#Brian Williamson

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Sonic the Comic #16: "Happy Christmas Dr. Robotnik"

Writer: Mark Millar Art: Brian Williamson Letters: Elitta Fell

Editor: Richard Burton Assistant Editor: Deborah Tate Managing Editor: Steve McManus

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Comix Zone UK Promotional Comic

Writer: uncredited

Artist: Brian Williamson (uncredited)

Letters: Tom Frame (uncredited)

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Stand by for Action! Comic Writers and Artists Revealed for "Stingray: Deadly Uprising"

Anderson Entertainment has lined up a fantastic array of British comic talent for their new upcoming Stingray: Deadly Uprising multimedia project, its first instalment, Deadly Concerto, launching in July

Anderson Entertainment has lined up a fantastic array of British comic talent for their new upcoming Stingray: Deadly Uprising multimedia project, its first instalment, Deadly Concerto, launching in July. The creators include New York Times best-selling author James Swallow, Gerry Anderson and Doctor Who artist Lee Sullivan, 2000AD‘s John McCrea, and many more. The team behind the new Stingray…

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so my mind does this thing where anytime I have a crush on an athlete/celeb/someone completely unattainable in that realm and they get a partner, I immediately lose interest.

idk what it is, but the second I think they have a partner or learn they do my brain immediately steps backwards and fucks off to someone else

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My YouTube playlist of Brian's work outside of the Rolling Stones.

I'll also include this article that provides more detail: https://tinnitist.com/2024/09/28/area-residents-stylus-counsel-brian-jones-show-tell/

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The Energon Universe is in Danger in Cobra Commander #4. Check out the covers!

The Energon Universe is in Danger in Cobra Commander #4. Check out the covers! #comics #comicbooks #gijoe #energonuniverse

Skybound, Image Comics, and Hasbro have revealed an impressive lineup of variant covers from Cobra Commander #4 from writer Joshua Williamson, artist Andrea Milana, and colorist Annalisa Leoni. The penultimate issue of the Energon Universe’s newest limited series arrives in comic book shops on April 17, 2024.   Cobra Commander has found a new ally – willing or not – that may just make him…

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I bought some new (old) books! I love them!

1977 compilation of Asimov's early work with an introduction by Asimov

1973 sci-fi story by British author Brian Aldiss called Equator

1931 copy of Tarka the Otter by Henry Williams

Aaaaaaaa, all three for only £6

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BATMAN ONE BAD DAY BANE (one shot) • cover art • Brian Bolland [Jan 2023]

A PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DESTROYED BY VENOM! Bane broke the Bat--he's one of the only villains to ever truly vanquish the Dark Knight--but is that all he's ever accomplished? Decades from now, Bane is a washed-up wrestler reliving his glory days in the ring, defeating someone dressed like Batman every day. But when he discovers that there's a new source of Venom in the world, he'll do everything he can to shut down the facility it's coming from for good and make sure that no one takes the poison that ruined his life. An epic saga set throughout Bane's life, expanding on the hopes, dreams, regrets, and failures of one of DC's most legendary villains, brought to you by the iconic creative team of Joshua Williamson (Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Flash) and Howard Porter (The Flash, Justice League).

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Howard Porter (CA) Brian Bolland

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From "amazonfreevee: Instagram.

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Review: BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror

Authors: E.M. Roy, Akis Linardos, Vincent West, Jon Gauthier, K.L. Massey, Nicole Lynn, J.R. Santos, Neil Williamson, Marisca Pichette, Ren Graham, J.S. Betula, Ally Wilkes, Daphne Fauber, Bryan Holm, Johan Buck, Airic Fenn, Brian Rowe, H.V. Patterson, LB Waltz, SJ Townend, Sarah Musnicky, Kuzma Mac

Editor: Katherine Silva

Date: 02/02/2025

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Knowing I'm a big lover of ecohorror, a friend of mine introduced me to this gorgeous new anthology that's about to hit the shelves. Naturally, I was instantly interested, especially considering I have been longing for some winter forest vibes. Needless to say, this anthology proved to be the perfect choice for my cravings.

