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Best wishes, Sharky.

Keep your pectoral up!

...the Youtube algorithm still decided to stuff the recommendations column with Diversity And Comics* videos - Youtube is deliberately creating a hostile atmosphere in the discussion just like they deliberately engineered comments sections full of unashamed racists to encourage repeat pageviews and higher advertising rates.
There have always been entitled fans, but we're at the first point in history where their man-baby antics can be successfully monetized, and this is why we're seeing more of them, not because they've somehow successfully organised and become a social movement.  See also: Twitter and Nazis.

* presumably named after the two things the presenters hate most.

Youtube algorithms that are perhaps affected by D&C having 56k+ subscribers?

Many won't like his terminology, but from what I gather, he doesn't hate comics or diversity, he hates comics that he considers to be poorly written that don't sell and that he argues have resulted in comic stores closing down. His daughter is Muslim so I doubt he hates diversity.

(No comment from me on The Last Jedi as I haven't seen it. In fact, today is the last day it's showing at my not so local cinema.)

I saw this in WHSmiths but was rushing around doing Christmas shopping, thinking I would pick it up later. Few days on when I looked for it in the mess that is the WHSmiths magazine racks I was told by a member of staff that it sold out.

p.s. there were a few Future Shock style stories in Starlord - I think one or two of them made it into an annual a few years later - the one about alien vampires by Ezquerra, and a Casanovas one about a man being paid to dream leading to hallucinating that people around him are insects?

And of course there was 'GOOD MORNING, SHERIDAN SHELDON, I LOVE YOU!' by TB Grover, Casanovas and Nutall.

*groan* - the amount of people who misremember my name as Sheldon...

Apologies if that grated. I get the same. I've had some bizarre misrememberings of my full name. Often misremembered as a name that isn't more common than mine. I often give up and don't even correct people nowadays. 

BTW IIRC that short story I mentioned was a fill-in for Strontium Dog (he comments, putting this back on topic).

p.s. there were a few Future Shock style stories in Starlord - I think one or two of them made it into an annual a few years later - the one about alien vampires by Ezquerra, and a Casanovas one about a man being paid to dream leading to hallucinating that people around him are insects?

And of course there was 'GOOD MORNING, SHERIDAN SHELDON, I LOVE YOU!' by TB Grover, Casanovas and Nutall.

Mega Xmas, citizens!

On the other hand, I can confirm that stepping on a rake has exactly the results depicted in every Tex Avery/Chuck Jones cartoon.

Same goes for slipping on a banana skin – something that I thought occurred only in cartoons and comic strips. I once saw it happen for real and probably will never will see it happen again. Boy, does it make for a spectacular fall.

I got there at around 4.30. There wasn't anyone in the queue, which was a shame. Hope it was busier earlier on. Had a pleasant chat with Kek-W and Rufus. I also popped into our regular pub but no boarders were around.

I used to think that the convenient knockout punch that would put someone to sleep in a film or tv fight was nonsense.

After years of experience (of watching WorldstarHipHop YouTube videos) I see that really does happen. All too often.

The annual advent calendar is always a joy.

Wish I could've spent more time on mine. Confession: I started it over a year ago. It was my sketch for last year's calendar that I quickly coloured in. This time round I started redrawing all the characters, sketched Dredd then realised would be impossible to redraw the lot. Every free evening I put aside to work on this was gobbled up by unplanned work rush jobs.

Look forward to seeing the rest.

Did anyone else go to this? I was there a short while ago. No familair Souther faces around. Picked up signed prog and brilliant Kano postcard by Rufus. Pics to follow.

Phenomenal work, James. And thanks for taking the 14th. I almost broke the advent calendar.

Tharg will protect you from the Dictators of Zrag
Keep the Thrill-Suckers from your circuits
When the biochips are down
2000AD will be around...

Brilliant work, all.

So I'm up next. Stage fright. Will be with you later on in the day if that's ok?

I'm not buying it anyway (for now). Going to try to get to the FP signing on Saturday.