Hello everyone! I’m Alasdair. I’m a podcaster, voice actor, RPG designer, columnist, critic and fiction writer. My big job is as the owner of Escape Artists,. What’s Escape Artists? I’m glad you asked! We publish the longest running short genre fiction podcasts on the planet. Started over a decade ago, we produce weekly podcasts that …
I reread Desolation Jones: Made in England this week. It’s a collection of the first six issue story in what was intended to be a two year or so comic book written by Warren Ellis with a rotating cast of artists. As often happens, life got in the way and the book finished after issue …
Ravinder Randhawa is one of those authors whose work instantly gains my attention regardless of what it is. Her fiercely sharp eye for character and the inherent contradictions that power us all give each of her books a crackle and energy that other authors often don’t come close to. Her exasperated affection for her characters comes …
RUNFACE. So this was me a week ago. Short sleeved shirt like it ain’t no thing, big smile suggesting I’d actually done better and you know what? I had! –DDP Yoga-Three! All of which really helped with flexibility. –Zombies Run Couch to 5k 4 105, 1 120 and 1 125 second interval! Booyah! How you …
There are certain cooks and cookbooks who jump straight to the ‘Yeah I’m trying that.’ Smitten Kitchen, the culinary magic user responsible for this pile of awesomeness, is one of them. Now, Victor? Cue the music. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSRm80WzZk] There are many recipes that are easy. That are many recipes that taste amazing. There are not …
Two quick points before we start. First off, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti are two of that rare breed of comic creators whose work is always, without exception, worth reading. For years now the pair have been turning in top flight, endlessly varied creator owned material and some of the best work for hire comics …
PRE IDRIS ELBA RUNFACE. So this was me two weeks ago, happily sitting in the theatre waiting for Bastille Day to start. That week looked like this: Superhero Workout -None! The horse still awaits –DDP Yoga-A couple of Diamond Dozens, which I really need to put on the front of my run, if nothing else. –Zombies Run …
Marc Jackson’s work is always a favorite around these parts and the new issue of Duckless is no exception. If exuberance was a colour, it would be this. Seriously, there’s so much joy in each line of Marc’s work that you get swept up in it. What’s even better is just how funny his …
This is a complex, difficult, brilliant time to be publishing. There’s incredible new voices out there, an endless parade of magazines and podcasts and publishers all trying to gain a foothold and use that to expand and make something new and different. Some of them haven’t made it but that doesn’t matter. What does is …