It seems there aren’t a lot of candidates Americans can agree upon in the US presidential elections. Fortunately, Babylon 5 creator and Amazing Sider-Man and Thor writer J. Michael Stracyznski (pictured right) has kindly solved the problem as a public… Read More ›
Humour Comics
Happy 70th Birthday, Dandy!
Over on Lew Stringer’s always wonderful Blimey! It’s Another Blog About Comics, he notes that the world’s longest running comic The Dandy is 70 years old any day now. Issue Number 1 was cover dated 4th December 1937, which means… Read More ›
The World Needs More Teddies
At this festive time for many religions, perhaps it’s time to start spreading some love so I’ve gone all fuzzy and am proposing a Send a Teddy Campaign. So, if you’re concerned by religious intolerance (Catholic groups bemoaning The Golden… Read More ›
Blog Readability Test
(with thanks to Gad Sir! Comics). According to this simple Blog Readability Test from the Critics Rant web site, you apparently have to be a genius to read the downthetubes blog. It appears to work on some HTML based sites… Read More ›
Friday Fun: Talking Cats
You may have seen the original “Talking Cats” … … but now someone has kindly provided a Babelfish provided translation for those of us who don’t speak cat. The original cats, Stina and Mossy usually fight instead of talk, so… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Manny Curtis, Cartoonist and War Veteran
David Lloyd marks the passing of a groundbreaking comic creator
More Sound of Drowning released
Comic creator Paul O’Connell, creator of cult comic book The Sound of Drowning, has a brand new issue (#10! double figures! ) out now. “It’s a non-linear comic book inspired by those kids ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ stories,” he says,… Read More ›
Spaced goes Stateside
UK TV trade magazine Broadcast reports US broadcaster Fox has ordered a pilot of a US version of Nick Pegg’s Spaced, which revolves around a young man and woman who pose as a couple in order to rent a cheap… Read More ›
More comics from Lizz Lunney
Cartoonist Lizz Lunney, whose ‘Burger Love’ strip was shortlisted for the 2007 ROK Comics Humour Competition, has two new comics on sale via her web site (www.lizzlizz.com) Waiting For Sushi is a 32 page A6 comic with colour cover containing… Read More ›
Bruin Up
Way back when I came up with a lab animal gag I still like and my mate Tim Stevens did too since he’s remembered it 20 years later, and suggested an update. So here are both cartoons in ROK Comics… Read More ›
Halo: Holy Combat
With all the media attention for the launch of Halo 3 a spoof cover of a Halo game, which seems to have kicked off around the ‘net in 2004 with the launch of Halo 2, has re-surfaced. Promotional copy appearing… Read More ›
Fret for the Day! by Nick Miller
Check out “Fret for the Day” by Nick Miller
Dirk Gently heads for Radio 4
The BBC has announced that Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency will make his UK broadcast debut on BBC Radio 4 this October, with Harry Enfield in the starring role. The show is an Above The Title Production for… Read More ›
Lessons in Modern Policing
Heh. Somneone’s been reading the indy reports on the G8. I liked this one.
I’m a Marvel, I’m a DC: After Hours with Superheroes
Very funny. Reminds me of those brilliant Toyfare magazine strips — do they still do those?
Pig Brother
It had to be done, apparently.
Addams Family heads to Broadway
Good news for Addams Family fans (which includes me). Variety reports that The Addams Family is on its way to Broadway, a new large-scale musical based on the cartoons of Charles Addams, aims to hit the Rialto in the 2009… Read More ›
Bristol Expo
Bristol provided its usual mix of weird weather (wet) and entertainment (Star Wars storm troopers, Batman a gorgeous Black Cat and a determined Batman who wandered from the main hall to the hotel despite torrential rain in costume). I don’t… Read More ›
David Beckham is… Ant Man!
Rumours of a movie based on Marvel’s Ant Man have been circulating for years, but they took a hilarious new twist this weekend. Genre fan Michael Gage decided the placement of an ad for David Beckham’s new scent in the… Read More ›