The collection features 22 short stories from 22 different authors, offering a diverse take on the subject of northern forests. Each story offers a completely unique perspective on the assigned theme, but they are also complimentary to one another, giving this anthology a unified feel.

If something stands out from this collection, it's the stunning visuals. The authors managed to portray the taiga as a unforgiving wilderness, but also as a place of beauty. There's a lot to admire about the depictions of the forests, especially the feeling of otherness, peculiarity, and divinity, and the stories manage to perfectly convey humanity's reaction to them through the characters. In turn, it's easy to become engulfed in this collection and truly fall in love with everything it has to offer.

Choosing taiga as the main theme for this anthology turned out to be a perfect choice for some incredible ecohorror. The dark, unfamiliar surroundings of the forests define the featured stories and create a sense of unease that stems from knowing the woods hide something people could never truly understand. In turn, the characters are rendered merely as a passive component to the narrative, guided by something much higher than them. It is a grim reality that reflects onto the reader themselves - there is so much that we don't know about nature and its ways. Facing that fact is horror in itself.

This theme ties itself seamlessly into the notion that a singular organism is insignificant on its own, but that it's still indispensable in the grand order of things. While such a thought might seem comforting at first glance, the authors manage to extract its terrible, indefinable truth - we, as individuals, are at the mercy of a greater power, whatever it may be - a god, a species, or nature in itself. People are as important as they are allowed to be, and confronting this belief is utterly horrifying.

On the other hand, there are stories that portray forests as something positive, no matter how scary or different. They are a place separate from humanity, governed by rules often conflicting to those of regular society. This thought inspires many authors, especially those who decided to focus their work on queerness or femininity. In these cases, wilderness offers peace, comfort and safety, but also allows the characters the opportunity to create their own destiny. In these cases, forests signify freedom, and the collection does a wonderful job to highlight its cost, as much as its reward.

While I wasn't equally captivated by each story, they were all quite interesting and offered me something I haven't yet encountered anywhere else. They managed to beautifully portray the relationship between people and nature, and offered gorgeous visuals and gruesome narratives. This collection is a real treat for all ecohorror lovers and a perfect introduction to the genre to all those that are yet to indulge in it.

"BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror" is out 25th of February and you can read more about it here! Thank you Strange Wilds Press for the ARC!

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Dive into the captivating underwater world of Stingray like never before - new comics anthology on the way

Anderson Entertainment has opened orders for its first Stingray comic anthology, offering a mix of classic and new strips based on the Supermarionation series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson

Anderson Entertainment has opened orders for its first Stingray comic anthology, offering a mix of classic and new strips based on the Supermarionation series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The Stingray Comic Anthology Volume One – Tales from the Depths anthology not only collects three thrilling years of TV Century 21 comic strips accompanied by in-depth articles which detail the history…

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Night Watch (1973)

My rating: 6/10

Gotta admit, right up until that twist ending I was pretty annoyed with this movie. Quite nicely done, that.

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Miracle Mile (1988)

Movie #1,100 • WATCHLIST WEDNESDAYS

There’s nothing THAT weird, outwardly, about this nuclear-apocalypse thriller starring Anthony Edwards in a rare main lead role. But honestly this was one of the strangest films I’ve ever seen on multiple fronts. Miracle Mile is, at once, mostly boring and totally fascinating insomuch as I was on the seat of my pants with the feeling that anything could and probably would happen. It sorta felt like the natural, nonsensical end of Cold War hysteria in moviemaking. The plot is asine. After sleeping through a nap due to a power outage, Edwards goes to the diner where he was supposed to meet a date at 4am and answers a wrong number at a payphone wherein the voice on the other end of the line calling from a missile silo, thinking he’s speaking to his father, warns him of an impending nuclear holocaust. This sets off an increasingly chaotic series of events featuring a mix of the worst, most wooden acting from most of the supporting cast (thinking specifically of the diner inhabitants) as well as some hilariously bad (Mykelti Williamson) and hilariously good (Kurt Fuller) performances from other notable character actors…

