2009, bah

For reports on the goings-on in the world of comics in the North East of England in 2009, I'd suggest that interested persons investigate the blogs of the members of the Paper Jam Comics Collective (links on the right of the Paper Jam Comics Collective's blog). Many of these bright and wondrous people report on the myriad exciting and excellent things they have been up to in 2009 and look forward to the many exciting and excellent things they will be getting up to in 2010.

Things roll a bit different here at Oscillating Brow Stuff.

Highlights of 2009!
2009 was yet another year of pathetically poor output, where, with tedious predictability, ennui and inefficiency allowed the innumerable banalities of life to crush any spluttering remnants of creative potential, leaving only melancholy, misanthropy and self-loathing. The few shoddy things that did get done in the year served only to highlight what a pointless, useless, worthless excuse-for-a-human-being created them, proficient only in wasting a miserable nonexistence doing nothing.

Predictions for 2010!
Worse.

Happy New Decade Y'all!

Take that, world of webcomics!

The unstoppable Paper Jam Comics Collective have taken over Dennis J Reinmuller's Tumble and Fall, almost certainly the finest webcomic about a man repeatedly tumbling and indeed falling in three panels in various situations. Despite the niche format, it's kind of ingenious and has a sense of poetry and pathos in its absurdity.

To comprehend, start at the start here. To view the Paper Jam takeover, begin here. To sully your eyes with the Oscillating Brow effort, go here.

Take that world of comics publishing!

The Paper Jam crew were at Leeds' Thought Bubble Festival. It was ace. I was rubbishly epic-fail-tastic at both getting to panels AND helping out on the stall, but had a diggety dang good laugh. Official press release from the Jammers here.