Friends of Tozo
Jul. 4th, 2008
09:31 am - I found'em!
I lost my small pouch of art supplies a few days ago and was freaking out but I just found them behind the XBOX! Wooo.
09:26 am - "Hey, Clarence! I can't feel my legs!"
Got these two evolution comics from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
ginasketch:
( Laugh now! )
They make me wanna go reread my Stephen J. Gould book. I also keep wanting to pronounce his name "Steven J. Goa'uld," but I suspect that's my problem, not yours.
03:08 pm - DFC issue 6!
Looking good, with a typically mental cover from Lorenzo Etherington. James Turner's Super Animal Adventure Squad made me laugh, there's something so very English about his sense of humour. I got very absorbed in the robot war in Mo-bot High, but then the sudden switch to a particularly cosy episode of Vern & Lettuce seemed a bit stark, hmm. (Did anyone else think so?)
And I was just on my way back from coffee with Jeff the Aussie barista in Greenwich and stopped by to see the newly converted rail carriage cafe on Deptford High Street, just between the rail station and the street market.
07:48 am - Fish Beating
Happy Independance day and hello to some old friends. I think I need to plan a party soon.
07:19 am - Bellen! Black Hole
Oh yeah! you can listen to me on the radio tonight in your drunken July 4th firework haze! 8:45 EST on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, Canada! (or online)
a white noise generator is something every American needs.
There is nothing more American than eating hotdogs.
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enthralled11:19 am - " a pocket full of horses "
ITEM! rest in peace clive hornby aka jack sudgen of emmerdale farm fame ( - i just heard on the radio that he died ) - he was the second jack sugden but i don't think the first one was in it for very long ( - he left the farm to become to become a novelist in the mid 1970s ) ( - i doubt if that's much of a soap "aspiration" these days ) - i used to watch it fairly regularly but not since the days of amos & mr wilks etc
ITEM! warning, celebrity masterchef spoilers follow: it might be from watching too much tennis but i think they should have some sort of "seeding" system in celeb masterchef - to stop some of the best cooks meeting ( & getting knocked out ) in the first round
three of the best cooks met in the very first programme, so we lost two of 'em when the mighty andi peters triumphed on the back of his banana & rum muffin - & then in the next gouple of glashes there were ppl who were unfamiliar with the goncept of knife, fork & spoon ( - i'm thinking of you, spencer moon ) - poor clare grogan in particular must've been gutted when she saw the low standard of subsequent cook offs
thus tonights quarter final has got two very goob cooks in it & two "with potential"
btw, "new mum" claire from steps = very fancy gompared to how she looked when she was a pop "star" ( - fern britton take note ) - i spose she does less dancing these days, which is much to her credit
ITEM! a gouple of dr who "fun facts" ( but no spoilers ) to get us in the mood for tomorrow's finale:
1. "the subwave network" funded or developed by the mister copper foundation - it bugged me for ages - i knew i'd heard the name mr copper somewhere before but couldn't recall where - my pal john put me out of my misery: mr copper was the tour guide that the dr saved in "voyage of the damned"
glad to see him making goob use of that gredit gard - & its nice that hyacinth's poor put upon richard from keeping up appearances is firmly ensconsed in the dr who mythos ( - as well as in alfred hitchcocks frenzy - tho he is married to billie whitelaw in that 'un, not patricia routledge )
2. the ( evil? ) fortune telling lady who put the time sucking beetle thingy on donna's back was the same actress who played the luvly & funny "chan tho" ( the professor's gompanion ) towards the end of season 3 - google tells me that her name = chipo chung & she also been in holby city and dalziel & pascoe - & that she was the "computer voice" in last year's dodgy sci fi flick sunshine
ITEM! it did make me laugh that "tiger" tim henman injured his throat gommentating on wambledon - so he didn't make it to the end of the second week after all - maybe next year, eh tim...? - of course, my tip for the top jelena jankovic got knocked out, so i've switched allegiances to serena w in the ladies - & play up rafa nadal...! ( - let's have a spanish tennis & football double )
ITEM! big brother: i'm not sure if i like ANY of 'em at the moment but it's still gompelling viewing - jennifer will obviously go tonite - all the reasons she gave for for nominating rachel ( being false, talking abt ppl being their backs etc ) actually apply to HER - but let's get rid of boring mo & rex soonish, please - otherwise it cld get very dull - unfortunately, mario seems to have positioned himself as essential to the group ( - a sort of muscley northern yoda, necessary to deal with all their health & safety goncerns & management issues ) - i still sort of like becky but she is being v.stupid & must be the most annoying person in the world to live with - luke = a proper little machiavelli, which i quite "admire" ( in a way ) - & sadly, kat & rachel's pained faces & weeping jags are getting annoying - so, horrible tory LUKE TO WIN ( - or maybe darnell )
( the above = subject to change, obv ) ( - esp when some new ppl go in & stir things up )
ITEM! if anyone else is going to today's mozfest & fancies meeting up, send me a text - otherwise HAVE A GOOB WEEKEND EVERYBODY...!