Needless to say, this is a mess tonally. It’s mostly played like a serious disaster film but then a couple of chicks sporting uzis show up saying that it’s probably a good thing there’s no condoms on the rescue helicopter they’re attempting to board because they’ll need to repopulate the earth. Things ramp up to a fever pitch and the final end-times sequence of chaos on the streets of L.A. — featuring mass murder and violence — is a genuinely well put together set-piece given the circumstances/budget…

To think that this was the same movie which featured Edwards and love interest Mare Winningham “freeing” a bunch of restaurant lobsters just an hour earlier…

It’s the kind of movie that could only have been made in the 80s and I appreciate that.

SCORE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

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It's the Rise of Cobra in newly revealed covers for Cobra Commander #5

It's the Rise of Cobra in newly revealed covers for Cobra Commander #5 #comics #comicbooks #gijoe #energonuniverse

Skybound, Image Comics, and Hasbro have revealed an impressive lineup of variant covers for Cobra Commander #5 from writer Joshua Williamson, artist Andrea Milana, and colorist Annalisa Leoni. The series finale of the Energon Universe’s buzzed-about limited series arrives in comic book shops on May 22, 2024.   To build an army, Cobra Commander makes a deal with a powerful ally that can’t be…

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Listed: Tomten

Photo: Tony Kay

Tomten are a baroque pop quartet based out of Seattle, Washington. Brian Noyes (vocals, keys, guitar) and Lena Simon (bass, vocals) (Kairos Creature Club, formerly of La Luz) met in 2008 and began demoing each other's songs at Cornish College of The Arts. Their latest album, Artichoke, is less prickly than the name suggests, drawing influence from the acid folk of the Incredible String Band, Bridget St. John and John Martyn, the lushly arranged soul of the Delfonics and the country pop of Gene Clark. Jennifer Kelly wrote about the disc in the last Dust, noting that “Tomten’s songs billow and swell in that frictionless, effortless way that often indicates great care and craft.”

Here Brian Noyes digs deep into the archives via two compilation series. He writes, “There are two compilation labels that have meant a lot to me over the past few years, Grapefruit Records is a subsidiary of Cherry Red and issue primarily British Psych and Folk, and Cairo releases incredible 1960s-1970s soul comps. I decided to pick five of my favorite tracks that Grapefruit and Cairo turned me onto.”

Jackie McAuley — “Turning Green”

I was familiar with Jackie McAuley being the former keyboard player of Them and the other half of the amazing and underappreciated folk pop duo Trader Horne with Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention.) But I wasn’t familiar with any solo work he had done. This song instantly stuck with me. I love the string arrangements and stately piano. In an alternate universe it could’ve been at the end of a 1970s Hal Ashby or Robert Altman movie.

Carolanne Pegg — “Open The Door”

I could listen to this song over and over, it’s so fun. I love Carolanne’s vocals on it, kind of shrill and mystical, like proto-Kate Bush. I also love the cosmic banjo rush during the later chorus and the throaty guitars.

Matching Mole — “O Caroline”

I’ve always loved Robert Wyatt, but I’d missed out on his earlier group Matching Mole. This is such a sweet and touching song. I love the mellotron and wah guitar and the line — “if you call this sentimental crap, you’ll make me mad.” Gotta love Robert Wyatt’s wooly little voice.

Robin Williamson — Strings In The Earth and Air

This is the opening track off his 1972 solo record “Myrrh.” Strangely enough, I first heard Dr. Strangely Strange’s cover of it — I love both but prefer Robin’s. Such a haunting and beautiful song. I believe the first half is part of a James Joyce poem. I want it played at my funeral… I also love Mike Heron’s solo record from a year or so earlier, Smiling Men with Bad Reputations. Two over-looked solo efforts from the Incredible String Band.

