Over the last few weeks we seem to have been up to all sorts and now that we're into June it's time to stop, take a breath and, well, Blog...
Over the weekend of the
12th and 13th of May we missed the
Bristol Comic Expo (for the first time in something like four years) because we had a
family wedding to attend.
Lots of people have since informed us that is was the best Bristol ever (which, we hope, had nothing to with our not being there).
Lots of images and even videos (isn't modern technology marvelous?) of the convention can be found here, here and here (and probably loads of other places):
http://flingk.com/10dh84jzhttp://flingk.com/15fei7fihttp://www.ndcomicsmag.com/bristolcon/On Saturday the
19th of May Leah and I headed down/over to Stoke on Trent where our old chum
Shane Oakley had somehow managed to wangle us a day as extras in a zombie film called
Out of Space. Ostensibly, this was so that I could write a piece for
www.RevenantMagazine.com about the film and whole experience (which will be appearing online very soon) but it was also a very good laugh. Very nice popping into the pub over the road for last orders still dressed as zombies afterwards too. The bar man's reaction: "Alright, you doin' a film are you?".
The wife and myself (with photoshop enhanced eyes)
Sickly Suzanne and Icky Oakley
Sunday the
27th of May saw us over in the historic market town of Market Weighton for
Giant Bradley Day which I will be writing an article about that will hopefully appear in
Fortean Times during the next few months.
In addition to all the historical giant stuff (which I'm saving for the article, obviously) not only did we see what was professed to be the world's biggest garden spade...
...we also had a dream opportunity to take loads of photos of classic cars and produce the following Coop style post (with a uniquely British twist)...
That's right my friends,
Morris Minors by the dozen. Look at the engine on this little bugger; that's an Austin designed 0.8 L overhead valve A-Series, unless I'm very much mistaken. A top speed of 63 mph. What a beauty, but I digress.
In addition to all the above mentioned shenanigans we've also completed (this very evening... or is that morning now?) the script for the very first issue of a brand new
Dynamite Entertainment/
Top Cow crossover series. Details coming soon.
Oh and don't forget,
Raise the Dead #3 is out this week so make sure you pick up a copy before it sells out (did that sound too cocky?).
That's it I think. Time for my supper.
J.
This month's Fortean Times Magazine (#238), which officially goes on sale tomorrow, features an extract from my forthcoming book 800 Years of Haunted Liverpool. The article is all about the elusive Spring-heeled Jack and his reported appearances in Everton.
The wife and myself (with photoshop enhanced eyes)
Sickly Suzanne and Icky Oakley 
...we also had a dream opportunity to take loads of photos of classic cars and produce the following Coop style post (with a uniquely British twist)...
