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Continue reading →: Like an Alan Turing test – only different
miscreant [noun] a person who has done something wrong or unlawful. “the police are straining every nerve to bring the miscreants to justice” synonyms: criminal, culprit, wrongdoer, malefactor, offender, villain, black hat, lawbreaker, evil-doer, convict, delinquent, sinner, transgressor, outlaw, trespasser, scoundrel, wretch, reprobate, rogue, rascal; Take one miscreant aged about…
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Continue reading →: In memoriam – 7/7
It’s 9 years since the London bombings and the shocking images of carnage and destruction. The war against hate continues. Those who are misguided in their ideology, theology and morality are still a tiny minority of humanity. Those who acknowledge reason as the only logical determining factor in how we…
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Continue reading →: Flags are getting bigger
Not long ’til the glorious 12th of July when King Billy won the battle of the Boyne. This historic day is celebrated by lots of marching bands parading up and down the province, and the lampposts have been festooned with flags for weeks. This year the flags are the sort…
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Continue reading →: Another dum di dum rhyme – European travel
Kevin’s been off on his travels again Europe explored by boat or fast train Broadens the mind and eases the strain Until you come back to the heat and the rain Belfast is sultry which makes people mean Does your mind wander to Basel and Wien? Bratwürst, Kartoffeln and…
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Continue reading →: The Problem of Comics Temporality, Part One: Jim Starlin
Originally posted on Comics, Cartoons and Criticism: Perhaps there is no more complicated theoretical rabbit hole for understanding comics than the problem of temporality. Specifically, how are we to understand the temporal relationship between subsequent panels / segments / sequences, how do we measure time elapsed within discrete images, and…
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Continue reading →: Heroic superman saves man from burning car
Bob Renning, please take a bow. His Herculean effort enabled him to grab the door frame of a smoke-filled car in Minnesota and bend it! His prompt action saved the driver’s life, and his superpower must have come as a bit of a surprise to him after the excitement and…
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Continue reading →: Adaptation
My dum-di-dum poems for work colleagues have been plentiful this month. There is one that I adapted and called ‘Life’s Stages‘ because I thought it made an interesting narrative – but you be the judge. It’s on the Latest ode page.
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Continue reading →: Is there a right answer?
What is the above poem about? If faced with this question in an exam, would you assume that there had been some mistake, a typographical or printing error? When it was confirmed that this is how the poet intended his poem to be printed, how might you attempt the question. I…
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Continue reading →: Well maybe just one more piece of cake
I sat in the chair wondering why they make them so narrow as the wooden frame cramped my thighs. The coffee was excellent though, and the selection of tray bakes, bagels, croissants, cakes and muffins just what my heart desired.Carrot cake sounded so virtuous, like one of the five a…
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