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I spent at least 10 minutes watching this on repeat. I cried so much. It’s the best thing I’ve seen in a long time.

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ive had this queued this march

but have y’all seen the sequel

Happy New year everybody

the trilogy

A video posted by Eh Bee Family (@ehbeefamily) on Dec 31, 2016 at 9:06am PST

Crimbo Promo Po-Po.

It’s coming up to Christmas, so I’d better do a bit of promotion. My wee book, The Maloney’s Magical Weatherbox is a fun fantasy adventure for ages 8 and up, and so might just make a nice present for boys and girls to while away the holidays with. If you’d like a signed copy, you can order one from Sheelagh Na Gig bookshop, but do it soon if you want it to reach you by Christmas.

https://www.facebook.com/sheelaghnagig/?fref=ts

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@sheelaghnagig

Just to give you added value to this promotional post, let me tell you about how part of it was inspired by the Glen Of The Downs protest which occurred in the 1990s when the road from Wicklow into Dublin was to be widened by knocking protected old-growth trees. I went down there a few times delivering food and supplies, and my impressions of the tree-houses and the people and the community all became part of the book when Neil is taken to a similar site by the Shieldsmen.

The fact that it ended the way it did gave me one of the most the most dramatic parts of the book. Of course, its readership will mostly be too young to know anything about the protest, but I wanted it to live on as a tiny part of our popular culture, because the events themselves probably said a lot about who we were then, and about who we are now.

I’ve included some photos from the protest. If you’ve read Weatherbox you’ll have some idea of what I was trying to describe and how well I succeeded.

Photos are from:

http://www.wussu.com/roads/glen/http://

www.eco-action.org/dod/no7/100-108.htmlhttp://

www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/tree-protest-unearthed-root-of-our-ills-26630770.html

tastefullyoffensive:Instruments Renamed for Accuracy...

Previously:

beaufortplace:Hannibal rewatch 3.05 “Contorno - Hannibal...

beaufortplace:

Hannibal rewatch

3.05 “Contorno - Hannibal Lecter + Food

Hannibal Lecter eating a creme egg.

myjetpack:A Frankenstein cartoon for Halloween.

myjetpack:

A Frankenstein cartoon for Halloween.

tastefullyoffensive:Little sister to the rescue. [full video]

tastefullyoffensive:

Little sister to the rescue. [full video]

myjetpack:For the Guardian

myjetpack:

For the Guardian

ungoliantschilde:some of “the Far Side” by Gary Larson.

ungoliantschilde:

some of “the Far Side” by Gary Larson.

Is there a chance we may see a crossover between Bad Machinery and Lumberjanes? I think the two would mesh pretty well.

Crossovers are (for the most part) just a sales boost technique, a like this, try this exercise or a way to boost a line for a month or two. As a saint and a purist ascetic who is uninterested in money or success and lives only for artistic reasons, my top 3 Giant Days crossovers would exist purely to enhance the gaiety of nations and would be as follows:

Rom Space Knight And Giant Days #1

The titular Space Knight travels to Sheffield for a system-wide re-plating in one of the city’s many cutlery works. Unfortunately, the Dire Wraiths pursue him there. Susan mistakes the cosmic denizens for 80s rock band Dire Straits and vows to steal Mark Knopfler’s headband. Sal Buscema comes out of retirement on art.

Transformers: More Than Meets The Giant Days #1

The Knights of Cybertron are discovered to be a Dire Straits covers band playing pubs in Upperthorpe, Nether Edge and Carsick. Daisy has borrowed Brothers In Arms and is “hot for Knopfler”, leading inexorably to a meeting between the two factions. Esther makes a friend at the gym, but she’s a 20ft tall purple robot, and she insists that they have a “friendly” game of badminton.

All Star Giant Days & Batman #1

Like Keymaster meeting Gatekeeper at Zuul, Jim Lee and I finally creatively unite, 25 years to the day after I bought X-Men #1. Billionaire Bruce Wayne visits Sheffield to open a new wing of the Mappin Museum dedicated to his foundation’s good works in Crookesmoor, Crosspool and Ranmoor during the recent floods. Susan is drawn to the lantern-jawed philanthropist, but Daisy warns against this May to December romance. Susan and Wayne feel an instant connection, but he has to keep running off “for a meeting with Mark Knopfler about a new solo album”. McGraw becomes obsessed with Batman’s “peerless” utility belt when the Caped Crusader faces off with South Yorkshire villain MCALPINE.

For some reason, this issue features a lot of splash pages and pneumatic, sexy posing, that do not ultimately serve the plot but serve to push sales into the high hundred-thousands. 

Lepidotarially inclined neighbour Duncan Martin videoed a buncha...

Lepidotarially inclined neighbour Duncan Martin videoed a buncha butterflies boppin’ on a buddleia in #Konckanacree  #Cloughjordan.