Daring

I dug out my copy of The Dark Knight Returns the other day, prompted in part by an online discussion about Batman comics, and because I hadn't read it in over ten years. I think I probably like it less now than I did when I first read it back in the 1998ish, but Frank Miller's graphic storytelling still has considerable power.

Another thing I noticed was this:

Is that... is that Matt Murdock?

I've had a brief look online to confirm and no one seems to be talking about it -- although there is another Daredevil cameo in there -- so it's probably not him, but it looks like him and he's talking about a trial, so...

16 Going On 30

Thanks to Stuart I am now the proud owner of a PlayStation and Playstation 2.

(Well, a re-owner of the PS1 as my father threw mine out, and this is my second PS2, but the other one is American.)

So I thought it was time for a family photo!

Sort of. I wasn't going to unplug the PS3, PS4, and PS5 just for a photo opportunity. Yet.

It shouldn't bother me, but I don't like how they dropped the button colours from the PS5. If anyone fancies getting me the 30th anniversary controller, don't be shy!

Vampires All the Way Down

Hang on.

1989: Nicolas Cage stars in Vampire's Kiss as a man obsessed with a vampire. This is quite appropriate, as we'll see.
2000: Nicolas Cage produces Shadow of the Vampire, which is about the making of Nosferatu, and stars Willem Defoe as Max Schreck/Count Orlok.
2023: Nicolas Cage stars as Dracula in Renfield, alongside Nicholas Hoult as Renfield.
2024: Nicholas Hoult and Willem Defoe star in a remake of Nosferatu. Nicolas Cage is not involved. AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE.

Superfresco!

I saw this on Scroobius Pip's twitch channel on Friday, and it is glorious.

I'm not 100% sure what it's advertising. I think it's textured wallpaper, but surely you don't want to be talking about what "must come down" if you're advertising wallpaper?

Anyway, the important thing is that it s unnecessarily, gratuitously funky. Watch until the end; I guarantee it's worth it.

Boobs and Dragons, 1984 Style

Dragonlance was 40 years old in March and I missed it!

But it's never too late to celebrate...

You can get the design on t-shirts (and some other bits) here or here.

(I get a little bit extra from each sale from the latter site.)