What Are You Currently Reading? - Page 56

Wes · #**551** 21st August 2013, 10:12 AM

Yep I think so... I mean reading George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London knowing that Orwell chose to live rough on the streets to explore this world of non-entities really gives that book an extra charge. I'd be writing that from a comfortable, warm room...

Demoncrat · #**552** 21st August 2013, 10:23 AM

Richard Lewis' 2001 book The Encyclopedia (AYE RIGHT) of Cult Children's TV. Even though he SLAGGED OFF THE ADVENTURE GAME right at the start, I persevered. Interesting fact, he claims to have seen every episode of Doctor Who (in his own words, "through fair means and foul") REALLY??

Now I must find Cloppa Castle it seems.

Susan Foreman · #**553** 21st August 2013, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Richard Lewis' 2001 book The Encyclopedia (AYE RIGHT) of Cult Children's TV. Interesting fact, he claims to have seen every episode of Doctor Who (in his own words, "through fair means and foul") REALLY??

Maybe Mr Lewis is old enough to have seen them on first transmission, lost his was during the later Tom Baker years, and then caught up with Davison, Baker (Colin) and McCoy on pirated videos years later

troggi · #**554** 21st August 2013, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Richard Lewis' 2001 book The Encyclopedia (AYE RIGHT) of Cult Children's TV. Even though he SLAGGED OFF THE ADVENTURE GAME right at the start, I persevered. Interesting fact, he claims to have seen every episode of Doctor Who (in his own words, "through fair means and foul") REALLY??

Now I must find Cloppa Castle it seems.

If anyone claims to be writing an "encyclopaedia" they should leave all subjective thought under the desk and write objectively!

Demoncrat · #**555** 21st August 2013, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by suziginajackson

Maybe Mr Lewis is old enough to have seen them on first transmission, lost his was during the later Tom Baker years, and then caught up with Davison, Baker (Colin) and McCoy on pirated videos years later

That's not the vibe I was getting Suze. The book is riddled with nonsense of this magnitude. And he seems obssessed with american cartoons (Bailey's Comets anyone???)

troggi · #**556** 21st August 2013, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Demoncrat

That's not the vibe I was getting Suze. The book is riddled with nonsense of this magnitude. And he seems obssessed with american cartoons (Bailey's Comets anyone???)

Seen my fair share of yank cartoons but never heard of that. Sounds like 'e needs t' get out of 'is "GEEK BOX" 'n' watch some T.V. instead o' gettin' obscure region 1 DVDs from over the pond!

Make Them Die Slowly · #**557** 21st August 2013, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Demoncrat

That's not the vibe I was getting Suze. The book is riddled with nonsense of this magnitude. And he seems obssessed with american cartoons (Bailey's Comets anyone???)

"Bailey's Comets" was a cartoon in the Banana Splits show. I think it's catch phrase was"skateroo to the next clue".

troggi · #**558** 21st August 2013, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

"Bailey's Comets" was a cartoon in the Banana Splits show. I think it's catch phrase was"skateroo to the next clue".

I used to love the "Banana Splits Show" but I can't remember "Bailey's Comets" in it!

troggi · #**559** 21st August 2013, 04:50 PM

I've just found out that the "Kick Ass 2" movie special edition of Mark Millar's "CLiNT" mag is going to be the last one, ever!

I am distraught at this because it was aimed at a British audience, it had some superb strips from great writers and artists and was in a British format. Every thing was going great so why have Titan dropped it? Well, the main issue has to be it's regularity. I expect a monthly mag to be published on around the same date every month and "CLiNT" has been delayed time after time, so much so that supermarkets had dropped it and so had most of it's fan-base.

I will mourn the loss of this ground-breaking magazine that gave us American-style strips in a UK format and effectively plugged the gap between the US monthlies like "X Men" or "Batman" and the UK weeklies like "2000AD"!

"CLiNT"
R.I.P.