Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
sylvester stallone
Published: The Dubliner, 15 April 2010“My personal preference would have been for a campaign of violent retribution, loosely modelled on the plot of the motion picture Rambo: First Blood
I have a beef with Dublin Street Parking Services. Actually, I have several beefs. For starters, what array of “services” do these assholes actually provide? I mean, have you ever tried flagging them down, explaining that parallel parking isn’t exactly your forte and asking them to do the honours?
No, DSPS are clampers. That’s the only “service” they provide. Read the rest of this entry »
Sly & the family Stallone
If this story is true, then Sylvester Stallone is an incredible person… who is also (possibly) mentally ill.
“A comic book is only as strong as its weakest link. And some of our stories were very, very silly…”
PAT MILLS
Founder of 2000AD and ‘Godfather of British Comics’
You’re at the Comic-Con in San Diego. Could you tell us a bit about the scale of that event for people who haven’t heard about it?
It’s absolutely massive. Something in the region of 125,000 comic book fans have converged on downtown San Diego – you can barely move along the street there are so many people here. The street signs directing people to the conference centre are all in Klingon. So anyone who happens to be fluent in Klingon will have no trouble getting here. It’s dominated by Marvel and DC Comics, but I’m here to fly the flag for 2000AD. Read the rest of this interview here.
It’s all kicking off…
Kudos to Irish director Lance Daly whose film Kisses has just appeared on Entertainment Weekly’s 14 Summer Movies We Can’t Wait to See list – alongside blockbusters from the likes of Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts and Sylvester Stallone. When Kisses came out here almost two years ago, I spoke to the leads for the Irish Times. I’ve had some combative interview encounters in my time, but this was the only one to descend into an actual punch-up. Read the rest of this article here.
“My personal preference would have been for a campaign of violent retribution, loosely modelled on the plot of the motion picture Rambo: First Blood
I have a beef with Dublin Street Parking Services. Actually, I have several beefs. For starters, what array of “services” do these quasi-paramilitary zealots actually provide? I mean, have you ever tried flagging them down, explaining that parallel parking isn’t exactly your forte and asking them to do the honours?
No, DSPS are clampers. That’s the only “service” they provide. Read the rest of this entry »
Published: Irish Times, July 31 2010“A comic book is only as strong as its weakest link. And some of our stories were very, very silly…”
PAT MILLS
Founder of 2000AD and ‘Godfather of British Comics’
You’re at the Comic-Con in San Diego. Could you tell us a bit about the scale of that event for people who haven’t heard about it?
It’s absolutely massive. Something in the region of 125,000 comic book fans have converged on downtown San Diego – you can barely move along the street there are so many people here. The street signs directing people to the conference centre are all in Klingon. So anyone who happens to be fluent in Klingon will have no trouble getting here. It’s dominated by Marvel and DC Comics, but I’m here to fly the flag for 2000AD. Read the rest of this entry »