A Chronicle of Doom....

Finally made it through to Ice Station Zebra on Thursday, skiting across the lunar landscape to Pester Whailes railway station and heading on back to the valley with the bullshit detector. In spite of the sudden temperature drop Agent Johnny was on fine - if initially slightly subdued due to a cold - form. However, after an hour in ze smoking room, half 12 come and gone, a jolly swill was duly underway. He recounted tales of his week's exploits, numerous visits to BackBeat Records, Forbidden Planet and Deadhead Comics, showing off his 2 new Cure lps later in the day. With Adam J. Smith putting the finishing touches to his Chapter of Evil Hollywood it was agreed that a meeting at The Mono should be arranged to discuss the story's conclusion, thereby putting this title to bed in time for the anticipated summer release. A 2nd page of Sandie Shaw was also underway, the pencilled title in place awaiting the script to be 'thinked up'. Whilst leafing through a few old  White Bufflo Gazettes, Agent (Rob) Miller discovered that there were two Secret Agent novels completed at the turn of the century, novels that were supposedly being 'transferred to disc' at that time for submitting to publishers. As things stand Johnny is on the hunt for the manuscripts in the Archives of Doom, Rob keen for these works to finally see the light of day.

Sounds: The Black Hole, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, by John  Barry: Blows Against The Empire by Paul Kantner, Grace Slick et al: Zabriskie Point, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (various artists): Ace by Bob Weir: See Those Eyes and I Could Be Happy by Altered Images: Sometimes 7" by Erasure: The Lebanon by The Human League: Israel 12" by Siouxsie and the Banshees....

John Barry - Black Hole Theme

It's just yet another Electric Manday....

As well as asking Rob to restore a plethora of long-thought-lost Electric Man covers, the team behind the film were then fortunate enough to unearth the first 3 volumes of the Electric Manga series (which are very rare indeed), by the highly creative team of Daiki Barash and Shiro Makamoto. Printed by SOHO Entertainment these are thought to date back to the early 70's....

Electric Man - When Sparks Flew

It's just another Electric Manday....

Not so long ago (2011), in a galaxy not so far away (Edinburgh), Production Brawbot Rob Miller helped out on the self-funded Electric Man movie. The team behind the film passed on a selection of rare issues from the comic's lengthy run across the decades, asking Rob if he'd apply some digital-pokery, archiving and restoring these comics to near as possible their original glory....

Electric Man - Trailer 2

Now that the film's available on DVD everyone can enjoy this "wonderfully twisty-turny comic caper, made and played with warmth, wit and genuine affection" (c/o Frank Quitely) at home, the eagle-eyed amongst you perhaps wanting to look out for (artistic) cameos by Curt Sibling, Graham Manley, Alex Ronald, Team Girl Comic, our very own John Miller and more.... Only a tiny handful of the restored covers were glimpsed in the film (much like the restorer himself, but that's understandable as he's camera shy and the bulk of them were worked on during and after production), so treat this as something of an exclusive premiere, several of these scarce issues thought lost forever....

A Chronicle of Doom....

Finally made a much delayed visit to Ice Station Zebra yesterday to find Agent Johnny on fine form, basking in the knowledge that the 'Art Deco' kitchen and Shunky installations are finally complete after nearly a month's work. So, having heaved all the boxes of comics and books back in from storage there was nothing to do but bid Ghostman farewell (he's an awfy boy) and settle down to a view to a swill, chuntering away, chewing over such topics as the past weekend's screening of The Omega Man (missed by this Agent), commenting on the soundtrack, the conclusion to Evil Hollywood over Subterrania, drawing another Sandie Shaw page (fer the back page of Braw! #2) and more letter writing.

Sounds: A Fistful of Dollars, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone: Hang 'em High, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Dominic Frontiere: For a Few Dollars More, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone: Superstition by Siouxsie and The Banshees....

Ennio Morricone - For A Few Dollars More Theme

A Chronicle of Doom....

Brief visit to (n)Ice Station Zebra yesterday, braving the cold to catch the work in progress as Agent Johnny's new 'Shunker 5' bog and kitchen installation continue apace. Our man in Hailesland seemed on good form as 'bangy noises' resounded all around us, having taken to his bedroom - and not his bed as rumours would have us believe - to continue the letter writing and comic drawing. At present he's about 1/4 of the way through a page of John Stark, but we've lost count of how many there are exactly. A further morale boost took the form of Adam Smith's brand new Evil Hollywood pages - 5 in all - which were put away in a special file fer readin' later.

Sounds: lots of quite contented chunterin', some of it concernin' the soundtrack elpee below....

Once Upon A Time In The West OST

Ma Braw!s have dropped!

At last! Limping into print too late to sail into those 'best of the underground' top tens of 2012 and dipping under the radar to hit the shops too early into 2013 - thereby guaranteeing it'll be a distant, lost memory in about, ooh, a week's time - Braw! has finally arrived!

Get a groove on.... to the gnarly social commentary!

Swing your pants.... to the silky smooth artwork!

Bustamove.... to the brillianty low pricing! But most of all.... buy (it here)!

A Chronicle of Doom....

Exhausting day spent at BASE yesterday, 'clearin' oot' lest Ice Station Zebra be 'decommissioned' by the Cooncil, at the risk of Agent Johnny findin' himself up the kreek without a drawin' table. And so a massive covert operation (weightliftin' a loada boxes about) was carried out and we got the place cleared to everyone's satisfaction. Now, assuming the workies are granted access to the palace of unearthly delights on Monday morning, we should be right, Johnny living to die another day. Hail Odin!

Sounds: Remembrace Day by B-Movie (a grand finale)....

B-Movie - Remembrance Day