Comics Britannia - BBC4 9pm Monday 10th September

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If you didn't already know? - This looks interesting ...
They (The Establishment) use sex as an addiction for control, just as they use alcohol and drugs ...
- A programme of systematic frustration in order to sell this crock of s**t as immortality, a garden of delights and love. ...
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.....and one of the episodes features 2000AD.

Yep. Nuff said!
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Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:Nuff said!
That's Marvel, you fool! :lol:
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You neglected to mention it's presented by the mighty Armando Iannucci... :lol:
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. ANARCHY IN THE UK
Mon 24 Sep 9pm-10pm TBC
In the 1970s and 1980s comic books became darker, more graphic and more adult. This programme features interviews with ground-breaking writers such as Alan Moore, who spearheaded this new wave of comics.
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@ Steve: is that a Rollright Stone in your avatar? :eek:
I left my heart in Ballycastle... :cry: :cry: :cry:
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SINsister wrote:@ Steve: is that a Rollright Stone in your avatar? :eek:
No dear - further south in Cornwall. :wink:
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Ooooooooooo - do tell! :eek:
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SINsister wrote:Ooooooooooo - do tell! :eek:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/sit ... wenun.html

Have a gander at the above. Off on our holidays on Saturday for 2 weeks, staying a few miles from there. :D
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Kick @ss! Thanks for the link, too - awesome site! ;D :notworthy:
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SINsister wrote:Kick @ss! Thanks for the link, too - awesome site! ;D :notworthy:
It's The Bible baby. :P
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Missed it, was it any good?
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czuczu wrote:Missed it, was it any good?
Not great ... 1st part of 3 in series - might get better ... I'm a Dennis/Gnasher fan and was hoping for more!

This might be better as Hom_Corleone suggested:~
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In the 1970s and 1980s comic books became darker, more graphic and more adult. This programme features interviews with ground-breaking writers such as Alan Moore
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- A programme of systematic frustration in order to sell this crock of s**t as immortality, a garden of delights and love. ...
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Sounds much better - fingers crossed for Bisley, Gibson, Ezquerra etc :)
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Hom_Corleone wrote:
SINsister wrote:@ Steve: is that a Rollright Stone in your avatar? :eek:
No dear - further south in Cornwall. :wink:
Nice, but Arthur's Stone near Hay-on-Wye is better :wink:

www.wyenot.com/arthurstn01.htm
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czuczu wrote:Sounds much better - fingers crossed for Bisley, Gibson, Ezquerra etc :)
Indeed :twisted:
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Comic fans will be interested in this on BBC4 tonight at 9:00.
Jonathan Ross in Search of Steve Ditko

Documentary in which Jonathan Ross tries to track down and interview one of his heroes, the reclusive 80-year-old American comic book artist Steve Ditko, creator of Spiderman. Ditko has never given an interview and consistently, if politely, declines all offers to talk about his work. Ross travels to glamorous LA, exciting New York and chilly Northampton to meet with fellow fans and comic book professionals such as Alan Moore and Paul Gambaccini in order to discover more about the man.
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Just watched the second one - better, but only went to the end of things like Roy of the Rovers.

The good thing is that at the end they set the next one up for the period of things like 2000AD and Deadline.

Monday 24th BBC4.....
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Yep, just watching it now - Viz through to Watchmen, via 2000ad and Deadline. Get in - Esquerra drawing Dredd !!!! :notworthy: :notworthy:
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Was a pretty decent double bill with the Factory thing, but what were they doing giving Ezquerra subtitles?!? :lol:

Was a bit annoyed with the amount of Viz characteres covered at the expense of the 2000AD stuff but they still had a lot of decent artists.. Tank Girl at the expense of Halo Jones was a poor choice though!
...& Alan Moore's porn comic is dreadful btw ;)
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Not got round to watching this yet but thought the seconds episode missed out out a lot by not talking about Johnny Red and Battle/Action. I'm hoping the third episode might cover more than just 2000AD and Viz.
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About half of it was Viz, had a chunk about Action which was pretty cool and then headed into the world of graphic novels (lots of Alan Moore)..
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Can't get enough Alan Moore- its a shame they insist on making awful movies loosely based on his writing :urff:
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silentNate wrote:Can't get enough Alan Moore- its a shame they insist on making awful movies loosely based on his writing :urff:
I think he agrees with you! :lol:
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Apparently Alan Moore refuses to take any profit from movies based on his writing. Why he objects to the lovely English dish of 'eggy in a basket' I'll never know however :lol:
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