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Marvel artwork always looked dated to me when I was younger.
In 80s Spider-Man comics the pedestrians all look like they're from the 70s (or even 60s) and then when you get to the 90s, they look like they're from the 80s!

1. Ezquerra
2. McMahon
3. Henry Flint
4. Ron Smith
5. Cam Kennedy

Excellent list! This sums it up for me as well, but not necessarily in that order...

Add a place for Colin Macneil and I think that would be just about anybody's top 6 of Dredd artists!

I'd move Kennedy up a bit and replace Flint with Dillon.
If it were a cover artists only list I'd make it Ezquerra, McMahon, Bolland, Robinson.

Ezquerra is up there with the very best in my opinion.
He excels at character design, storytelling and composition. He can also use body language in a way that few artists manage.
I really can't think of another artist I'd rank higher as an all-round great creator and storyteller.

By the way, MacNeil's work on America is great but for me his best work was on 'The Town That Died of Shame'. Really lovely, gritty Strontium Dog art (he did a Chopper story in a similar style too).

People always talk about the danger of violent computer games but I'm far more likely to want to end humanity after a losing at a frustrating puzzle game.
Dr Mario and Mean Bean Machine can fuck right off.

The Silencer, The New Challengers and Damage all sound like good fun to me.
There are plenty of cliches here for sure but cliches never hurt fun comics.

Who is Katie Hopkins?

She's an astute, impartial political commentator who tells it like it is. 

Daily Mail Online are really shit, tell us to vote Tory.

Surprise, surprise.

Don't forget to offer local pick up as an option.
If people want to buy a few bundles, postage costs can rack up quickly. Local pick up can be a good incentive for local buyers (or even people with friends/relatives near you) to spend more on the comics.

Fired up Witcher III on the PS4 for the first time.

The jury is still out whether I'll persevere.  I haven't played W1 or W2, so it's a bit confusing being plonked straight into the world of W3 without some sort of adequate back story.  There is a cartoon montage/cut scene at the start - but it doesn't go far enough to explain why two factions are currently at war - and why Geralt is trying to track down his ex-lover, etc.  Yes, I know there are reasons - but for a person picking up the game for the first time - it's a tad confusing and difficult to emotionally invest in what's going on.

Graphically, it's exceptional and the exploring aspect is great.

However, I'm not sold on the combat system either.  My first quest was to kill the Griffin.  First attempt, I got mauled and died very quickly.  Second attempt, the system seemed to take into account that I didn't do so well the first time - and made it very easy for me to kill the beast.  How did I beat the Griffin?  Approached it and button-mashed until it went down.  Not all that satisfying.

But I'll give it a bit longer and see if it improves.

I've played both Witcher 2 and Witcher 3 and was enjoying both until i found myself trapped in unwinnable battles. The save structure meant I couldn't go back to an earlier point to build my character before trying again.
I'm planning on starting Witcher 3 again sometime, with the intention of doing loads of side-quests before tackling too much of the main campaign.

I was disappointed that Warcraft flopped (rightly so though, it is pretty much unwatchable - got through about an hour before turning it off). Mainly because of what it's done to Duncan Jones's career trajectory.
I don't want to see him go the same way as Danny Cannon or Neil Marshall and pretty much give up with films in favour of TV.

How about Nardole? He's neither contemporary nor Human.

He's barely a character.
It's like Matt Lucas turned up one day and never went home.

I think introducing the Doctor through a modern, relatable girl in 'Rose' was exactly the right thing to do. Doing the same thing now just feels stale and like the producers are too scared to stray from the formula.

I like Capaldi and the new girl put in a likeable and capable performance but the whole thing seemed totally bereft of ideas or direction.
Do we really need to see the whole 'new companion is introduced to the TARDIS' thing, told once again from the perspective of a contemporary young woman? I don't think we do. Why not have a companion from a different time period or culture?
At this point, I feel like the whole set up could have been handled in a mega-concise 'All Star Superman' type intro.

Really boring.
Nu-Who by numbers and I feel like I've seen it all ten times before.

Are you on Virgin Media? They made a boo boo that affected Facebook and some other services.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39578583