kristian_jackson

I wouldn't describe myself as a huge Star Wars fan (Empire Strikes Back aside), but Marvel's announcement of three new Star Wars titles at SDCC is pretty exciting, simply because of the creative teams involved. Jason Aaron and John Cassady! Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca! Mark Waid and Terry and Rachel Dodson! That's some serious A-list talent on all three books, and I'll definitely be...
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Just noticed that Eleanor Friedberger is playing Manchester next Sunday. I really should make the effort to get out to that - I'm a diehard The Fiery Furances fan, and her most recent solo album, Personal Record, is pretty damn fine too. I'm feeling a little music-ed out after Primavera and ATP Iceland, but for Eleanor maybe I can make an exception.

The folks at KEXP Seattle have posted a nice little review of ATP Iceland 2014 here. Although I must admit, I might be biased in its favour due to the fact that I feature in one of the photos, along with a few of the people I went with. The Icelandic flag I'm wielding made us all a lot of new friends, too -...
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I feel bad wishing it was December already, given how spectacular the weather has been in Manchester for the last week or so. But the 2014 Warehouse Project line-up was just announced, and one of the events has an incredible line-up, and dammit I'm impatient! I've had to settle for playing Jon Hopkins and John Talabot all day whilst working. Not quite the same...

I don't find the time to write anywhere near as often as I'd like to, but I have a blog that I update on a semi-regular basis: http://identitycrutches.wordpress.com/. It's a fairly unfocused look at the world of comicbooks, covering the stuff I'm reading, news/announcements, and whatever happens to be on my mind at any given time.

Used to love this site back in the day ("the day" being roughly 2008). My old account was tied to a now-ancient email address, so it's lost to the annals of time, but six years is such a long time anyway that a fresh start definitely makes sense. Very much looking forward to diving back into the community!