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We'll only know that things are *really* bad when they start running away...

A reference to their withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan?

A malware program may have stealing classified documents for the last five years.

So France decides to act in Africa by launching airstrikes in Mali and assisting the army there and launching a ill-fated commando rescue raid into Somalia. The RAF are sending material support to Mali and according to the U.K. Government Mali is a concern to the U.K., so might the British army be part of a E.U. army group that will be going there later in the year?

700,000 galaxies my be uncovered by one installation this year.

Well, they might have discovered that much this year if they weren't blanketed in smoke from a mega brush fire.

Elsewhere:

Replacement for Soyuz planned by Russians, along with call for new interplanetary travel technology.

Oldest star in the Universe discovered.

2013 brightest ever year for comets.

Isle of Wight "Dinosaur Capital of the U.K."

Spines evolved back to front?

Just found out there a comic con in my neck of the woods this year, Kilmurray Lodge, Limerick, 28th April. They are looking for people to set up stands, sourcing guests, looking for suggestions etc. so here are the contact details if you are looking for information:

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Contact email of the organiser

Id agree with that Adventurer, though I'm still a month behind print to save the shillings, so am really looking forward to the Simon Roy stuff too- his art in the first arc was one of the reasons I fell love with this title.

Simon Roy is supposed to have a story starting in Dark Horse Presents this month.

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http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/01/sex-and-the-retired-superhero-an-interview-with-joe-casey/

The art style reminds me of a lot of current tv shows. Liked Officer Downe, on the fence about Butcher Baker, The Righteous Maker but I'll give this a look in trade collection.

Bit of buzz over at Bleeding Cool about a new WWII superhero comic from Kieron Gillen at Avatar, Über. Seems his hard science fiction comic set on Mercury is still on the way from them too.

Seen some listings for paperback reprints of DFC titles too,like Good Dog Bad Dog., They are a smaller size than the original hardback editions.

Speaking of tax avoidance, can anyone make a fist of telling me why I should give a flying fuck that Jimmy Carr avoided paying tax via creative but legal accounting practices?

Because of his hypocrisy? He had done a sketch on 10 O'Clock Live attacking banks tax dodging before getting busted, as pointed out on his colleague Charlie Brooker's show Screen Wipe 2012.

I want to get it, but I don't want to get it if its got that shitty cover paper stock S&S uses.

I have it. I know what you mean bout the cover paper stock. Actually it looks gorgeous... right up until you touch it. Figermarks ruin it instantly and seem to be impossible to remove without making it worse. You literally need to handle these books wearing some kind of gloves if you want to get them in any kind of decent condition.

Latex gloves to read a graphic novel to keep it good condition? Sounds perfectly reasonable to me!

Just read your first posts. 

It's great stuff. You are going to make every post this jam packed every day? That's dedication. Good luck!

[Ancient Otter]

Is this the BFI produced DVD Ancient Otter? If so, ive given a mind to snagging this - and it does appear to come with a quite nice print of the film, plus a decent set of extras.
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Warner Bros (who leased the film to the BFI for this release) lose big points though for not allowing the BFI to give it a Blu-Ray release, or allow the recently-ish found censored scenes to be either; re-instated back into the film - though annoyingly this 'full cut' has had a DVD release in other regions, albeit with a vastly inferior print quality, or be shown - in full, as a seperate feature. Though im led to believe you do see glimpses of these on one of the extras?

Though im led to believe you do see glimpses of these on one of the extras?

It is the BFI edition I picked up, but I haven't seen the extras. Going through the listings, I don't think it has thr glimpses of the full cut you are looking for though.

Understood as the version of Nemesis which Mills and O'Neill would have made if they'd published it as their follow-up to Marshal Law - rather than as an adventure strip in a comic for wee boys in 1980 - it makes a lot of sense.

Nemesis Book Seven looks like it uses as a big reference too - check out The Spanish Torquemada and Father Mignon

700,000 galaxies my be uncovered by one installation this year.

Watched The Devils with Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave last night. Haven't gone near the bundles of extras with it yet. Maybe a small bit over-hyped but I liked it and it made me want to pick a few French history books so that has to be a good thing, right?

The Ten Seconders collection is out, anyone get it yet?