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Ten Minutes of Lannister Slappage
I can’t explain the soundtrack to this clip, but that hardly matters, because this is ten solid minutes of Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) smacking the snivelling shit that is Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) on Game of Thrones! Anybody who watches … Continue reading
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Felan Reads the Comics: Summer Vacation
Felan Reads the Comics is going on summer hiatus for a month or so, while I run around to weddings, conferences and move house. Rest assured, I will continue to Read the Comics while away. In the meantime, feel free … Continue reading
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A Literal Game of Thrones
In all the hullabulloo over the awesome new Game of Thrones television series on HBO (which really is awesome in the truest sense of the word), I completely missed out on the fact that there’s been a Game of Thrones … Continue reading
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Have you forgotten my invincible magnetic power?
I saw X-Men: First Class recently and absolutely adored it, which makes this clip from the 1967 Fantastic Four animated series all the more painful! Magneto is undone by Mr. Fantastic, one of the lamest superheroes! And all because Magneto … Continue reading
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Felan Reads the Webcomics 5: Lower Regions
Some Sundays, Felan is too busy to write a full profile, so he posts his favourite webcomics instead. Alex Robinson is known for his Top Shelf-published graphic novels Box Office Poison and Tricked, both of which chronicle fairly mundane, everyday … Continue reading
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Felan Reads the Comics 10: Richard Stark’s Parker
On Sundays, Felan profiles his favourite comics and graphic novels from across the diverse medium’s history. Parker is one bad motherfucker, and not in a hip, Quentin Tarantino sort of way. The coldly violent, unrepentantly criminal, borderline-sociopathic anti-hero of the … Continue reading
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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – May 28
Ian Fleming is the author who created the character of James Bond. 25 films later and we have Mr. Fleming to thank.
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Happy Towel Day From The Back Row!
In a tribute to the late, great sci-fi author extraordinaire Douglas Adams, May 25th is official Towel Day! A day for everyone to recognize the extreme usefulness of the towel. On Towel Day, all of Adams’ fans are encouraged to … Continue reading
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Turn Off The Dark Knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNuraB_Ri34 I’ve already posted some preview footage of the new Batman stage show Batman Live that’s premiering in the UK on July 19, 2011, but this is the first official preview that’s been released, so I might as well post … Continue reading
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Felan Reads the Webcomics 5: Doctor Cat
Some Sundays, Felan is too busy to write a full profile, so he posts his favourite webcomics instead. Doctor Cat is a cute, funny and well-drawn webcomic by Sarah Sobole “about a doctor who happens to be a cat.” And … Continue reading
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