Colin Smith
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So that was Tuesday November 25th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Out this very month in 1988, just 37 yrs ago, V For Vendetta #7, with its cover by series co-creator David Lloyd.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Out this very month in 1988, just 37 yrs ago, V For Vendetta #7, with its cover by series co-creator David Lloyd.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
So that was Tuesday November 25th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Out this very month in 1988, just 37 yrs ago, V For Vendetta #7, with its cover by series co-creator David Lloyd.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Out this very month in 1988, just 37 yrs ago, V For Vendetta #7, with its cover by series co-creator David Lloyd.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
Reposted by Colin Smith
“Holy socks!” indeed. The first sight of Chris Sprouse & Alan Moore’s Millennium City from 1999’s debut issue of Tom Strong.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Holy socks!” indeed. The first sight of Chris Sprouse & Alan Moore’s Millennium City from 1999’s debut issue of Tom Strong.
The cover strip of The Beano dated this very day in 1950, Dudley D. Watkins’ Biffo The Bear tale helps puts the lie to the still-frequently wheeled out cliche that British comics were characteristically tame & polite in the Good Old Days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The cover strip of The Beano dated this very day in 1950, Dudley D. Watkins’ Biffo The Bear tale helps puts the lie to the still-frequently wheeled out cliche that British comics were characteristically tame & polite in the Good Old Days.
Reposted by Colin Smith
“Be careful of the zeitgeist. It is not your friend.”
Just about every line in Margaret Attwood’s “Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer On Writing” is thought-provoking & quotable. This one in particular has stayed lodged in my grey matter.
Just about every line in Margaret Attwood’s “Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer On Writing” is thought-provoking & quotable. This one in particular has stayed lodged in my grey matter.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“Be careful of the zeitgeist. It is not your friend.”
Just about every line in Margaret Attwood’s “Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer On Writing” is thought-provoking & quotable. This one in particular has stayed lodged in my grey matter.
Just about every line in Margaret Attwood’s “Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer On Writing” is thought-provoking & quotable. This one in particular has stayed lodged in my grey matter.
David Bowie’s visit to London’s Blitz club on Tuesday 1st July 1980 has gone down in pop music history. What I never knew was that he returned to Blitz at least once more in that summer, with Record Mirror recording his presence among The Cult With No Name in the unexpected company of Bob Geldof.
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
David Bowie’s visit to London’s Blitz club on Tuesday 1st July 1980 has gone down in pop music history. What I never knew was that he returned to Blitz at least once more in that summer, with Record Mirror recording his presence among The Cult With No Name in the unexpected company of Bob Geldof.
Buildings, Lancaster, 1930, by Charles Demuth.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Buildings, Lancaster, 1930, by Charles Demuth.
“Holy socks!” indeed. The first sight of Chris Sprouse & Alan Moore’s Millennium City from 1999’s debut issue of Tom Strong.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“Holy socks!” indeed. The first sight of Chris Sprouse & Alan Moore’s Millennium City from 1999’s debut issue of Tom Strong.
(The throat specialist) Dr. Mayer-Hermann (in his Berlin examination room), by Otto Dix, 1926.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
(The throat specialist) Dr. Mayer-Hermann (in his Berlin examination room), by Otto Dix, 1926.
Reposted by Colin Smith
London’s River: The Pool of London, London Transport travel poster, 1951, by John Minton.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
London’s River: The Pool of London, London Transport travel poster, 1951, by John Minton.
Shirley Bellwood’s cover for the edition of Misty dated this very day in 1978.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Shirley Bellwood’s cover for the edition of Misty dated this very day in 1978.
“Be careful of the zeitgeist. It is not your friend.”
Just about every line in Margaret Attwood’s “Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer On Writing” is thought-provoking & quotable. This one in particular has stayed lodged in my grey matter.
Just about every line in Margaret Attwood’s “Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer On Writing” is thought-provoking & quotable. This one in particular has stayed lodged in my grey matter.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“Be careful of the zeitgeist. It is not your friend.”
Just about every line in Margaret Attwood’s “Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer On Writing” is thought-provoking & quotable. This one in particular has stayed lodged in my grey matter.
Just about every line in Margaret Attwood’s “Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer On Writing” is thought-provoking & quotable. This one in particular has stayed lodged in my grey matter.
London’s River: The Pool of London, London Transport travel poster, 1951, by John Minton.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
London’s River: The Pool of London, London Transport travel poster, 1951, by John Minton.
