding It, 1

  By John Freeman on 11 June 2006

  

  I felt really sorry for the teenager on the checkout at Sainsbury’s by the time we’d trekked its near deserted isles yesterday afternoon. He was missing the first England game. He’d missed the first goal. And when my wife asked… Read More ›

• Avoiding the World Cup: Day Two

  By John Freeman on 9 June 2006

  

  World Cup, 1, Avoiding it, nil. Wouldn’t you believe it, now it’s in my mailbox. I’ve just been sent a link to The Baarmy World Cup Sheep song, their version of “Land of Hope and Glory”. It’s bloody awful, frankly,… Read More ›

• Avoiding the World Cup: Day One

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2006

  

  Well, actually, that’s a lie, I’ve been trying to avoid it for weeks. But really, what’s all the fuss about? If I hear any more about Wayne ‘Shrek’ Rooney’s bloody meta tarsel I swear I’ll put a brick through the… Read More ›

• Catching up with the past: how Igor Goldkind helped me get my break into the comic industry

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2006

  

  Been busy this week — stuff for ROK Media (animation, mostly), Star Trek Magazine and some news items for downthetubes.net. One of these is mention for an interview on the 2000AD Review site with Igor Goldkind, who used to work… Read More ›

• London Calling – Part Three

  By John Freeman on 30 May 2006

  Walk in the park, breakfast at the Honest Sausage in Regent’s Park, lunch at the Richaux in St Johns Wood, where they have their own brand of tea bags and the three men on the next table are discussing £100… Read More ›

• London Calling – Part Two

  By John Freeman on 29 May 2006

  

  Explored Regent’s Park yesterday, blown away by the surrounding architecture and the sheer variety of wildlife, so many herons it’s amazing. Read an article in Daily Telegraph later suggesting grey squirrels may be responsible for predation on song birds eggs…. Read More ›

• London Calling May 2006 – Part One

  By John Freeman on 27 May 2006

  

  Old entry added, Saturday 27 May 2006: Holiday weekend – various parties and a West End show, which is an unusual event for us. Journey ok on train to London. Marvelled as gran succeeded in marshaling five kids successfully from… Read More ›

• I think I’ll take the stairs

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2006

  

  Inspired by the human cannonball of circus fame (or some super heroes, perhaps), US defence researchers have patented a device to fire police officers, fire-fighters or special forces to the top of a five-storey building, New Scientist reported earlier this… Read More ›

• Scary nuclear stuff

  By John Freeman on 17 May 2006

  Ooh, this is cheery: a dynamic map showing Chernobyl fallout applied to your choice of UK nuclear power stations (you can change the wind direction too). I remember when Chernobyl went up and it raining buckets in Morecambe (as usual,… Read More ›

• Beaver and Steve

  By John Freeman on 15 May 2006

  

  Ages ago, possibly even on this blog, I raved about Beaver and Steve, an online strip from the superbly talented James Turner (a fellow 20sixer, he of Erudite Baboon). Anyway, he’s only gone and had many of the strips collected… Read More ›

• The Doctor Sings

  By John Freeman on 15 May 2006

  This is a labour of love: “The Doctor Sings” will I’m sure eventually fall foul of both Tom Baker and BT, but someone has taken advantage of Tom Baker’s use as the company’s voice of text messaging (well, until recently,… Read More ›

• Going Underground

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2006

  

  This web site is occasionally visited by people seeking more information about London’s Tube, and leave disappointed, so I’m happy to report the ongoing success of a site that is actually about London Underground, written by friend, Mecca Ibrahim: http://london-underground.blogspot.com…. Read More ›

• Darfur is Dying Game Launched

  By John Freeman on 2 May 2006

  

  US MTV Networks’ mtvU college TV network has launched Darfur is Dying, a Web-based game created by students at the University of Southern California. It rapidly brings home the hopelessness of Dargur’s refugees without outside help, offering users real world… Read More ›

• New technology may be changing the human brain

  By John Freeman on 25 April 2006

  

  Thought-provoking article in The Guardian yesterday (and even more thought-provoking responses from readers) about expert warnings about the potential impact of digital communication on how people think and learn: is technology changing our brains? Could digital comics be warping out… Read More ›

• Secret Wars Re-enactment Society

  By John Freeman on 19 April 2006

  

  Priceless tomfoolery at the expense of Marvel’s now ancient 12-part mini series…

• Battler Britton Returns!

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2006

  

  Battler Britton is the next IPC character to see revival through DC Comics Wildstorm imprint, in a five-issue mini series from writer Garth Ennis, illustrated by Colin Wilson, with painted covers by Garry Leach. The first issue will go on… Read More ›

• Jeff Anderson Heads for the Riddler’s Fayre

  By John Freeman on 12 May 2005

  

  British comics artist Jeff Anderson, whose work on the critically acclaimed Lion Graphic Bible earned him and writer Mike Maddox a prestigious Angouleme award in 2000, is busy at work on a new project — a five-part graphic novel from Highland Books…. Read More ›

• Striker Goes Down

  By John Freeman on 4 May 2005

  

  (Updated 10/5/05):The UK’s weekly football comic Striker is to fold this week, on its 87th issue. Publisher Pete Nash broke the news in last week’s issue and in a letter to the title’s shareholders — many of them readers who… Read More ›

• Comics and Crumpets Column Three: British Comics characters revived – by DC

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2005

  

  This feature first appeared on the now defunct Comic World News on 31st January 2005 BRITISH COMICS CHARACTERS REVIVED – BY DC This issue, I’ve got more information on two projects reviving some classic British comics — and am pleased… Read More ›

• Barmy Comics from Barrow

  By John Freeman on 18 November 2004

  

  Comics creator Dave Hughes, who lives in Barrow, has just sent me a hilarious collection of his comic strip tales titled The Immeasurable adventures of Gorky Park. Dave’s strange, spikey cartoon work, akin to Rugrats on acid, tells the bizarre… Read More ›

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