tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66418068121204571742011-04-21T22:18:36.574-07:00Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-89593187807907925872008-09-16T04:29:00.000-07:002008-09-16T04:30:46.719-07:00After a long and difficult recovery I'm pretty much back up to speed. I'll be starting the comic again because I missed it very much during my crappy summer, and I'm keen to get going again.<br /><br />Watch this space for updates.<br /><br />Px<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-8959318780790792587?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-80198920662953915362008-06-01T06:38:00.001-07:002008-06-01T06:40:02.481-07:00You may have noticed there haven't been many updates. I've been ill and not really able to spend lots of time sat at the keyboard. I'll continue where I left off probably in about a week.<br /><br />Thanks for sticking around. It's going to get really good very soon so please call back to see what else in on my so-called mind.<br /><br />regards<br /><br />Phil<br /><br />PS. although it is now something I hate, sciatica will not make it into this comic. Less said about that the better.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-8019892066295391536?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-85445127163367114092008-05-27T22:51:00.001-07:002008-12-11T09:03:18.599-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.idcomix.com/page12.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lpC9BlS3lp0/SDzzCQmOJbI/AAAAAAAAAJA/QOfuftDfcnI/s200/Page_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205302489474016690" border="0" /></a><br />Well they are!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-8544512716336711409?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-35991021641374803592008-05-22T11:17:00.000-07:002008-12-11T09:03:19.113-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.idcomix.com/page11.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lpC9BlS3lp0/SDW5owmOJaI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Chm_jkf3DZM/s200/Page_11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203269054387594658" border="0" /></a>Yeah I do read newspapers but they disgust me. They have gone from being honest seekers after truth to openly and embarrassing seekers after circulation numbers. Headlines sell newspapers and in a much more competitive world where newspapers are really not needed anymore, they have to get more and more and MORE loud and titillating to keep the readers they have.<br /><br />Just stop guys. It's over. Nobody cares what you think anymore.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-3599102164137480359?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-63631793687774471192008-05-01T20:07:00.000-07:002008-12-11T09:03:19.257-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.idcomix.com/page10.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lpC9BlS3lp0/SBqIlOslBHI/AAAAAAAAAIw/GkXNIMpzz30/s200/Page_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195615293306897522" border="0" /></a>I'm always reminded by TV's 24/7 news coverage of Bill Murray in the 80s Christmas comedy movie "Scrooged" when he says he want his audience to be terrified they might miss the Christmas special. You have to watch. Your life might depend on it.<div><br /></div><div>Erm. You life doesn't depend on information about political posturing, and real and fake threats from without and within. Most people's lives would be exactly the same with or without up to the minute information about "current events" but we've somehow become convinced that we need it to survive.</div><div><br /></div><div>What else do you call something you don't need which you have to ingest all the time because you've been trained to believe you need it?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-6363179368777447119?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-2499601550431199092008-04-30T22:47:00.000-07:002008-12-11T09:03:19.378-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.idcomix.com/page9.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lpC9BlS3lp0/SBlbAeslBDI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/qlX36i_ouc0/s200/Page_9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195283708946744370" border="0" /></a>These images were actually some of the hardest I had to draw. I was so traumatized by watching this on the news, second only to perhaps the London bombings of 7/7 or the Omagh bombings... when I saw Omagh I cried, I really did. By the time 9/11 happened I'd kind of forgotten how to and it just left an empty hole in my gut. I've gotten so tired of hearing about all the bad things humans do to each other, that I decided watching TV news was not the solution. You have to change the world for the better.<div><br /></div><div>There is a school of thought which says the author of rant comic should not be pointing fingers at TV News for always being about bad things. But this is art, darnit, and I got some things to say. That's my reason and I'm sticking to it.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-249960155043119909?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-33572615949136311332008-04-30T13:03:00.000-07:002008-12-11T09:03:19.518-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.idcomix.com/page8.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lpC9BlS3lp0/SBjRz-slBCI/AAAAAAAAAII/0RToiYO5GdQ/s200/Page_8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195132861105374242" border="0" /></a>I love all these guys, they do lots of good work. But I'm simultaneously impressed and irritated by their work for charity. You worked a day for free? Aw thats great, cos your time is worth so much more than mine. And you already have all the money someone would want to last them a lifetime, so it's not like you're out of pocket, dude.<br /><br />Oh and can you sign it, "To Phil, Love Sting." Thanks man.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-3357261594913631133?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-55586136036609068242008-04-29T14:32:00.000-07:002008-12-11T09:03:19.791-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.idcomix.com/page7.html" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lpC9BlS3lp0/SBeU5-slBBI/AAAAAAAAAIA/jdNf0-kuDnw/s200/Page_7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194784418998584338" border="0" /></a>You see once again I can't really be too hard on reality TV. I did get sucked into Big Brother once, the Jade Goody one if you please! And I did get addicted to a crazy Latvian one called Fabrik, which you could watch online, like a kind of Fame Academy thing... but that's it. I mean that one I couldn't even understand what they were saying... actually that helped a bit, as I was not creeped out by how stupid they were, but just watched the interaction between the people. If Reality TV has any redeeming feature, acting as a nasty little light to see ourselves with, yeah okay it has a small amount of value.<br /><br />But... It is just a TV drug. It sucks you in, like an addiction or a vice. Don't get me wrong, vices are what separate us from the frogs and amoebas, but TV should not be one.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-5558613603660906824?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641806812120457174.post-1382271290272685822008-04-28T07:01:00.000-07:002008-12-11T09:03:20.021-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.idcomix.com/page6.html" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lpC9BlS3lp0/SBX3ReslBAI/AAAAAAAAAH4/uE0c38VID3U/s200/Page_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194329624911610882" border="0" /></a>Yeah a bit of a cheap shot I guess. I have to admit I read them, but like most people I find myself enjoying them by shouting "who ARE these people?" or "look at the state of that" or "OMG what has she done now?"<div><br /></div><div>NOT really a good use of anyone's time and I'm a firm believer of RAISING our game as human beings and not lowering the tone all the time. Call me a old hippy twit if you like but I'm on the planet to make things better not worse. :D</div><div><br /></div><div>Look forward to hearing your comments.</div><div><br /></div><div>Phil</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6641806812120457174-138227129027268582?l=40daysrants.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420902806795719628noreply@blogger.com0