Well, it has been a couple of days.  Sorry about the lack of updates.  It’s not like I don’t have the time…

Baby isn’t here yet.  Although we have a week before Ruth is induced.  We’d rather avoid that if possible but it’s not up to us; until then baby will arrive whenever he/she wants to.

There is other news which is quite exciting but I’ll probably post that tomorrow when I’m more awake…

I think it’s time for an early night with 253 by Geoff Ryman. 

- Alistair

And for $4 Million.

Wow.

I’m not entirelly sure this is a good idea but I can see the benefits.

A greater brand awareness for Marvel, there are distribution channels that Disney have they can exploit to enhance the brand, and subesquently the comics market as a whole.

And it’s not like Pixar has suffered any from their move to Disney.  Not too sure I can say the same for Muppet Studios though.

But I’m sure time will tell.  As long as they don’t have the same kind of crap that Warner Bros. do to DC Comics’ characters movie-wise, I’m sure everything will work out just fine.

Although this does mean that Dark Horse become the largest indie comic book company in operation at the moment, something that will do them good for years to come.  As long as they don’t sell out are not bought over then the world of comic books isn’t totally lost… 

- Alistair

The Straw Men – Michael Marshall

“In a room full of victims, murderers look like gods.”

Apparently he died after a cardio-respiratory attack.

BBC News have an obituary here.

A bit scunnered on hearing this but, truth be told, 90 is a fair age to reach.

It’s an odd one when an icon, someone whose work you grow up reading, dies.

Of course, I never met the man but I still feel the loss.  Strange.

Anyways, wherever you are in the cosmos Arthur, I hope you’re having one hell of a time…

I Am Legend – Richard Matheson

“Through experiments on the dead vampires he had discovered that the bacilli effected the creation of a powerful body glue that sealed bullet openings as soon as they were made.  Bullets were enclosed almost immediately, and since the system was activated by germs, a bullet couldn’t hurt it.  The system could, in fact, contain almost an indefinite amount of bullets, since the body glue prevented a penetration of more than a few fractions of an inch.  Shooting vampires was like throwing pebbles into tar.”