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For any of our Northern Irish boarders: Is it still common for the Police to be refered to as Peelers in Northern Ireland?

Just sat through Season 3 of Sons of Anarchy which is partly set in Northern Ireland (all the main action is still filmed in California, with 2nd unit stuff, filmed on location in Ireland, crowbarred in), So thought I'd double check that fact before I completely condemn the thing as Americanised rubbish.

Nice one.

Owning your favourite page from any series feels great.

I love all my Halo pages, but "Trust we" always stuck in my head.

And I own that page. Bliss.

Dunk!

Quality page.

Highlights Brett Ewins' use of quality photocopying for multiple panels with slight zooms.

'cos Kevin Smith, on his Smodcast internet radio show on Thursday, mentioned Alan Moore starting out writing scripts for "Judge Dredd in Ad 2000 or whatever that comic is they have over there?"

Round the wrong way but a nice mention.

Happy 3rd of a century down!

He's my favourite new 2000ad artist to emerge in a good long time.

Can't wait to see that commission.

I've decided to go see it!

Oh wait, that's not what you're asking.

Happy birthday!

Has your life begun?

[Police]

I was surprised to realise that the Tardis was made of wood. Spent my childhood thinking it was cast iron like red phone boxes.

Though that does explain why there's not many, if any, left around the country - something made of wood with the word Police on it. Ah, a simpler age...(through rose-tinted glasses).

[Tank Girl]

There's also some Tank Girl, Metal Gear Solid, McFarlane and Bandai licensed stuff ongoing.

Whoa.

Is a Tank Girl Tank in the offing?

Interest renewed.

Dunk!

 I think, oh hang on...*reads*

My instant reaction critique would be:

Your anatomy and figure drawing in general needs work. Try doing a little life-drawing, and hold your pages up to a mirror/flip them in Photoshop and you will quickly see the problems.

You haven't left enough space for word balloons and captions. This is very important and will be a thing that editors look for.

The panels are swamped with excessive cross-hatching, giving them a somewhat muddy look. Try to rein it in. Overloading panels with detail/shading etc seems to betray a lack of confidence in your drawing. Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh, but I think you have a strong style which would benefit from being a lot bolder and less fussy on the detail.

There isn't much variation in line weights - beefing up some of the foreground elements would really help to add a bit of depth. Also, try to enhance your scanned artwork using Photoshop or a similar programmes - use 'Levels' to boost the contrast because the pages you have posted here look very faded and washed-out as they are.

Some of the perspectives and angled shots don't work.

The backgrounds aren't that convincing and need more work - see page 1, panel 6 and page 3, panel 6.

Certain panels (pg1, panel 6 for example) look very rushed in comparison to the rest.

You're doing a slightly strange thing with your panel layouts - the weird arrangement of page 1, panels 1-2 and page 3, panels 1-2 means you have these pointless slivers of panel - it's effectively dead space on the page. It's kind of a middle ground between doing an inset panel and a full panel - you should decide either way.

I would put more variation into the 'camera' angles you are using for each panel - there are lots and lots of mid range 'shots' but not much else. Think about ways that you can add a bit of interest to each page.

Yeah, Radiator's pretty on the nose with all that, so I'll keep stum.

Good stuff though, great potential.

Dunk!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13488200

Archetype Aussie Bloke...Bill Hunter.

Gutted.

I was always amazed how he managed to be in Muriel's Wedding, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Strictly Ballroom. But when you see him in them you know why.

As a huge fan of Strictly Ballroom I will raise a glass to him on Friday and state "There are no new steps!".

Well, breaking tradition, I've used Friday night as an excuse to get blindingly drunk knowing there's just no future.

Feels weird.

Here's hoping there's no hangover. *crosses fingers*

Drunk!

If anyone talks about or references blinds in my presense I have to very quietly say "Nice tits, love"

Drove my ex nuts during the installation of her new kitchen.