Nick Bryan's Blog, page 37

TV blogging: The Newsroom

Review of the latest Newsroom episode on The Digital Fix! It's a really good episode, which is nice, as I always want to like this show.

I'm pretty tired, guys. Been very productive in last few days, hopefully most of it will eventually make its way to you.

One of my stories goes international! Now readable in Dutch!

Fun and exciting news! My flash story "Time-Lapsed" has been translated into Dutch by a magazine! So, as the banner says, I am now available in two languages! That's going on my CV!

If you speak Dutch (like I don't), you can read the story here on the SLANG magazine website. Kudos to Marlies Kok, who had the task of translating my quickly-flash-fictioned prose into no-doubt-lovingly-constructed Dutch.

And if you both don't understand Dutch and haven't memorised my entire backlog (making you doubly lazy), you can read the English original here. Give it a look, I think it's one of my better flash efforts - hence why it's the one to make it internationally. So that's pretty cool, I think.

New TV/Comic blogs: Breaking Bad! Trillium!

The return of Breaking Bad reviewed! Up now on The Digital Fix. How will Walt die?

And, also available...

My review of Trillium, the new excellent comic from Jeff Lemire, on Many A True Nerd. Check that out also.

Hugo Awards Blogging: Best Graphic Story & Best Novella!

This weekend, a chunk of blogging I've done all went live. This was the Hugo Award coverage for Many A True Nerd, in which I reviewed all the nominees for two categories and chose favourites.

First up, the Best Graphic Story category, which is basically another pretentious way of saying "Best Comic". Still, I got to read great work including Locke & Key and Saga, not complaining.

And secondly:

Best Novella, featuring work by Brandon Sanderson, Mira Grant and several others. Discovered a few interesting new writers here, it was fun.

So, if you want to know my picks to win, or just fancy some ideas for new reading material, check those out.

Hobson & Choi #26: "The Worst Possible Stand-Off"

Six months of Hobson & Choi! Celebrate with our twenty-sixth episode, as our heroes get into an awkward situation. There is a twist too. All very exciting.

So, yes, I did the six-month speeching at the end of the episode, but thanks everyone for being there. There is now a new H&C landing page on this blog, including awkward scenes of me trying to big myself up. Little bonus there.

As ever, votes on Jukepop greatly appreciated, all helps the cause. More next week!

New TV post: Dexter review!

Another week, another Dexter review and this time he's taking on a sidekick again. Yes, even though it's always a disaster.

Back later with new Hobson & Choi. Party on.

New TV blogging: Newsroom review!

Review of the latest The Newsroom episode on The Digital Fix! Maggie goes to Africa!

Elsewhere, Hobson & Choi hit an unprecedented #17 in July's Jukepop top 30! Thanks very much to all voters. Now, as ever, onwards to August! Extra-sized six-month special on Thursday.

The Most 1000th Post On This Website! Thoughts! Updates!

Hello, everybody. This is the 1000th post on this blog, so I thought it would be nice to do a proper entry, rather than merely link to an item on another site. Since I moved the comic/book reviews over to Many A True Nerd, I must admit that has left Nick Bryan Dot Com a bit devoid of full-length content, but for this very special round number, I'm making the effort.

So, let's talk a bit about how things are going, a little about the future, maybe some thinking out-loud too. I've got a couple of topics to hit, but I'm allowing myself space to improv around the edges.

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TV blog: New Who!

New Doctor Who to be announced live on Sunday! TDF post with the trailer and some vague speculation.

Written late at night, so may not be my highest level analysis. You have been warned.

New comics blogging: Superior Spider-Comics!

Review of Superior Spider-Man #14 and Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1 on Many A True Nerd. Whole lot of Spider-Man.

Yes, I've finally reviewed a Spider-Man comic online. My work here is done.