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Give me ten minutes, and I can show you the world. |
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Unless you don't have the correct plug-in, in which case buy a frigging atlas. |
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Welcome to my user-friendly links page. |
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Please select a destination, then click on the link to take you...*snif*...away from here. |
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WEBSITE OWNERS:
Many graphics on this page are used without permission, but with a deep reverence and affection for the sites involved. Mail me at the usual address if this contavenes your personal morality. |
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WWW.SONY.COM/SPIDERMAN |
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Don't let the lack of hyphenation fool ya: that's the Oh-Fishy-Al Spider-Man movie website. It hosts the official trailer, downloadable wallpaper, fan areas for discussion and freebies, and is updated regularly, in preparation for the Big Promotional Push later this year. And a damn good site it is, too. But not as good as: |
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WWW.SPIDERMANHYPE.COM |
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This, my friends, is the REAL Spider-Man movie website.
They have all the news, views and scoops from the Spider-Man movie camp. |
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This site is updated with as-it-happens scoops on every aspect of the Spider-Man movie. Updated with set photos and multimedia, it's where the world and his editor goes for the big scoop on next summers biggest movie. |
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(starring Spider-Man) |
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WWW.MARVEL.COM |
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Okay. You may not like comics. You may not like superheroes. And this is certainly the place for both. However, it's also the place for FREE INTERNET COMICS! |
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Marvel offers its premium titles as Shockwave-based comics for no charge. That means you can read titles such as Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate X-Men (featuring new versions of established characters, recreated by Marvel's best talent, free from forty years of accumulated stories) without having to go within five hundred miles of a comic shop. |
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Of course, if you want to read more by the same authors, you'll know where to go... |
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The Marvel website also features news, previews of upcoming stories (including Marvel's new Mature Readers comics line, MAX) and interviews with comics best and brightest characters and creators. |
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Go on. Give it a go. You'll be surprised. |
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woah. |
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WWW.DANCINGPAUL.COM |
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That's Paul there, off to the right, in the yellow shirt.
He dances to music with his posse. Go and see for yourself. |
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From there, link through to the MTV Stereo MP'S website. Watch Widdecombe, Hague and Blair strut their funky stuff in front of the Houses of Parliament.
Oowa! Oowa! |
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WWW.REDMEAT.COM |
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Max Cannon's darkly surreal comic strip. I discovered this in a thrift shop for �1, and I haven't stopped laughing since. You'll either love it or just stare blankly at it trying to work out where the joke is. It's there, all right. Trust me. |
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WWW.ATOMFILMS.COM |
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Home to the biggest collection of short independent films on the internet (that I've seen, anyway). Films and animations of all genres for your downloading pleasure, from children's stories to Bikini Bandits. Quite superb. |
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HTTP://ESPN.GO.COM/PAGE2/INDEX.HTML |
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The ESPN (erm, it's a Sports Channel, I suppose) website. Home of "Hey, Rube!", the weekly column by Hunter S. Thompson, the Famous Doctor of Journalism (of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" fame). Unlike anything you've ever read by Ron Atkinson in the Sports section of your newspaper. |
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NEWSARAMA 4.0 |
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Comics news again, by veteran reporters Matt Brady and Michael Doran. Updated as and when the scoops come in, this is my first port of call for comics news. The host site, www.milehighcomics.com, also has previews of many of the next weeks comics releases, which is great for someone like me who just can't wait for Thursday. |
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WWW.SEANBABY.COM |
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Funny. FUNN-NNY. This guy has me laughing every time I visit his page. One time, I almost passed out due to lack of oxygen, I laughed that much. Seanbaby takes the piss out of topics as widely removed as the Nintendo Phenomenon, Mr T, Exploding cattle, and why some superheroes should just stay at home. But I'm doing it a disservice.
Go and visit the site. NOW. Mr. T: "I pity the fool who don't visit this site. Sucka. But I still ain't gettin' on that plane!" |
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THE BBC |
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One of the best sites anywhere on the web, the Beeb offer a 24-hour news service, coupled with all the supplemental information for most of their TV and radio output. There are pages for all aspects of the BBC, from careers to cult television. The site also hosts the online edition of the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, updated by researchers across the world (and beyond?). Check out Mark and Lard's DJ Castle while you're there. |
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BLAMBOT FONTS |
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Blambot offer fantastic free fonts for download and use by anyone from independent comics creators to amateur website designers (ahem).
Many of the logos on this site were made with fonts from this sophisticated graphic design company, who offer licensed fonts for larger, more professional concerns.
I have also used fonts grabbed from 1001 Fonts.com, home to thousands of quality files. |
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UCOMICS.COM |
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Home to huge archives of newspaper comic strips from Dick Track to Doonesbury, and featuring classic favourites such as Garfield and Calvin and Hobbed, U Comics is a fantastic site for fans of the funnies. They'll email you comics every day, if you want, and it's a fantastic way to get great comics without having to read objectionable newspapers!
Fight the Power! |
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FIVE |
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Fucked-up. Funny as hell.
Five is a darkly humourous webcomic about a boy with no feet, and some odd obsessions. The site contains archived strips, as well as other comics, such as Bert (starring the Sesame street character of the same name), and Spanks (starring all your favourite 1980's cartoon characters, suitably reimagined).
Funny as hell. But really, really fucked up. |
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8-BIT THEATER |
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Sprite-based comic, using characters from early installments of the Final Fantasy saga. Starring the nasty li'l bastard on the left of this picture, 8-Bit theatre is incisive, beautifully constructed, and laugh-out-loud funny. Featuring comics, animation and extensive linkage to other sprite-comic sites, 8-Bit is one of the best comics I've seen on the web, by far. |
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DESIDERATA |
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Desiderata is the new daily comic strip by my buddy Max Leibman, comics savant and author / moderator of the (mostly) daily essays on the Comic Metaphysic email list.
Four days a week, the strip follows Monty in his quest for happiness. On Mondays, however, the story steps out of the printed page to follow the author as he discusses the making of the comic with friends and family.
The strip is as much an example of Max's creativity as it is a way for him to learn and experiment with new storytelling techniques. Although it's only a week old, the strip is shaping up to be a great piece of work. Max starts at (apparently) the end of the story, and while I'm assured that brighter moments are ahead, there's a moment in the first week of strips that had me misty-eyed.
So what are you still doing here? |
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ARTBOMB |
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Reviews of the best that graphic fiction (COMICS) has to offer. Featuring absolutely no superheroes - yet - Artbomb offers both well-informed and energetic commentary, as well as links to online bookstores and previews from many of the graphic novels featured within. Also of note is the webcomic SUPERIDOL, by genius writer Warren Ellis (TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and master-painter Colleen Doran (A DISTANT SOIL).
The real magic of comics is revealed within, friends: Pull the Pin. |
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Right. I've shown you my world. You show me yours. Send interesting links to the Secret E-Mither, while I try to find more places for you to run up your phone bill... |
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Matthew Craig, Spinning his Web (ouch!) |
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