Well its is either because of the Darwin link or perhaps because it is such a remote location? Just think of all those poor rare species all hiding in the living room,all thinking "omfg we moved here to get away from them"liveinabin1 said:So no one knows what the deal with the picture of the Kingdom Hall was then?
titch said:Well its is either because of the Darwin link or perhaps because it is such a remote location? Just think of all those poor rare species all hiding in the living room,all thinking "omfg we moved here to get away from them"liveinabin1 said:So no one knows what the deal with the picture of the Kingdom Hall was then?
titch said:A Jehovah's witness stole it and posted it to their hall in the Galapagos.
escargot1 said:Ah well you see, that's where you're going wrong. Those tortoises make rubbish couriers.
47Forteans said:escargot1 said:Ah well you see, that's where you're going wrong. Those tortoises make rubbish couriers.
But delicious soup!
(47Forteans does not reccommend eating tortoises!)
Dr_Baltar said:47Forteans said:escargot1 said:Ah well you see, that's where you're going wrong. Those tortoises make rubbish couriers.
But delicious soup!
(47Forteans does not reccommend eating tortoises!)
They even come with their own bowl. Now that's Intelligent Design.
staticgirl said:Didn't like the comic as it didn't add anything new - it would be better in a newspaper mag or something where people don't normally come across fortean material.
Pietro_Mercurios said:I quite like the new 'Cryptid Kid' strip. However, I am a long time Hunt Emerson fan. His illustrations, cartoons and 'Phenomenix' have constituted a golden thread of weird and wacky originality, of the highest quality, from the earliest days of the magazine.
Isn't it about high time for a compilation of 'Phenomenix' strips?
I've just ordered one, as well as a copy of 'Spirit Roads', by Paul Devereaux. How Fortean is that?owenwhiteoak said:Pietro_Mercurios said:I quite like the new 'Cryptid Kid' strip. However, I am a long time Hunt Emerson fan. His illustrations, cartoons and 'Phenomenix' have constituted a golden thread of weird and wacky originality, of the highest quality, from the earliest days of the magazine.
Isn't it about high time for a compilation of 'Phenomenix' strips?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aliens-Ate-My-T ... 557&sr=1-1
escargot1 said:Mine came yesterday and I saved it until I'd wallpapered the difficult bits by the window, as a little reward.
Ghosts're my favourite Fortean subject, never tire of reading about them, so I'm happy with this issue.
I'm LOVING the spooky extra head on the garden photo. Had the magnifying glass out an' everything. Wonder if we can get in touch with the photographer and get the photos on here?
If it's a fake it's a good'un. 8)
ramonmercado said:gncxx said:paulsamfreya said:Yeah, what on earth is it with the paedophile fiction ad? Who on earth thought that was a good idea??? :x
I know! I resent the implication that because I like to read about ghosts and UFOs and weirdness I'd like to relax with a "thriller" all about paedophiles. They're dead wrong there.
The book might be about the tracking down of a ped. A of of serial killer novels seem to involve peds these days. Good writers like John Connolly don't need to go into the gory details of the abuse.
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McAvennie_ said:ramonmercado said:gncxx said:paulsamfreya said:Yeah, what on earth is it with the paedophile fiction ad? Who on earth thought that was a good idea??? :x
I know! I resent the implication that because I like to read about ghosts and UFOs and weirdness I'd like to relax with a "thriller" all about paedophiles. They're dead wrong there.
The book might be about the tracking down of a ped. A of of serial killer novels seem to involve peds these days. Good writers like John Connolly don't need to go into the gory details of the abuse.
edit to fix typo.
I noticed the book on the right but didn't really pay it much heed other than thinking it looked a bit dodgy, just noticed now that both books have a paedo subtext. If I was behind revengeink.com I'd not really want to come across like that so would have advertised only one of the books alongside something else.
If you went saw an ad for a video rental shop and it had 'The Woodsman' next to, say, 'Transformers 2' you wouldn't think too much of it, but if the ad had it stacked up next to 'Gone Baby Gone' and 'Mystic River' you'd probably notice and draw an unpleasant conclusion about the nature of their business.
Either something unpleasant about the company or someone very simple and naive is running their advertising wing.
That said, in this day and age advertising revenue often makes up a large large percentage of magazine's income. Simply put would you rather have no FT or an FT that occasionally runs some dubious adverts?
I am now the proud owner of a copy of, 'Aliens Ate My Trousers', by Hunt Emerson.Pietro_Mercurios said:I've just ordered one, as well as a copy of 'Spirit Roads', by Paul Devereaux. How Fortean is that?owenwhiteoak said:Pietro_Mercurios said:I quite like the new 'Cryptid Kid' strip. However, I am a long time Hunt Emerson fan. His illustrations, cartoons and 'Phenomenix' have constituted a golden thread of weird and wacky originality, of the highest quality, from the earliest days of the magazine.
Isn't it about high time for a compilation of 'Phenomenix' strips?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aliens-Ate-My-T ... 557&sr=1-1
owenwhiteoak said:I know nothing at all about this publisher, but isn't it normal for popular writers and publishers to take whatever is in the news and turn it into fiction? Hence, detective fiction and police procedurals about Chicago gangsters, drug pushers, thrillers about juvenile delinquents, gang warfare, junkies, etc. spy stories about the Cold War, etc. etc. etc. And who are the tabloids' current demons if not PEDOS in shock horror scare story? Wouldn't you expect to see them turning up in modern fiction? It doesn't imply that the writer or publisher approves of sexual abuse or have an agenda to push, any more than Sax Rohmer, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Len Deighton, Le Carre or anyone else loved their villains.