dashwood_one:
All together now: "MY BRAIN HURTS!" (Repeat ad infinitum).
dashwood_one:
I showed him the naughty end of a steel rule pretty damn sharpish. I have already suffered a horsefly bite this year, and I didn't fancy donating any more blood to this buzzing bastard.
dashwood_one:
Kevin O'Neill's artwork is deliciously complex here, especially in scenes of chaos and carnage, of which there are many. Pat Mills' narrative is weird, frightening and funny in equal measure. For the first few stories, Nemesis was never seen, only his organic ship, the Blitzspear. When Nemesis was first revealed, it was quite shocking: your hero was not even vaguely human, more a daemon from some dark, dark dream. And, of course, he's brilliant. One of my favourite bands, Shriekback, wrote a song about him. It's possibly the only dance tune to use the word 'Parthenogenesis' in it's lyrics. 👍
dashwood_one:
Oh, if you're not sure - Nemesis is the one with the sword.
dashwood_one:
He is to be found in the church of St. James, Garlick Hill, London. He was found, many years ago, and lived for a while, in the case shown on the rear cover. I saw him in about 1983 - and he is more unpleasant in person than the photographs show.
dashwood_one:
The first (1970) book to lift the lid on what would actually happen if red buttons were pushed, and M.A.D. was to occur. All the tunnels, bunkers and citadels under London and elsewhere, where the 'great and good' (there are very few of these people), would hide and plan, ensuring that, although your house and street has been destroyed, the streetlights will still work. No, honestly.
dashwood_one:
The question being; can I imagine the first Doctor saying this... No, I can't. But it is a lovely image.
lyamoon:
I love it too !
lyamoon:
Great shot !
dashwood_one:
Taken at Blackgang Chine, on the Isle Of Wight, just off the south coast of England. Not Ideal weather to visit a theme park (the wind was gusting at around 50mph.+) but still wonderful - I do love bleak and exposed areas. My brother and I last visited here in 1977, and since then, about 300 yards of the place has gone - lost to landslips and the sea. It had been all beautifully planted terraces - now all gone, and the many attractions moved inland. Sadly, it's a battle that the owners are going, one day, to lose.