"The following contents page uses Flashback Lock(TM) technology, re-arranging chapter numbers into a simple, chronological order for the convenience of the reader." Many years ago, the search for contact from alien life instead picked up a chilling warning, a terrified voice imploring: "Kill Austin Lang before he wipes out the universe". The problem? The name … Continue reading The Paradox Paradox – Daniel Hardcastle
"It takes me two weeks to die, locked in my own dungeon." Davi is not having a good life, what with being captured and tortured to death by a not-at-all-sexy snake lady. But it's okay: there'll be another one (life) along in a minute. Davi is somehow (a) in some weird fantasy world and (b) … Continue reading How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying – Django Wexler
"The thing about life is that it is fundamentally impossible." We're back once again with the staff of the Stranger Times newspaper, purveyor of all that is weird and sometimes wonderful, if very rarely all that true. Still, it's a living. Following on from events in the series so far, it's nice to see life settling … Continue reading Relight My Fire – CK McDonnell
"Tristram Bleeker's mind went blank. Staring down the wrong end of a gun will have that effect on a man." We first met the staff of the Stranger Times newspaper - dedicated to all things weird, if only occasionally true 😉 - back in the self-titled first volume. Now on book 3 and things are not going … Continue reading Love Will Tear Us Apart – CK McDonnell
Do we really need another take on A Christmas Carol? Didn't the Muppets already ace that? 😉 Well actually I think they've managed to find a decent new take here, and update it for the 21st Century, too. Will Ferrell plays the Ghost of Christmas Present, one third of the 'public' facing part of a huge team … Continue reading Spirited (2022)
Sarah's Scribbles is a comic series - online, and a set of books - celebrating life as an awkward nerd. Something I can entirely get behind! 🙂 The simple style of the artwork perfectly captures the humour in various, relatable situations. Although there's no overarching 'story', there are recurring themes, including cat ownership, being an … Continue reading Oddball – Sarah Andersen
The 'Holiday Special' isn't a genre that's covered itself in glory over the years (cough Star Wars cough), but the irreverent tone of the Guardians of the Galaxy series means it's not too much of a surprise that they're having a go. At under an hour long, it felt like a good first toe-dip for me into all … Continue reading Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
"In 1995 Andy got a toy. That toy was based on a movie. This is that movie." Andy, of course, being the little boy in Toy Story (1995 are you kidding me?!), and the toy in question being one Buzz Lightyear. So, this is sort of a prequel to Toy Story, the origin story for the … Continue reading Lightyear (2022)
I do love Sarah Andersen's work, particularly Sarah's Scribbles, but also the more recent branching out, such as Fangs. This is another direction again, and I first stumbled across strips from the Cryptids on Instagram. Here we have a whole collection of the weird and wonderful! So what exactly is a cryptid? The dictionary definition is: "an animal whose … Continue reading Cryptid Club – Sarah Andersen
In keeping with the 'niceness' theme from my last post, I'm really glad I tried this little animated series. You might remember Baymax from the movie, Big Hero 6 (2014): a big inflatable robot created to be a health care provider, with the greatest line of calling a cat "Hairy baby!" 🙂 His inventor's brother turns … Continue reading Baymax! (season 1)
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