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As you’ll no doubt be aware if you know me, since I bang on about it at any opportunity, I wrote a novel a few years back. A shoddy, first draft of a novel. Pretty much ever since, I’ve had the ambition of redrafting it as a comic book. I’ve spent a long time thinking [...]

Following on from the original post, here is the finished collage I made to hang in our bedroom. Click for full size (and it’s huge!) Below, is a photo of it hanging in place. I’m pretty chuffed with it.

On Saturday, we read that Andy Scott’s new sculpture had been unveiled in Cumbernauld the day before, so headed through for a few photos. Provisionally named Comar Nan Allt (Cumbernauld in Gaelic) It was renamed Arria following a local competition. Arria was the mother of local boy, Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. (He of the Antonine wall which runs nearby). [...]

I picked up the latest issue of Wired at the airport for some mild distraction on the plane, but there were a few articles I thought might be worth sharing. (I know the idea is to go on holiday and forget about work, but never mind.) The first article is a conversation with Clay Shirky (who’s book, Here Comes [...]

I’ve been working on a painting for our bedroom over the last few weeks (because I don’t already have too much on my plate with the comic!). It’s a collage of flash drawings based on some of our favourite photos, song lyrics whatever. I’ll post the individual drawings up here as I go along. Here’s [...]

The news last week that BBC director Mark Thompson wants to lube himself up for the Tories by axing 6 Music came as something of a blow. I own 2 digital radios (one in the bedroom and one in the car) and both were bought for the specific purpose of listening to 6 music. I’ve signed [...]

I decided not to limit myself to the arbitary round figure of 10 since there are more than 10 albums worthy of a mention. It’s also hard to put them in order of preference, so I’m going to take the easy way out by stating up front that Waxing Gibbous by Malcolm Middleton is my [...]

1. Let The Right One In 2. Moon 3. Where The Wild Things Are 4. Synechdoche New York 5. Up 6. Encounters at the End of the World 7. In The Loop 8. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 9. Slumdog Millionaire 10. Coraline Also worth a mention: Sleep Furiously, The Men Who Stare at [...]

I’ve been subconsciously forming an idea for a while which was crystallised a few days ago when I read this article about Alan Moore’s new magazine, Dodgem Logic. Back in the mid nineties, in the two years between school and work that I charitably refer to as my art school education, I was a huge fan [...]

I appreciate that with Trafigura, the likely imminent tory government and BNP gaining a modicum of political credibility in some camps, there are more pressing issues to be concerned about than the Disney release schedule. But I guess I really am that shallow. Two weeks ago, I sent the email below to Disney but am [...]