A few blogs I’ve been reading lately.
Pushing Ahead of the Dame discusses every single David Bowie has appeared on from the 1960s to today, at great length, with historical context and insight into the creative process and personnell. That...
View ArticleDarkness and homeopathic bartendering
Darkness by Boulet is probably the best 24-hour comic ever made. The writing and art are just too good to be true and even in its current imperfect translation (the comic was originally in French) it...
View ArticleTofu and lentil curry soup
__Ingredients__ 1 350-gram block of tofu 2 small onions 1 clove garlic 1 leek 3 carrots 4 cups (1 liter) of water 3 tomatoes 1 jar of pre-cooked lentils with added vegetables* (610 ml, containing 385...
View ArticleNew RSS feed for Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan
People have been asking for it since the switch to WillowCMS, and now it's finally there: an RSS feed for the comic. This feed is a little unusual in that it picks up the last modified comic, so people...
View ArticleFirst impressions: Ian Anderson – TAAB2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?
Underwritten, undercooked. Two framing bricks too many, maybe. Trimming them, the road not taken. What if Barre had played? What if Ryan'd sung all? Then it might have been good. Judge for yourself!...
View ArticleKate Bush cover of the day #52: Running Up That Hill by Bo Bruce
So er, this was on UK The Voice. Kate Bush covers have been turning up on talent shows every once in a while. This is the best one I've seen in a talent show context yet, even in its abridged form...
View ArticleIt’s that time of the year
Every once in a while, I get in the mood to go to a blog or forum and instead of quietly absorbing what people say, join the fray and make a giant jackass of myself. Today has been that kind of day,...
View ArticleWe’re making a book
The Rite of Serfdom remasters are now done, at long last. All 342 existing episodes have been given a makeover, with new lettering, new more organic looking gutters, a size upgrade, a colour depth...
View ArticleOh, and some housekeeping
I've taken the Markdown plugin off the blog again, because it was interfering with other blog functionality. Only a few posts ever used it, but these may look a bit wonky.
View ArticleKate Bush live after 1979
You may have heard the increasingly persistent rumours that Kate Bush will do something for the Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday, August 12. Fans have been going mental over it, but if they're...
View Article24-hour comic
Last Saturday, I made another attempt at creating a 24-hour comic. My first one was in 2008, failed to reach the required 24 pages and will never see the light of day. This second one failed worse than...
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This is not the Rite of Serfdom book
...nor are these proper product photos of the Rite of Serfdom book. Instead, these are snapshots of the proof version of what will one day be the Rite of Serfdom book. We are pretty much learning how...
View ArticleSauna Opera has been remastered
The Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan storyline Sauna Opera has been remastered. Read it starting with this episode: Finnish and Clwydian bathing cultures meet. I expected this remaster to be very straightforward:...
View ArticleThank you, transcribers!
Thanks to all the people who contributed transcriptions to the Oh No Robot search database for Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan, and apologies for the delays in getting them processed and approved. For some...
View ArticleRedrawn pages from The Stone of Contention
I have digitally redrawn the final three updates of the The Stone of Contention storyline. The first one is now available on the website where I am showing reruns of ROCR and if you're reading this...
View ArticleJoey Manley on the Tennessee “Don’t say ‘gay’” bill.
My old friend Joey Manley has something important to say about the Republican scum that are trying to introduce a "Don't say 'gay'" bill in Tennessee, and their 'moderate' enablers (quoted in full with...
View ArticleI’m not David Bowie
It has come to my attention that I'm different from David Bowie in two significant respects: 1. I'm not as cool, stylish or photogenic as David Bowie. Obviously. 2. Unlike David Bowie, I can't just...
View ArticleChanges and new comics
The Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comics for October 3 and October 31, 2010 have been digitally inked and coloured by myself and Aggie Janicot. All the newsposts following those two comics have been moved out...
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Article 9
The Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic for June 4, 2001 has been remastered. And I have something to celebrate. Happy Whitsun weekend, everyone!
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