Good morning! It’s Tuesday November 25th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1978, a mere 47 years ago, 2000AD & Starlord #92, with its Colin Wyatt cover featuring Tharg the Mighty.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1978, a mere 47 years ago, 2000AD & Starlord #92, with its Colin Wyatt cover featuring Tharg the Mighty.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good morning! It’s Tuesday November 25th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1978, a mere 47 years ago, 2000AD & Starlord #92, with its Colin Wyatt cover featuring Tharg the Mighty.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1978, a mere 47 years ago, 2000AD & Starlord #92, with its Colin Wyatt cover featuring Tharg the Mighty.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
So that was Monday November 24th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Out this very month in 1983, just 42 yrs ago, Warrior #15, with its Laser Eraser & Pressbutton cover by Mick Austin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Out this very month in 1983, just 42 yrs ago, Warrior #15, with its Laser Eraser & Pressbutton cover by Mick Austin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
So that was Monday November 24th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Out this very month in 1983, just 42 yrs ago, Warrior #15, with its Laser Eraser & Pressbutton cover by Mick Austin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Out this very month in 1983, just 42 yrs ago, Warrior #15, with its Laser Eraser & Pressbutton cover by Mick Austin.)
And so to bed. Sleep well,gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
Terry Pratchett’s Death, taking a moment for himself at home, by David Wyatt, c.2018.
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Terry Pratchett’s Death, taking a moment for himself at home, by David Wyatt, c.2018.
Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924, by Alexander Rodchenko.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924, by Alexander Rodchenko.
“Conversation with Smaug”, by JRR Tolkien, for 1937’s “The Hobbit”.
I’ve no idea what state of mind Tolkien was in when he painted it. But every time I’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it a lot, I get the impression that he was having a really great time. It’s so zestful, in its details & as a whole.
I’ve no idea what state of mind Tolkien was in when he painted it. But every time I’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it a lot, I get the impression that he was having a really great time. It’s so zestful, in its details & as a whole.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Conversation with Smaug”, by JRR Tolkien, for 1937’s “The Hobbit”.
I’ve no idea what state of mind Tolkien was in when he painted it. But every time I’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it a lot, I get the impression that he was having a really great time. It’s so zestful, in its details & as a whole.
I’ve no idea what state of mind Tolkien was in when he painted it. But every time I’ve seen it, and I’ve seen it a lot, I get the impression that he was having a really great time. It’s so zestful, in its details & as a whole.
A film from where you’re from, you ask? 1970’s tedious “comedy” Take A Girl Like You has scenes at the dying Grammar School I was condemned to. There are glimpses of the likes of an old form room & the corridor to the PE changing rooms. (How odd, that it doesn’t trigger either nostalgia or misery.)
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A film from where you’re from, you ask? 1970’s tedious “comedy” Take A Girl Like You has scenes at the dying Grammar School I was condemned to. There are glimpses of the likes of an old form room & the corridor to the PE changing rooms. (How odd, that it doesn’t trigger either nostalgia or misery.)
Six of the Royal Mail’s 2011 stamps in the FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson collection.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Six of the Royal Mail’s 2011 stamps in the FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson collection.
Black Lion Wharf, The Thames, London, 1859, an etching by James McNeill Whistler.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Black Lion Wharf, The Thames, London, 1859, an etching by James McNeill Whistler.
As someone who struggles to cope with the endless drivel spieled out by most English football commentators, I can only suggest that Alan Bennett be drafted into their ranks. It would at the very least provide a less familiar point of view. (From AB’s 2005 diaries.)
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
As someone who struggles to cope with the endless drivel spieled out by most English football commentators, I can only suggest that Alan Bennett be drafted into their ranks. It would at the very least provide a less familiar point of view. (From AB’s 2005 diaries.)
Good morning! It’s Monday November 24th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1979, a mere 46 years ago, 2000AD & Tornado #140, with its cover featuring a tie-in with the soon to be released Star Trek The Motion Picture.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1979, a mere 46 years ago, 2000AD & Tornado #140, with its cover featuring a tie-in with the soon to be released Star Trek The Motion Picture.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Good morning! It’s Monday November 24th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1979, a mere 46 years ago, 2000AD & Tornado #140, with its cover featuring a tie-in with the soon to be released Star Trek The Motion Picture.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1979, a mere 46 years ago, 2000AD & Tornado #140, with its cover featuring a tie-in with the soon to be released Star Trek The Motion Picture.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
So that was Sunday November 23rd 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Out this very month in 1962, just 63 yrs ago, Mike Mercury: Supercar #2, with its fine cover by an unknown artist.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Out this very month in 1962, just 63 yrs ago, Mike Mercury: Supercar #2, with its fine cover by an unknown artist.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
November 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So that was Sunday November 23rd 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Out this very month in 1962, just 63 yrs ago, Mike Mercury: Supercar #2, with its fine cover by an unknown artist.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
(Out this very month in 1962, just 63 yrs ago, Mike Mercury: Supercar #2, with its fine cover by an unknown artist.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.
Why, from 1973, it’s Yogi's Gang, featuring Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Doggie Daddy, Augie Doggie, Quickdraw McGraw, Snaglepuss, Magilla Gorilla, & Peter Potamus.
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Why, from 1973, it’s Yogi's Gang, featuring Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Doggie Daddy, Augie Doggie, Quickdraw McGraw, Snaglepuss, Magilla Gorilla, & Peter Potamus.
Japanese movie poster for 1976’s The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton.
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Japanese movie poster for 1976’s The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton.