Went for drinks after work last night with Marie, Charmaine, Dan and his gf.  Good evening - worth it for Marie attempting to order a pint of "Dictator's bitter" (that'd be "Director's", Marie).  Had a good natter about films and graphic novels - Marie asked, had I heard of one she'd found in her local library, V For Vendetta by someone called Alan ( Read more... )

Well, I'm a lot better now, but it's been a waste of a weekend.
Finally did some housework this afternoon.  Otherwise, just felt ill and slept in and read and pottered about on the Net.
Found this yesterday, while looking for stuff on Captain Britain - it's Alan Moore's idea for Twilight of the superheroes.  Some interesting ideas, but it's not ( Read more... )

I've gone up to the Midlands to spend a few days at my mum's place.  My nephew's here too, so I'm knee-deep in Bionicles and there's a constant battle between us over whether to watch the Olympics or Toonami.
Went into Wolverhampton today, and found a decent comics/games shop.  Bought the collected League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol II, and ( Read more... )