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ASTONISHING X-MEN #31: Five Page Preview

At CBR.

Today On Whitechapel: Oct 2009 Reboot

Today at my internet yurt:

* REMAKE/REMODEL: Dynamite Thor - every week, I call out some ancient old comics character, and anyone can post a 21st Century redesign of that character. (Come and play.) Today, I found an incredible one from 1940: "Peter Thor becomes Dynamite Thor, an adventurer who wears a costume that allows him to propel himself through the air by blowing up sticks of dynamite located in his belt." Really.

* Tell Ellis Of Your New Comics (30sep09) - wherein the comics addicts...

Night Music: In At The Death

End of September.

SF MAGAZINES: It's Not My Fault

No, it's not. Because Jess Nevins made me look at these.

Average age of a reader of Asimov's or Analog? 59.

11,000 subscribers to F&SF? Really? This has to be partial information, right?

Check out the gender splits.

Back to work with me.

Links for 2009-09-29

Increase in sea levels due to global warming could lead to 'ghost states' | Environment | The Guardian
"Global warming could create "ghost states" with governments in exile ruling over scattered citizens and land that has been abandoned to rising seas, an expert said yesterday."
(tags:pol dooooom )

I Feel Like Utter Pigshit Today

So here's a pretty picture by Eliza Gauger instead.

DO ANYTHING 018

The usual:

Alf Tupper, Tough Of The Track, welder and Olympic-level runner, powered by fish and chips and genetic-level hatred of coppers and the upper classes, overcoming constant crushing hardships to win every race and rub posh people's noses in it. HOOK JAW, possibly the only shark with its own anti-corruption comics serial…

8tracks: Bang Whimper

Topslice of the noises my computer's been making lately. Includes Broadcast & The Focus Group, Fuck Buttons and High Wolf .

Links for 2009-09-28

HOBO CULT RECORDS
a free-release netlabel run off a Blogspot site. Must dl some stuff off it tonight.
(tags:music mp3 netlabel )

ASSAULT GIRL 2/ ASSAULT GIRLS

Mamoru Oshii.

First, the short film ASSAULT GIRL 2.

Now, the trailer for the full-length ASSAULT GIRLS.