Al Nolan has a shiny new website at http://alnolan.synthasite.com
Definitely worth checking out, especially if you’ve missed any back issues of “Sancho”. It’s “Father Ted Meets Hellblazer”, and has twice been nominated for an Eagle Award.
Just in case Al is reading this post, I even will go on record as saying that it is almost as good as Monkeys with Machineguns. Almost.
Speaking of which, somewhere in the “to do” pile is an MWM Sancho story entitled “The Rubbernecker”. More on that later!

My days of having to clear somwhere in the region of 100 spam comments out of my blog every day are gone. I have finally implemented a “captcha” on the comment form, thus disbarring all bots, robos, script kiddies, and general spamming malcontents. If you want to offer me a larger penis, perkier breasts, or a longer last erection you will now need to do it in person, or at the very least read the captcha.
There are a number of captcha modules available for Wordpress. I went for Simple CAPTCHA …

Cy Dethan is a man with his finger on the pulse so when he says “Beware! It’s the Future – It Will Burn You!“, I have to prick up my ears (or, as this the internet my eyes) and listen (read).
What Cy’s posting about is the publication of some Markosia back catalogue stuff via iTunes as an iPhone application and the future publication of the same to Google Android phones, Blackberrys etc. in the near future. Very exciting stuff, especially when you get your head around the size of this …

Firstly, I can’t decide if this H1N1 Swine Flu map on Google Maps is useful, ingenious, or just macabre. Secondly, I have to wonder if it isn’t just a little bit dangerous?
The creator, niman, claims to work in “Biomedical Research from Pittsburgh, PA USA” and certainly has a blog to back that up. I have no reason to doubt him/her. Equally, I have no reason to believe him/her either. I can validate some of the information on this map, but not all, and we all know tha the best lies …

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PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release
MONKEYS WITH MACHINEGUNS OFFER A VISION OF THE FUTURE AT BRISTOL COMIC CON

Monkeys with Machineguns are producing an extremely limited number of promotional comic books to accompany the Monkeys with Machineguns Live event at the Small Press Expo in Bristol on May 9th.
While stocks last anyone buying a unique, one off illustrated short story from Chris and Stu will receive it mounted inside a copy of the limited edition twenty page book. Featuring not only an eight page preview of their upcoming book “The Magpye”, being …

Lifehack are running a fantastic contest where you can win a lifetime’s supply of Moleskine notebooks!
Well worth a look if, like me, you are a lover of paper-based productivity, planners, or stationery in general.
If you don’t know Moleskine is all about … shame on you
Check out then contest: My Moleskine 2.0 – Stepcase Lifehack.

The harp had not been touched in over two thousand years. For those who believed, it was a relic from the funeral of Jesus Christ. For those who did not, it remained a priceless archaeological find.
The cook’s hands were calloused and dirty. Streaks of grease stained the harp’s ancient frame as he hefted it from the alter, soaking swiftly into the dry, sacred wood. He spat into his filthy palms.
No one was quick enough to stop him.
As his fingers stroked the ancient strings, as the notes rang out across the …

The Minister had been bringing homeless people here for as long as he could remember. Sometimes, if he strayed far enough, he had thoughts about what his life had been before. He vaguely remembered other places, other people, a thing named “God”.
But that was before the Starport, and before the tree.
“So, this is it?” the homeless man asked, “I just put the noose on and …”
“That’s it,” said the minister, “Instant transport … a life among the stars”.
“Well,” said the homeless man, “You’re the priest …”
The tree moaned, just a …

Fellow Cardiffian Rich McAuliffe has a new horror anthology coming up through Insomnia Publications.
As a bastion of the horror anthology, I could do no less than heartily recommend you give the Damaged Goods: Tea Party online sampler a try.
Perhaps this is the start of the “Welsh Invasion” into UK comics, to mirror the famed “UK Invasion”. Alternatively, McAuliffe may just be another sick little Welsh monkey … like me.
Either way, it’s good.