10:51 am - broken wings and things
I don't have a sketch to post this morning, I've been kind of distracted by this. I feel terrible for the families and a lot of people were very scared, made much worse by the media fuss. But the neighbours are starting to pull together and talk and it's been good getting to know a few of them better, even if it's not ideal circumstances.
I just posted a Write Away review of How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham, which seems sort of fitting. I think a lot of people interested in graphic novels might miss this book because it will most likely be placed on chlidren's picture book racks. But it is also very much in the bande-dessinée tradition, something I think is starting to take the British children's book industry by stealth.
Photographer Sara Leigh Lewis just posted some lovely professional photos from the Sarah Party here.
And Candy Gourlay posted a funny picture from a SCBWI meeting we went to here.
09:18 am - Critique Event at the SCBWI Conference
hey,
i'm organising a fringe event at our first big British SCBWI conference - it happens on the Friday before the conference which happens on a Saturday and a Sunday (Nov 22-23).
It will be a critique meet - with groups headed by experienced SCBWI members - there will be coffee and nibbles. It will happen from 5.30pm so please, please, plan ahead because it means arriving a bit earlier for the conference.
Last year we had it later in the evening but I think there were some people swooning from lack of nourishment by the end of it. So this year, it's earlier and fterwards you can then go off and sample Winchester's fine restaurants and hang out with other SCBWIites!
Nearer the time, I'll be on the Yahoo message board sorting out the details!
02:29 pm
If you missed yesterday's page:
And here's Friday's:
Hopefully I'll have some new stuff to post in the ol' LJ next week!
10:33 pm - Short hair on girls is moi sexy anyway right?
05:37 pm - Headachey
06-26 to 06-30 I didn't leave my room
07-01 walked about 3000 steps
07-02 & 07-03 haven't left my room
I've been in a strange depressive mood the past month or so.
I owe coflower and gregabob a Thanks.
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tired12:03 am - Filler
Yea I know it's another filler for the team high five challange I am ashamed. I will get some proper work done and stop being soo freaking lazy. One of these days I'm gonna have to quite my job so I can draw comics 24/7. Also thank blueshat for the bee...
Jul. 3rd, 2008
10:30 pm - Who's Doing What?
Cy Dethan is working on the final chapter of his first graphic novel, Cancertown, for Insomnia.
Nic Wilkinson is illustrating a Chris Lynch script for Accent UK's anthology Predators (that's the one between the imminent Western and the longterm-planned Victoriana).
Hal Laren has completed B.Ex #3 and is halfway through the fourth.
04:33 pm - Self Portrait Thursday ?
Staying home from work pleases me.
08:55 pm - Is There a Doctor in the House? Yes, *10* of Them...
Over at the Evening Mail's comics site, Neil Elkes reports that Tony Lee has teamed up with artist Pia Guerra (Y The Last Man) for a US-only six-part reunion between all the known incarnations of everyone's favourite Timelord. IDW releases the first issue next month.
03:21 pm - Fourth Panel Estate #1: The Future's Bright
Written By: Will Davies
This is the Fourth Panel Estate, a column about web comics. Good web comics. Solely because I don’t have the vocal agility to rag on sub par junk. Also I lack a fetching hat and you can’t rag without the proper attire. I do however have galoshes which are the leg wear of choice for in depth review and bothering legitimate artists with inane and often pointless questions. I’ll be doing this weekly from now until one of two things happens. Either the column will bomb and Septagon will beat me up and leave me in a ditch or it’ll go really well, I’ll end up going too far and the secret web comic illuminati (read Dayfree Press) will come for me in the night with bolt cutters.
For the Full article please click on the link below:
http://news.septagonstudios.com/?p=217
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