What I don't like about cities...

[sbisson]

I grew up on a small island, I now live in a big city.

Normally I like the city, it's busy, bustling, exciting. But there's one thing that I find increasingly annoying. No one takes turns. They rush off the tube, crushing into narrow doorways, something that would be made so much simpler if people just filtered in turn by turn. It's a logical and simple way of working that shows consideration for their fellow human beings, but they just focus on their destinations and tune out simple considerations that would actually make their journeys easier.

Perhaps it's just me...

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On an unrelated point

[swisstone.livejournal.com]

I was going to ask where these new user pics for you and marypcb came from, and then I remembered that you're friends of Bryan Talbot, and that he often tries to draw from his friends.

Re: On an unrelated point

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to do a proper post about the userpics - they're from Heart of Empire - the second Luther Arkwright story. I've known Bryan for (mumblety) years now and every time he did a new comic he'd say 'I should draw you into this one again' and I'd say 'that would be cool, I've not been in a comic yet' and he'd be convinced he'd drawn me in... so one of the last times we visited him in Preston, before he moved over to Sunderland we walked to the end of the street and stood on the steps of the Preston College of Art and made like a crowd of people in a demonstration while Bryan snapped some photos. The two black and white pages we're both in are on the wall behind me as I type; I'm in a third page that Bryan drew his webmaster into, so he bought that. And Bryan mailed us the computer coloured images from which I clipped my face to amuse and entertain...

Go to the Web site - check out stuff! Buy comics! Drink wine!

Re: On an unrelated point

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Got it in one - Bryan drew us into the crowd scenes at the end of Heart of Empire. The originals are now part of the East Putney Museum of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comic Art (in other words, they're on the lounge wall).