Heron — “Take Me Back Home”

Tomten has loved Heron for a long time, so much so that we covered their tune “Yellow Roses.” They are all over Grapefruit Comps, so I wanted to include them for that reason. This song is off their second record Twice as Nice & Half the Price and it is my absolute favorite. It’s such a loose and lovely performance. Makes you wish you’d been hanging out in the house with them having some frothy ales.

Bettye Swann — “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”

Bettye Swann has so many killer songs, this one really sticks with me. Great morning song. Love the production and backups too. John Holt has a cool version on A Love I Can Feel as well, but Bettye is best.

Diamonettes — “Don’t Be Surprised”

Great tune from a somewhat obscure Miami group. Classy strings. They also have another tune I love called “Rules Were Made to Be Broken.”

The Raelettes — “Many Rivers To Cross”

A fantastic song and so many good versions, Jimmy Cliff and Nilsson… But I hadn’t heard this version until semi-recently and I love the mood of it — somber smokey horns. The Raelettes were backup singers with Ray Charles for a time, and later changed their name to The Cookies.

Eddie & Ernie — “I’m A Young Man”

I LOVE EDDIE & ERNIE! Their voices together are fabulous, this is one of my favorites. There is an awesome comp called “Time Waits For No One” everyone should go out and buy now!

The Ordells — “Sippin’ a Cup of Coffee”

A good song for ruminating… Eerie, dreamy and gorgeous.

Various Artists — Strange World

On a final note, there is a compilation by a partner label of Cairo, Pyramid Records that did a release called Strange World described as “Cosmic and Earthly Doo Wop and R&B from America and Jamaica” that if you come across you should absolutely purchase. I probably play it at home once a week, hehe.

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Dear @hellyeahheroes/@filipfatalattractionrblog,

All that me and my friend @sjbattleangel ask is that you and the rest of your friends on this blog please acknowledge and apologize for creating such a toxic echo chamber with your blog, which encourages and enables hyperbolic and inflammatory mischaracterization and harassment if comic creators that you personally dislike. If you don’t like the works of people like Jason Aaron, Dan Slott, Brian Michael Bendis, Donny Cates, Jonathan Hickman, Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson etc., that’s fine; but it is UNACCEPTABLE to constantly slander and demonize them as “perverts”, "misogynists", "homophobes", "eugenists" or “fascist apologists” when there’s ZERO evidence to substantiate such extreme claims. Just because these creators wrote comics that you personally disliked does NOT mean that they're even remotely comparable to legitimately bigoted scumbags like Ethan Van Sciver & Chuck Dixon like you treat them as based on the way you constantly talk about them!

And some members of your community, like KK4EverStuff, have gone even further by using your defamatory statements as an excuse to write literal death threats towards said-creators such as these:

These are NOT ad-hominem or hyperbolic Angry Video Game Nerd style criticisms like majingojira once tried to claim. This is violent an unhinged cyberbullying on KK4EverStuff's part. Plain and simple. Your blog encouraged and enabled his kind of toxic behavior, and you need to acknowledge that and do better going forward.

Then there is the X-Men series (particularly anything non-New X-Men: Academy X or post-Schism), Batgirls, any post-One Year Later Cass Cain-stared story or any post-One More Day Spider-Man story. It's fine if they don't appeal to you but deliberately choosing to hate them way before you even read them or gave them a proper chance? That isn't good or healthy criticism, that's just hate-reading for the sake of hate-reading. All it does is create an atmosphere of constant negativity and toxic gatekeeping which really hurt comic fans who just want to have fun. If anything after Avengers: Arena, X-Men: Schism, Robin: One Year Later or One More Day upset you that much then why you are reading them if you're automatically going to hate them? Just don't read them. It's that easy.

So please, acknowledge that you have done wrong with your past attacks against specific comic creators, toxic bad-faith comic criticism and apologize. That’s all we ask for.

Do better!