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I have that 'you're next, punk' dredd T-shirt, still wear it now and then

[Aftersun]

Aftersun really powerful and affecting, worth all the plaudits it has had recently

Your 84 & 85 are both Defoe v1.
Also 70 & 71 are both Cabbs v1.

Saw 'The Quiet Girl' - fantastic film. Only realised afterwards it's based in a book called ''Foster' by Claire Keegan, who also wrote this years Booker shortlisted novel 'Small Things Like These', which was also superb.

I've never bought any of these books simply because of the spines issue - too awful to look at on the shelf.. If there was a way of making so e nice sleeves that didn't suck then I'd buy plenty.

Now feeling really bad I didn't buy it 😞

The excellent Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel go through the Apex edition - lots of interesting comments from the three indie  creators that firm CK.

https://youtu.be/PqGwSWIiNWA

Gutted if Leopard from Lime Street not in this deal, likewise Billy's boots - which originated in Scorcher in the 70's prior to merger with Tiger. But generally this is fantastic news

Hi Templar,

I'm a fellow avid 11 o'clock listener so your name (& sometimes hilarious voice messages) are very familiar to me.

One thing that always frustrates me about 11 o'clock (& US comic podcasts in general) is their complete blindness when it comes to 2000AD. It feels almost willful. Even Vince and the boys very rarely actually mention and God forbid that they should ever download and read it. Ah well, rant over.

Welcome .

Slightly OT, but I just picked up a page from the old UK Games Workshop Warhammer comic. Its from an ace strip called 'Bloodquest' by 2000AD stalwart Colin MacNeil,

Just received this Defoe commission from Leigh Gallagher - A4 sheet. Very pleased with it. If you are not aware he's got an offer on commissions going on his blog site :-

http://leighgallagherart.blogspot.com/

Wish I'd been there for this one!

U.K. creators Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, Dave Gibbons, David Lloyd, John Higgins and Alan Davis came together on Saturday evening at Comic-Con International in San Diego to tell the origins of their careers and converse about the comic book scene for U.K. creators over the last 40 years.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33689

The final question was probably the most relevant: "Can the British comics industry be saved?"

"No -- the British publishers don't really care about comics," said Lloyd, with no disagreement from his fellow panelists.

Ennis delivered some hard facts about the current status of U.K. creators in the States. "I think '2000 A.D. ' will be fine for a while. The reprints of the old stuff are doing well enough, as are the movies. How [do] you expand on that? I don't know...I'm the youngest here, and I'm 41. The U.K. Invasion, such as it was, was a thing of the past,

Scottish writers such as Mark Millar, Grant Morrison and Alan Grant have put Scotland at the heart of an international superhero industry in comic books and on film

Decent nod to 2000AD.

YouTube link -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9mnbOtzwVU

Necroposter !!! 

Good to hear from you.

Got it in ebay just now, overpaid horribly but it has CB, Black Knight and Jackdaw and I will look at it on my wall every day for the rest of my life. By Neary/Stokes from the UK Hulk Weekly run.

Coming soon from Mongoose