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So, a bunch of us comic book people (I believe the collective term is a gaggle of geeks) met up for some drinks and comic talk. It's been ages, in some cases years, since we've all seen each other.

The main attendees were me, Andy Smith, Terry Wiley, Nigel Auchterlounie, John Fellows, Steve Donald and Steven Finch.

And how cool is this? Terry Wileys new business card features a drawing of me:

Spleenal also made a special guest appearance:

I had an interesting debate (okay, more like a drunken argument) with this guy about films, after he'd been cussing star wars I noticed he was wearing this shirt:

I think a good time was had by all, I definitely had a good time. Or did I? I don't know, I may have been a bit drunk.

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I came across this blog by D'Israeli about the humble brush pen. This is one of my top two pens in the world ever. Yeah, I'm even geeky when it comes to pens. I've used it on two of the stories in my upcoming comic TagTeam, and will probably use it on a couple more. Here's some of my most recent panels (using the brush pen)

From 'the failure of the Gant probe' written by Nigel Auchterlounie

From 'Walk on by' written by Andy Richmond.

We're having a Newcastle comics people pub meet on Sunday. Contact me if you are in the area and want to come along.

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...too quiet. Don't worry, I haven't been yammering on lately because I'm busy working on the next big thing. I'm also busy telling anyone who'll listen about SFP, I'm like some proud parent who won't shut up about their obnoxious stinky child. Here's a picture, incase you've forgotten what it looks like:

I can't believe I got suckered in to seeing Transformers. At the cinema! That nagging optimism of mine owes me the price of a cinema ticket. I hate you Michael Bay, you've ruined my childhood and rattled my love of film. Not only was the movie bad it was also really really long with a swiss cheese plot. And worst of all, there's blatently going to be a sequel, probably with a different cast and a Michael Bay wannabe director. I doubt Spielberg has even sat through the finished thing. And no Vince DiCola soundtrack, a pox on Hollywood!
My optimism assures me that Jaws 5 will be incredible though.

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