Posts by The Real Dave

What happened to comics for kids? Hell, what happened to COMICS?

Maybe not as much as there used to be but there's definatley more humour in it these days and there's some great story telling too - I know several people who had given up on it in the past who are now back reading regularly. You can get DRM free digital copies for £1.99 from their shop so woth having a look: http://shop.2000adonline.com/categories/comics

2000AD

2000AD is as good as it ever has been in the past, over the last few years the quality of the stories has been excellent. It's now available as same week, DRM free, digital downloads and there's an excellent iPad subscription available too - if you're looking for great comics then head over to http://www.2000adonline.com/

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with 2000AD, just a comics fan who would be happy to see more people reading it.

Apple injunction startles Samsung

Too late

Why oh why oh why don't Apple's legal team take note of comments on here: http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/apple-is-also-suing-motorola-in-europe.html

PARIS team to tackle the ultimate post-pint snack

Half measures

I'm reliably informed by a Smoggie that what you have in the picture there is a, so called, "ladies parmo" - i.e. it's a half parmo, a normal parmo would fill that box.

In defence of Comic Sans

It's not even good for comic lettering

From a Grauniad interview with Dave Gibbons (artist and letterer of Watchmen).

I apologise in advance for asking Gibbons what he thinks of Comic Sans, a Microsoft typeface partly derived from his Watchmen lettering.

"It's just a shame they couldn't have used just the original font, because it's a real mess. I think it's a particularly ugly letter form," he says. "The other thing that really bugs me that they've used an upper case I with bars on it: it looks completely wrong to the comic eye

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/12/dave-gibbons-watchmen-interview