Colin Smith
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So that was Monday December 1st 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. Oh well. So it goes.
(On sale throughout this very month in 1979, just 46 years ago, the year’s Star Trek Annual, with its painted covers by Edgar Hodges.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients
(On sale throughout this very month in 1979, just 46 years ago, the year’s Star Trek Annual, with its painted covers by Edgar Hodges.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
So that was Monday December 1st 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. Oh well. So it goes.
(On sale throughout this very month in 1979, just 46 years ago, the year’s Star Trek Annual, with its painted covers by Edgar Hodges.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients
(On sale throughout this very month in 1979, just 46 years ago, the year’s Star Trek Annual, with its painted covers by Edgar Hodges.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients
Dated this very day in 1973, the week’s edition of comic/magazine/TV listings guide Look-In, with its cover featuring an Arnaldo Putzu painting of David Essex.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Dated this very day in 1973, the week’s edition of comic/magazine/TV listings guide Look-In, with its cover featuring an Arnaldo Putzu painting of David Essex.
Tonight’s family film: 1925’s Battleship Potemkin. Of course we know it’s a classic. We know it’s a masterpiece. But crikey, watching it now, again, it feels new & astonishing all over again. Seriously, it does.
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tonight’s family film: 1925’s Battleship Potemkin. Of course we know it’s a classic. We know it’s a masterpiece. But crikey, watching it now, again, it feels new & astonishing all over again. Seriously, it does.
James Cameron on how close he came to directing 1993’s Jurassic Park & what he thinks of Steven Spielberg’s adaptation. I love this for the honesty, modesty & graciousness of Cameron’s reflections. (It’s from the latest edition of the estimable Empire magazine.)
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
James Cameron on how close he came to directing 1993’s Jurassic Park & what he thinks of Steven Spielberg’s adaptation. I love this for the honesty, modesty & graciousness of Cameron’s reflections. (It’s from the latest edition of the estimable Empire magazine.)
Keith Flint of The Prodigy at one of Australia’s Big Day Out festival tour dates in 1997, by Tony Mott.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Keith Flint of The Prodigy at one of Australia’s Big Day Out festival tour dates in 1997, by Tony Mott.
Reading a 2001 Coen Brothers interview in which Ethan Coen starts talking about how great Nicolas Cage is & how they’ve written a film script that he’d be terrific in. For a moment I thought I’d somehow missed the movie, which was rather exciting, but no, it was never made.
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Reading a 2001 Coen Brothers interview in which Ethan Coen starts talking about how great Nicolas Cage is & how they’ve written a film script that he’d be terrific in. For a moment I thought I’d somehow missed the movie, which was rather exciting, but no, it was never made.
Five fav George Michael/Wham songs, I hear it being asked.
Hand To Mouth
Outside
Everything She Wants
Fastlove
Club Tropicana (instrumental)
Hand To Mouth
Outside
Everything She Wants
Fastlove
Club Tropicana (instrumental)
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Five fav George Michael/Wham songs, I hear it being asked.
Hand To Mouth
Outside
Everything She Wants
Fastlove
Club Tropicana (instrumental)
Hand To Mouth
Outside
Everything She Wants
Fastlove
Club Tropicana (instrumental)
Musicians gathered outside New York’s “Max’s Kansas City” club on a Sunday afternoon in 1976, by Bob Gruen. The shot, printed in black and white, was for the cover of the compilation album named after the club which arrived later in the year.
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Musicians gathered outside New York’s “Max’s Kansas City” club on a Sunday afternoon in 1976, by Bob Gruen. The shot, printed in black and white, was for the cover of the compilation album named after the club which arrived later in the year.
Good morning! It’s Monday December 1st 2025! The first day of a new month already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1979, just 46 years ago, 2000AD & Tornado #141, with its exuberant Carlos Ezquerra cover featuring the Stainless Steel Rat.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1979, just 46 years ago, 2000AD & Tornado #141, with its exuberant Carlos Ezquerra cover featuring the Stainless Steel Rat.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Good morning! It’s Monday December 1st 2025! The first day of a new month already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1979, just 46 years ago, 2000AD & Tornado #141, with its exuberant Carlos Ezquerra cover featuring the Stainless Steel Rat.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1979, just 46 years ago, 2000AD & Tornado #141, with its exuberant Carlos Ezquerra cover featuring the Stainless Steel Rat.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
So that was Sunday November 30th 2025. Crikey. Another month done, another month (more or less) here. Oh well. So it goes.
(Out this very month in 1988, just 27 years ago, Christmas With The Super Heroes #1, with its seasonal cover by John Byrne.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients
(Out this very month in 1988, just 27 years ago, Christmas With The Super Heroes #1, with its seasonal cover by John Byrne.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
So that was Sunday November 30th 2025. Crikey. Another month done, another month (more or less) here. Oh well. So it goes.
(Out this very month in 1988, just 27 years ago, Christmas With The Super Heroes #1, with its seasonal cover by John Byrne.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients
(Out this very month in 1988, just 27 years ago, Christmas With The Super Heroes #1, with its seasonal cover by John Byrne.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients
Thoroughly enjoyable Kevin O’Neill art for 1994’s Star Wars Galaxy trading cards.
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thoroughly enjoyable Kevin O’Neill art for 1994’s Star Wars Galaxy trading cards.
