h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Some days, it's really difficult to persuade myself that I don't totally suck at everything, or that I shall ever achieve anything.

Try to cheer up. You're not crap, you're marvellous and fuuny and charming and good looking and you walk too fast. And I'm an expert you know.

What's all this I hear about a woman??

Gawrsh. That's enough to cheer me up immediately!

And I never knew you were an expert on walking too fast.

That was me having a really bad day the other week. Things have been going rather better since, thanks.

Yes, I have a girlfriend. She's called Hilary and she's a thoroughly lovely American girl living in London for a bit.

"living in London for a bit."

How convenient.

Which bit is she living in London for?

*wonders if Gina G lyrics would be inappropriate at this point*

Probably not on the grounds of taste...

Though that's never stopped anything in this community before...

Oops.

That's me single again, then. Oh well.

Bah.

Well, I'll let you in on a secret;
Banging on about the short-comings of frank Miller's Dark Knight 2 as compared to the visual and dramatic impact of the original will do that for you.
Seriously, I'm sorry to hear that, mate. What happened?
Or tell me s*d off if you like.

I was tired, very drunk and extremely irritable on Valentine's Day (I'd had an unbelievably bad day at work) and so I was grouchy, and (here's the real clincher) fatally slow to cotton on that I'd been snappy and apologise.

I'm cross that news of my restored bachelorhood was broken to me via email, though.

And I didn't get the chance to nerd out heavily on the comics thing either. Bah.

Ah, well, yes, bad behaviour on Valentines Day'll do it for you every time.
Seems a bit heartless to tell you by e-mail, though.
Still, like buses, there'll be another along soon
Read anything good lately?

Let's see... I enjoyed the Valentine's edition of Blue Monday, ironically enough, and Queen & Country's a bloody good read. Haven't been buying many TPBs recently, though, due to extreme skintness.

Otherwise not really. I'm slowly rading my way through Revelation Space by Alasdair Reynolds (I think...) and will grab the second part of the Peter F Hamilton sci-fi trilogy when I'm next at home.

Howzabout yerself?

Hellboy:The Conqueror Worm.
Along with Blade of the Immortal, proof that Dark Horse publish the two best books on the market.
If you include Adam Warren's Dirty pair, the two best and the crassest but funniest as well...
Just finished reading Jose Bove's 'The World is Not For Sale'. Damned fine bloke.
Seen 'From Hell'?

Nope. I gather it's an entirely different thing to the GN, but I wouldn't be able to stop myself from comparing them.

(does that make sense? )

I nearly bought Blade Of The Immortal vol 3 the other day, having got the previous two, but I thought the art didn't look as gob-smackingly good as the others while I was leafing through it.

And one of these days I must start reading that Mignola goodness.

Samura's style does change over time, but I don't think it's got any worse (I actually like it better now), and besides, the story pulled me in long before I noticed about the art changing-it's a bit like comparing Miller on Daredevil with Miller on Sin City.
Mignola, simply put, is the best designer working in comics today. Every page is a delight of composition and colour.
I actually liked From Hell, even if it does bear no resemblance to the GN.(and yeah, it made sense...)

Sorry to hear that.
Think of it as practise in how not to treat women. They like and and men that make them lots of cups of

Though some of them prefer 'lidless' roses and more chocolate than others...

N7.

Plenty moreswimming around, hon.

Somewhere....