Well, only partly. In fact Conrad had better redeem himself or risk the reader's wrath.
Okay. You, I take it, are familiar with the television series called "The Walking Dead"? This was a comic series long before it ever graced the electromagnetic medium, and Conrad used to collect it as a Trade Paper Back.
More sprinting than walking, one feels |
Who was responsible for this tissue of torment? Robert Kirkman, that's who.
Uncannily enough, he is also responsible for creating"Invincible", which I have earlier defined as a kind of Superhero Soap Opera, without that being a negative connotation. Indeed, the first six issues were almost a light and frothy comedy, before it got darker*. Even though it's in full colour.
Proof I speak troof |
Yet there was no sign of #20.
O noes! Where is it? This is no idle question, given the amount of books lying around the Upstair Lair. Books here, and here, down there, over there, over there, there, here, plus a whole lot up there.
A good ten minute's searching eventually revealed it, cunningly hiding out of plain sight. Art?
A telling indication of your humble scribe's reading |
Thank You, Lindybeige
For those of you not familiar, Lindybeige is a chap with a Youtube account, which he fills with things military, from antiquity to the modern age. Here is a link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9pgQfOXRsp4UKrI8q0zjXQ
When I say "modern" I mean he gets as far as the Second Unpleasantness, none of that new-fangled nonsense like jet aircraft and atom bombs**. Now, Lindy, although he would probably decry it, is something of a toff, with an impeccable Received English accent. If you listen to his Youtube clips, then that is the kind of voice BOOJUM! should be imagined in. He also knows his history. Art?
Can you spot the Dalek? |
A fantastic Ron Embleton picture of Alexander Meglos besieging Rhodes |
At one point Lindy mentions the book propped up against the monitor, which is barely legible thanks to contrast. You swine, contrast!
Small-sized picture to reduce the impact of male nudity |
"Th-you-sid-ee-dees" is the pronunciation, which is what I'd guessed, yet it's always nice to get your guess confirmed by a chap who apparently had a classical education.
He also has a small Dalek hanging on his wall, so he Gets Out Of Alien Enslavement when my starship invasion fleet arrives.
"Drug Destruction Kits"
As seen on the back of a van on the way into work this morning. Not on it's own, I hasten to add, as it was part of a much longer list that included disposal of human bits and pieces, although they did phrase it a little more tastefully.
Conrad, as you surely know by now, is much like a cat in that he can sneak up silently on people, and he is also incorrigibly curious.
'What on earth is a "Drug Destruction Kit"'? he wondered, and checked up on the matter.
Et voila |
Which is not the end of the story ...
Finally
A shout out to Katie from work, because she had root canal surgery yesterday and I didn't get the chance today to ask how it went.
Katie's Snickers |
* Much darker.
** Booh!
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