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My Fair Dagon

Anderson is looking good for her age.

Who's the artist?

Joseph and the Amazing Dunwich Horror.
At the Mousetrap of Madness.

The Mitchells is now my seven-year-old's favourite film. I thought it was very, very good but I'm worried about what's going to happen when she outgrows my sense of humour in a year or two.

Good question. [spoiler]He is mentioned in the copyright section as the owner of Madman. It also features panels from various Madman comics drawn by Allred and apparently he did a variant cover. [/spoiler] I suspect Donny Cates phoned various creators and asked if they'd be up for it. There's an amusing bit in #3 where a superhero-sorcerer character corrects the protagonist when they call him Dr Strange. Marvel obviously didn't want others playing with their toys.

[Crossover]

Crossover #4-6 bring this book to a close and teases the next story. I'm pretty familiar with a lot of comics, but I've got to admit I had to refer to the copyright notices at the back to identify a lot of the cameos from non-"big two" characters. It was great seeing [spoiler]Madman[/spoiler] as a main character. Well worth checking out.

[Jupiter's Legacy]

I watched the first episode of Jupiter's Legacy and the script and acting just put me right off. It is so, so wooden. I had a lot of problems with Falcon & Winter Soldier, but it was leagues ahead of this. I don't usually give up after a single episode, but I am with this.

Cool.  I bought the Horned God audiobook when it came out - it'll be interesting to see what other squaxx made of it.

I'm enjoying it so far (about halfway). Halo Jones is the most successful of these adaptations, I think. The Pit was good but I struggled to identify all the judges by voice.

[Crossover]

Still working my way through the backlog this weekend.

Crossover #3 is a load of fun, and enlivened by the appearance of a well loved favourite at the end of issue 3. It's a bit of a love letter to comics and fandom and well worth checking out. I think this is the new series I'm most excited about at the moment.

Daredevil #26-28. This is probably the best book Marvel is putting out at the moment and Zdarsky knows how to write Elektra. Consistently excellent.

Amazing Spider-Man #55-59. I'm only halfway through the massive stack of these, but I'm quite glad to see the end of the Sins Rising/Last Remains storyline. Its dragged on too long. I'm hoping for a return to lighter Spider-fare, maybe with a load of quips and some semi-inept villains, please.

Spider's Shadow #1. Combining the two above, is a Chip Zdarsky written Spider-Man "What If?" story. This is a slow start, retracing a lot of ground that's already very well trodden. Zdarsky's "Life Story" was an interesting take on Spider-Man so I'm keen to see what he brings to this.

*Eddie Campbell and Raymond Briggs. Am I being very mean to Don Lawrence, Frank Hampson and Leo Baxendale? Probably, but the Sacred Six-Pack doesn't scan well.

I'd add Bryan Talbot to that.

Tamsin Greig is great in that. I still chuckle over her delivery of the "thrush" line.

Thing is, across England and Wales, the numbers aren't there for the Tories to win in a straight fight. All that needs to happen is for Labour to finally recognise that it cannot win alone. But seeing as the previous three leaders hurled the notion of cooperation into the sea, with Corbyn's lot being particularly vicious and arrogant when votes were 'loaned' (to the point the Greens needed to crowdfund for Lucas's staff, since they'd lost so much short money), I don't see that happening any time soon. Which is bonkers, since Best for Britain research suggests a pact might even lead to a Labour majority. That said, it'd be the last, so Labour would probably prefer to lose instead and blame voters of other parties for not backing Labour.

This is key. Labour need to realise that they need to cooperate in elections with other parties and, crucially, agree to electoral reform. Instead they are stuck in a 90s mindset.

Well, without wanting to revisit Brexit, most leave campaigners made the case for a "soft" exit, retaining the single market. That was ditched by the Tories early on as it didn't appease their (far) right wing. I'd dispute that democracy was well served there. It certainly wasn't from a Scottish perspective.

As for the "neverendum" argument, in Quebec the second referendum brought it to a close. This is a point moderate Scottish nationalists are keenly aware of.

I don't think you're alone there! I was amazed when I saw her documentary about her a few years ago. Her life story would seem utterly fantastical if it was fiction.