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Yeah, you're right.

Wake, please accept apologies from a grumpy half-man, half-fish.

I have a slight midweek hangover which, for the more observant of you, will indicate I cheated and broke my enforced abstinence from alcohol.

I'll stop complaining so much.

Mike

What's wrong with this bloody site?

I have to refer to the database administrator, apparently.

This keeps happening.

Wake, what's wrong?

Trout

So's Peevs.

Too many delays Paul!

I want to see the icon you've been so keen to downplay.

Trout

I have lots of favourite one-off characters that I'd like to vote for as one big spandex-clad mass.

I mean, of course, the supporting cast of Zenith Phase III, as lifted from classic British superhero comics of yesteryear.

Who can forget the death of Catgirl, or the unfortunate fatal confusion of Jaxon with the magic belt?

Or how about the evil Wyvern, or the unfortunate incident involving TNT Tom? :-)

Oh, I'm going off to re-read it now...

Troutman (Who has never had a crossover with Acid Archie or Oakman, but would like to)

"I'll try... not mention the following unless severly provoked :
(b) My personal relaxation technique invloving stripping naked and jumping around the room, whooping like an enraged baboon. "

Actually Colonel, I'd like to hear more about that.

I could do with a laugh.

- A fully-clothed Trout

Wow!

I wish I'd complimented him on the Return of the Taxidermist too, now.

Well done that artists!

- Trout

"srange you should also note this small matter about halo
my wife also mentioned this fact when she explained why she did not it was anything to worry about.

and i thought i may need help."

Sorry, mate, but I don't care about any of that.

Go near Halo and you'll need to go through me. Alright?

Aaah, Halo, why aren't you listed in the phone book?

I keep getting Welshmen called Hugh Jones who call the police...

Poor sad Trout

"i would consider leaving the wife for Halo Jones
or his version of anderson. form does not get much better then a gibson Female."

I've said for years that Halo is my ideal woman.

If you want to leave your wife for her, you'll have to beat me to her.

The only drawback is that she's not real.

*Sob*

Mike

PS: IG is my favourite artist too; add my name to the petition!

Various points there:

A Halo movie would be a good idea, I think, if -- IF -- it was properly done.
There was a Halo stage production, so the potential is clearly there.

Casting ideas, anyone? I can't even contemplate someone taking the place of Gibson's perfect work, but thats' my problem and I'll deal with it.

Secondly, on the reprint front, The Complete Halo Jones was published by Titan relatively recently and should still be widely available.

Finally, as I'm always saying, Halo Jones is perfect as one of 2K's best-ever stories and, despite the temptation to bring back the great Alan Moore to complete his original plan for many more books, we must resist!

IMHO, the risk of souring Halo's perfect past with new stories, even by AM himself, is JUST TOO GREAT.

Alan, we love your stuff, but please leave Halo alone!

Aaah, Halo...

Troutman

Currently, the Trout is deep into The True History of the Kelly Gang, which is fascinating, even if the style's a little hard to deal with.

I've just finished Alan Clark's Diaries (yet again) and in the bookshop on Saturday I had my eye on the newer editions of the same.

I also picked up some Neil Gaiman thing which looks okay. It's his new one but the title escapes me. I'll get round to it after the Australian stuff.

- Picture a Trout with reading glasses on.

Stodge volunteered.

Good luck!

Trout

So, good weekend, everyone?

Trout was sober. *Sob*

Marbles, how did you get on with the Samba babes?

(Further to "Beer me!" and carrying on from the hungover comments from Jaysus at the end of the Thread.
Heh, heh, heh. :-)  )

Troutman

I agree. We shoould leave it open to kids, just in case some do get involved (as the rest of us meander towards our bus passes.

Sadly, the mature readers tag is often used as an excuse to go over the top with gratituous swearing/ violence/ nudity elements and becomes an end in itself, rather than an element of storytelling.

I've noticed one or two posters aren't too keen on Garth Ennis, who is more guilty than anyone.

Troutman

I believe you, JC.

By the way, here's another spooky thing, which has led me to a niggling can't-remember feeling.

Did anyone see in the news the other week the story of the escaping robot?

Professor Noel Sharkey (the man with the pony tail on the Robot Wars judging panel) has this experiment going where robots are running around some arena preying on one another.

There are cattle robots, with orifices, believe it or not, and predator robots, with things they stick in the orifice to steal energy.

Anyway, one of the predators escaped and headed out of the building and down the road.

On hearing this, I immediately thought of Ro-busters, when they all escaped and headed for the planet of the free robots!

I remember Doctor Feelygood, Casey, Gottlieb and the resy but can I remember the name of the planet? Hell, no!

Was it Saturn Six?

Troutman

Here's a bit of controversy.

No poet in the history of rhyming stuff will ever be able to compete with the great:

dum, dum, dum!

--- William Topaz McGonagall!

Dundee's greatest poet, he vilified by all and sundry - who believed (and continue to believe) he was crap, simply because of his obsession with rhyming every line, whether they would scan/ make sense or not.

Example:

"For the stronger we our houses do build
"The less chance we stand of being killed."

Genius!

I strongly urge all of you to run net searches on him and find out all you can.

- Dundonian Troutman