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Saddest comic strips in the world

22 July 2008 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Brace yourself for an attack of the snivels: here come the two saddest comic strips in the world (big nod of the head to Stuart for these). Certainly had me nearly crying on the way home from the take-away this evening…

Thinking of Henson

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Calvin and Hobbes

I think I’m going to have to have another snivel again.

Watchmen trailer breakdown

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Is the nerd in your life worried? Has he seen the new teaser trailer for the movie The Watchmen and become anxious that it might not be identical, frame for frame, to the graphic novel? Is he already preparing a strongly worded letter to the Internet that will shake every major movie studio to its very core and make them very, very sorry indeed that they would dare to make a movie he will go to see only 15 times before buying it on DVD and Blu-Ray?

Fear not.

Empire had put together a scene-by-scene breakdown of the trailer, comparing it with the graphic novel, just to see how faithful it is.

It seems to be, apart from that owlish six-pack. We can all be thankful, I’m sure you can agree.

Tuesday’s not very Australian news

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Safety Catch – Series Two

21 July 2008 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Simon from Safety CatchMs Rullsenberg has nudged into my consciousness the fact that Safety Catch, a Radio 4 comedy series about a reluctant arms dealer, is currently enjoying a repeat run at a sensible time on said station. Hooray!

It stars Darren Boyd, Joanna Page (yes) and Brigid Forsyth and is really quite funny, if you’re into slightly black, apparently un-PC yet not comedy. If you’ve missed any episodes – which is likely since it started its run on the 8th July – you can catch up using the iPlayer or through my last blog entry on the subject, which links to all four episodes. You can also find out more about the show from the British Comedy Guide, which has been good enough to quote me alongside The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph for some reason on its “press clippings” page about the show.

However, after having the show nudged back into my consciousness, I decided to investigate a bit to see if a second series has finally been commissioned. And lo and behold it has, according to writer Laurence Howarth. The second series should be airing next year some time – no word on if there have been any cast or character changes or when recordings are going to be. I s’pose I could ask, but that sounds a bit like hard work. Maybe later…