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Disaster Averted! For now…

I hate to use a cliché’ like saying it’s a Christmas miracle, but that’s what my friends, colleagues, fellow fans, and even strangers have helped pull off.

Just over a week ago I was left missing a large part of my income when Finlay Publishing, the publishing company I had been doing most of my writing for, issued a statement that it decided that it wasn’t likely going to pay its writer the outstanding money owed for work that had been published.

I was left with a pile of bills stacking up and an eviction notice dated December 25^th. Merry Christmas to me.

posted by: lightning at 20:14 | link | comments |
site news, cover stories, ripoffs

WRITER IN DIRE NEED!

Dear Friends in the comics, arts and writing industries, 

It is with a heavy heart and more than an ounce of desperation that I write these words.

As some of you may know, the world of writing and publishing is fragile, and things beyond your control can tumble down around you in unfortunate ways.

Such an incident is why I write this.

I and some of my fellow Finlay Publishing writers are experiencing one of the worst possible surprises for Christmas.

posted by: lightning at 11:00 | link | comments |
entertainment, websites, magazines, site news, cover stories, ripoffs

Notice:

Sorry folks, the posts meant for the regular Thursday update will not be posted today.

Something has gone wonky with the blog server on our provider's end and I'm posting blind, with no idea if these posts will be visible.

Please join us again next week for our Tuesday update.

posted by: lightning at 13:56 | link | comments (1) |
site news

Nintendo's Wii hit with seniors

Honestly, if MSN keeps this up, I'll be out of a job.

Wii hit with seniors.

posted by: lightning at 13:08 | link | comments |
websites, video gaming

Ever want to go to geek heaven?

Well, MSN is on a roll today.

They've got an entertaining article up about great destinations, events, and conventions for geeks of all ages.

Click here.

posted by: lightning at 08:16 | link | comments |
comics, entertainment, events, sci-fi, video gaming

Why you won't die a TV Star death

MSN has a rather to the point article today with a dose of reality for everyone. Also humorous.

You can fine the article by clicking here.

posted by: lightning at 08:14 | link | comments |
humor, tv

Weiland in trouble again!

Reported by Mike Gagnon

Velvet Revolver front man and former Stone Temple Pilots rock god Scott Weiland has been charged with DUI…again!

Weiland has a history of DUI’s and disorderly charges, at one time even jailed for injuring an innocent bystander in an impaired car wreck. While incarcerated Weiland was allowed to leave his prison in order to make tour dates with his band.

It has now been made public that Weiland was in another wreck at 6:15 PM this past November 21^st 2007 in Los Angeles. No one was injured but investigating officers became suspicious when they noticed him acting strange. Weiland failed a number of roadside sobriety tests and was booked on charges of “driving under the influences of a drug”.

Weiland refused to take any blood or urine tests.

Shortly after the incident Velvet Revolver’s reps announces that the band would be canceling its Australian tour due to “health reasons”.

Since that report the charges against Weiland have come to light and no clinical illnesses have ever been announced for any of the band members.

posted by: lightning at 15:00 | link | comments |
entertainment, rocknroll, tours, cover stories

Proof of Bigfoot?

MSN is reporting that the production crew for the Sci-Fi channel's "Destination Truth" weekly travel adventure series has discovered what they feel may be proof of the existence of the Yeti, or "Bigfoot", near Mount Everest.

The show is hosted by archaeologist Josh Gates, and explores mysteries and unexplained phenomenon, such as the Bigfoot legends of Katmandu and Mount Everest.

The team claims to have discovered three genuine prints near a river that cannot be identified as coming from a bear or any other known animal.

The original story can be found by clicking here.

posted by: lightning at 13:52 | link | comments |
entertainment, tv , paranormal

Tuesday Tickle

Three Hillbillies are sitting on a porch shootin' the breeze.

1st Hillbilly says: "My wife sure is stupid!...She bought an air conditioner. "2nd Hillbilly says: "Why is that stupid?"

1st Hillbilly says: "We ain't got no 'lectricity!"

2nd Hillbilly says: "That's nothin'! My wife is so stupid, she bought one of them new fangled warshin ' machines!"1st Hillbilly says: "Why is that so stupid?"

2nd Hillbilly says: "'Cause we ain't got no plummin'!"

3rd Hillbilly says: "That ain't nuthin'! My wife is dumber than both yer wifes put together! I was going through her purse the other day lookin' fer some change, and I found 6 condoms in thar." 1st and 2nd Hillbillies say: "Well, what's so dumb about that?"

3rd Hillbilly says: "She ain't got no pecker.

posted by: lightning at 13:20 | link | comments |
humor, jokes

A new take on Victorian gothic classics

Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics Vol. 14

Eureka Productions

By: Jane Austen & Molly Kiely. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Rod Lott & Lisa K. Weber. Ann Radcliffe, Antonella Caputo & Carlo Vergara. Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Pomplun & Leong Wan Kok. Jane Austin, Trina Robbins & Anne Timmons. Myla Jo Closser, Tom Pomplun & Shary Flenniken.

Edited by: Tom Pomplun

B&W, 144 pages

$11.95 U.S./$14.50 Can

A comic book look at classic gothic literature

Mike Gagnon

This hefty volume collects several new comic book adaptations of classis gothic English literature.

Highly regarded works such as J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla”, Ann Radcliffe’s “Mysteries of Udolpho”, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Oval Portrait”, Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey”, Myla Jo Closser’s “At The Gate”, and even Jane Austen’s poem “I’ve a Pain in my Head” all get the comic book treatment.

I’ve a Pain in my Head

Austen’s “I’ve a Pain in my Head” is humorously illustrated by Molly Kiely in a one page narrative that presents Austen’s poem in a light that I’m not sure se intended, but the conclusion of which is quite funny.

That light little spot is the first and last bit of humor you’ll find in any of these stories.

Carmilla

Le Fanu’s “Carmilla” is adapted to graphic novel format by Rod Lott. The story tells of a noble family who out of the goodness of their own hearts, take care of a mysterious young girl named “Carmilla” while her mother is away on urgent business. The girl begins to haunt the dreams of the lord’s young daughter. The daughter becomes ill many of the community fall ill and die. When the master of the house runs into an old friend from a neighbouring village he discovered that his friend has a very similar story that resulted in the death of his niece. He too had been taking care of a mysterious girl known to him as “Millarca”, who revealed herself to be a vampire, sucking the life from his family and subjects. The nobles determine that they must dispatch the undead monster before any more souls are taken from the Earth.

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comic reviews