Matt Brooker (aka D'Israeli) artist of "Lazarus Churchyard", "Scarlet Traces", and 2000 AD artist has a blog post up on how he went from traditional techniques to digital.

D'Israeli tells how he went digital

If you are not familiar with his work, the complete "War of the Worlds" comic he did with Ian Edginton is available online at the Dark Horse website.

6 Bullshit Facts About Psychology that Everyone Believes

From Cracked.com - 6 Bullshit Facts About Psychology that Everyone Believes

Because I am a curmudgeon I never believed the self-esteem one - I mean if psychology has taught us anything it's the human race is doomed.

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipes

I recently watched the entire series of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipes and Newswipes - a show on the telly that takes the piss out of shows on the telly. If you enjoy clever insights mixed with Viz magazine style humour you'll probably like this too.

The above segment shows the "Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson" which has to be seen to be believed.

Buffy Slays Edward

Twilight dissing has become an internet past-time so it was inevitable really....the creepy stalker thing must really turn tweenage girls on.

"Don't cut yourself on the crocodile sweetie..."

There is just something about old decaying playground rides and sculptures that is just .... horrifying - yes, that's the word.
Nightmare Playgrounds from "Dark Roasted Blend" is hysterically weird.

"I Didn't See Fight Club"

Woohoo! Venture Bros Season 4 Trailer at Adult Swim. Can't wait.

Don't Blame the Writers

I must admit to being overly picky about movie plots - if a movie has a big budget and good actors and special effects, to have a plot that seems cobbled together from a series of set pieces seems a bit inexcusable. However I realise the movie making process often isn't exactly smooth sailing and this elderly article about the writing of "The Puppet Masters" is fairly interesting.


Q: When is a Spaceship Not a Spaceship?
A: When It's a Brain Coral.
Writing the Screen Adaptation of
Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters

Terry Rossio, 1995


After reading it you don't wonder how bad movies get made, but how do good ones?

Do you remember the Sprieg Brothers highly enjoyable zombie/comedy/horror movie "Undead" that was made locally in Brisbane?
Well they have made another movie dealing with vampires. I was a little dubious at first, as the genre seems to have been a little sucked dry of late (sorry). But the trailer looks like it doesn't deal with sparkly vampires and actually addresses the question of "what happens when the vampires stupidly achieve their goal of world domination?".

DayBreakers Trailer at YouTube

District 9

Managed to score free tickets to "District 9" a lower budget SF piece by South African director Neill Blomkamp - it was a nice change of pace from the disappointing blockbusters of earlier this year with a weird mix of documentary, body horror (think Cronenburg) and action movie.

It was based on the short movie "Alive in Joberg" which is available on YouTube.

Star Trek the Musical

Shatner of the Mount


Le Wrath di Khan (Robot Chicken)
This is seriously the best thing I think I've seen all year.


via the incomparable Graham Lineham

Picard Sings!

Thanks JB.