Pay phone in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, 1967, by Jim Marshall.
November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pay phone in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, 1967, by Jim Marshall.
Leonard Nimoy in 1979, on the eve of returning as Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, was asked what he thought about the success of Star Wars despite its (perceived) lack of “social significance”. Nimoy, bless him, was having nothing to do with any “Star Trek vs Star Wars” bickering.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Leonard Nimoy in 1979, on the eve of returning as Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, was asked what he thought about the success of Star Wars despite its (perceived) lack of “social significance”. Nimoy, bless him, was having nothing to do with any “Star Trek vs Star Wars” bickering.
A New York City Street, 1954, by Leonard Freed.
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A New York City Street, 1954, by Leonard Freed.
Pennsylvania Coal Town, by Edward Hopper, 1947.
November 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Pennsylvania Coal Town, by Edward Hopper, 1947.
Tolkien’s opinion of where his Lord Of The Rings falls short made me laugh out-loud. (I fully take his point. It’s just not a criticism the majority of his critics would agree with.)
November 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Tolkien’s opinion of where his Lord Of The Rings falls short made me laugh out-loud. (I fully take his point. It’s just not a criticism the majority of his critics would agree with.)
Good morning! It’s Sunday November 30th 2025! The last day of the month already? Crikey!
(Released this very month in 1957, just 68 years ago, Wonder Woman #95, with its cover by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Released this very month in 1957, just 68 years ago, Wonder Woman #95, with its cover by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Good morning! It’s Sunday November 30th 2025! The last day of the month already? Crikey!
(Released this very month in 1957, just 68 years ago, Wonder Woman #95, with its cover by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Released this very month in 1957, just 68 years ago, Wonder Woman #95, with its cover by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
So that was Saturday Nov 29th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Out this month in 1956, just 69 yrs ago, Journey Into Mystery #43, with its splendidly bleak cover by Carl Burgos with Stan Goldberg.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients.
(Out this month in 1956, just 69 yrs ago, Journey Into Mystery #43, with its splendidly bleak cover by Carl Burgos with Stan Goldberg.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients.
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So that was Saturday Nov 29th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. Oh well.
(Out this month in 1956, just 69 yrs ago, Journey Into Mystery #43, with its splendidly bleak cover by Carl Burgos with Stan Goldberg.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients.
(Out this month in 1956, just 69 yrs ago, Journey Into Mystery #43, with its splendidly bleak cover by Carl Burgos with Stan Goldberg.)
And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients.
And so to tonight’s (not-so) family movie, the Coen Brothers’ “No Country For Old Men”. It’s always seemed just a touch too bleak for me. I’m not good with bleak. Still, how bleak can a Coen Brothers’ film be?
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
And so to tonight’s (not-so) family movie, the Coen Brothers’ “No Country For Old Men”. It’s always seemed just a touch too bleak for me. I’m not good with bleak. Still, how bleak can a Coen Brothers’ film be?
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard.
The most magical night - by far - I ever spent in the theatre was watching Arcadia. I can’t add anything insightful to what’s being said about Mr Stoppard. Mea culpa. All I know is, that was one of the very best nights of my life. I doff my cap with sincere respect & gratitude.
The most magical night - by far - I ever spent in the theatre was watching Arcadia. I can’t add anything insightful to what’s being said about Mr Stoppard. Mea culpa. All I know is, that was one of the very best nights of my life. I doff my cap with sincere respect & gratitude.
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard.
The most magical night - by far - I ever spent in the theatre was watching Arcadia. I can’t add anything insightful to what’s being said about Mr Stoppard. Mea culpa. All I know is, that was one of the very best nights of my life. I doff my cap with sincere respect & gratitude.
The most magical night - by far - I ever spent in the theatre was watching Arcadia. I can’t add anything insightful to what’s being said about Mr Stoppard. Mea culpa. All I know is, that was one of the very best nights of my life. I doff my cap with sincere respect & gratitude.
Die Stützen der Gesellschaft / The Pillars of Society, 1926, by George Grosz.
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Die Stützen der Gesellschaft / The Pillars of Society, 1926, by George Grosz.
Roddy McDowall, looking really rather cool given the circumstances, as Cornelius on set in California for 1968’s “Planet Of The Apes”.
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Roddy McDowall, looking really rather cool given the circumstances, as Cornelius on set in California for 1968’s “Planet Of The Apes”.
Screenshot of Centanni's Meat Market, Elizabeth, New Jersey, from 1999’s first episode of The Sopranos.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Screenshot of Centanni's Meat Market, Elizabeth, New Jersey, from 1999’s first episode of The Sopranos.
Lou Reed, The Factory, New York, 1966, by Stephen Shore.
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Lou Reed, The Factory, New York, 1966, by Stephen Shore.
Good morning! It’s Saturday November 29th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Released this very month in 1954, just 71 years ago, “Classics Illustrated #124: H. G. Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’”, with its cover by Lou Cameron.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Released this very month in 1954, just 71 years ago, “Classics Illustrated #124: H. G. Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’”, with its cover by Lou Cameron.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Good morning! It’s Saturday November 29th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Released this very month in 1954, just 71 years ago, “Classics Illustrated #124: H. G. Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’”, with its cover by Lou Cameron.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Released this very month in 1954, just 71 years ago, “Classics Illustrated #124: H. G. Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’”, with its cover by Lou Cameron.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.