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Batman appears to have five ongoing series since the end of Return of Brucie. I'm loving Batman Inc and that's where the main gist of the story is coming from, but I wouldn't mind a bit more Batman action too but I'm a bit lost off. Is it back to Detective being erm, detectivey, and Batman more superheroics? And I'm struggling to see what point the continuation of Batman and Robin serves, or exactly what Batman The Dark Knight is at all. Maybe my personal prejudice but it looks like it's fallen through a time hole from 1992. And where is Tim Drake in all this? He was noticable by his absence in Batman's proto-army in Inc. 1.

If anyone's reading them can give me a bit of a catchup I'd appreciate it.

A ludicrously late heads up for the Leeds Alternative Comics Fair, which is on tomorrow!

It's at A Nation of Shopkeepers, between 12 and 6.
I'll be there if anyone fancies a pint...

http://leedsalternativecomics.wordpress.com/

My beloved Judge Dredd mug broke today. I've had it nearly 15 years. It was the Penalty for drinking coffee- 5 years in the iso-block! one.

It was my cup of choice for so many years I genuinely feel bereft.

Blimey! I'm not the most prolific of posters but I thought I'd celebrate
I've been on this board an astonishing seven years now, and made some wonderful friends and learned an awful lot, so I just wanted to say thanks to you all. I genuinely love this message board. It's where Solar Wind was born for a start!

It's my birthday tomorrow and I've got the Christmas prog and Meg, the latest Batman and Robin and Kim Newman's The Bloody Red Baron to read, and I get to spend it with the woman I love, and contemplate how in a scant few months I am going to be a father.
Sorry for the soppy attack but I don't know how all this has happened to a pillock like me.

Grud Bless you all,
Ben

EDIT: Wow, I'm now an Evil Cyborg!

Hiya gang,

I need a screengrab from It's A Wonderful Life and all me DVDs are in storage, if anyone can help I'd really appreciate it!
I need an image from near the end where Jimmy Stewart is running through the streets shouting Merry Christmas! Preferably the bit where he's running down the main street and shouts at the people across the street.
It's for an allegedly funny Christmas card If you can help thanks a million in advance.

Cheers,
satch

Ochs' tale of online woe has made me think those of us on XBox Live should organise a board gaming night, anyone up for it? I'm mostly playing Left 4 Dead 2 demo and Gay Tony right now, but I'm up for a game of anything really.
My gamertag is MagicBeanz. Do not attempt to beat my Geometry Wars high score

How do I change my unwieldy signature to just say The Spinchillers instead of the URL?

cheers,
Luddite satch

Hope you don't mind me pimping my new webcomic The Spine Chillers. I've been working on it since I got back from Hi-Ex and the first episode is up today, with a new one every friday.
Cheers!

http://renegadeartsentertainment.com/sp ... ers/comic/

Not an April Fool's joke!

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/20 ... much-done/

By our very own Stacey!

http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=blog_me_and_2000_ad

http://savethedfc.blogspot.com/

Pardon me while I shill for Cinebooks for a minute, but man do they publish some good comics.
Their table at Hi-Ex seemed to do well, and I saw a lot of copies of I.R.$. and the Edgar P. Jacobs books under peoples arms.
Green Manor is the one I got, a collection of short stories based around a Victorian gentlemen's club. It's where you would go for a drink if you were a Sherlock Holmes villain
Cracking tales of mystery and murder with more than a hint of GK Chesterton, I'd highly recommend it.
And it smells awesome.

http://www.cinebook.com/

I've noticed that quite a few of the earlier Hammer Horror's seem to be ridiculously out of print and expensive on DVD, especially Curse of Frankenstein. Does anyone know if there is a boxset or re-release coming out or anything, or should I just hit Region One?

The new issue of Travelling Man's small press anthology is out and theres a launch night at The Telegraph in Newcastle, 7.00 tonight! Hope to see some of you there!

http://crumpettime.blogspot.com/2009/01 ... -that.html

Does anyone know what prog the new series of Low Life starts in? Really looking forward to it.

Season 7 starts tonight on Sky 1, I'm really looking forward to it, the TV movie seemed like a return to form after the disastrous, shark-bothering season 6. We shall see!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=19343

New Years Honours list, couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7804822.stm

I did well, I got Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, I'm loving them both. Fallout 3 is pushing all my Cursed Earth, Mad Max, Skynet and even Cormac McCarthy buttons, it's bloody brilliant.
Left 4 Dead is massive fun, I was online last night and had some great games on versus mode. I'm going on again after the Two Ronnies is finished
Any Xbox Livers who fancy a game my gamertag in MagicBeanz

Also got The Club for a tenner in the ruins of my local Woolies but haven't tried it yet. Is it this one that Grennie wrote?

Hope Santa brought you all some scintillating software!

Can anyone tell me what prog or story it is where you find out how Happy Shrapnel died?