Mark Charan Newton

I knew it all along.
His sexuality was always a closely guarded secret that his creator Hergé sought to preserve. But a Spanish version of one of Tintin’s most famous tales, The Blue Lotus, has dared to suggest the intrepid Belgian reporter was a voracious lover.
Entitled The Pink Lotus, there are graphic sex scenes that would [...]

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Another interesting one.
Is he gay? I can’t remember
This one in particular wasn’t. Methinks I need less sexually ambiguous characters.
Broken Social Scene, “I’m Still Your Fag”:
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That sneaky Aidan has tagged me on this latest meme based on Movies of SF Novels:
Copy the list below.
Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book.
Italicize the that you’ve watched. (I’ve not done this, since I’m not sure how I do both bold and italics right now…)
Tag 5 people to perpetuate [...]

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Back from Worldcon, even if my luggage isn’t quite… Anyway, far too much to say about the event. Denver is a great city, the convention was so much fun, and I really enjoyed catching up with so many people. And drinking. Lots of gin and tonics. The Hugo Awards weren’t quite how I’d have [...]

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I’m a vegetarian, but even I can appreciate this alarm clock.
WHAT: An alarm clock that wakes you up with the smell and sizzle of cooking bacon…
HOW: A frozen strip of bacon is placed in Wake n’ Bacon the night before. Because there is a 10 minute cooking time, the clock is set to go off [...]

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Batman action figure. Yes I did take it out of the box.

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The benefit of toxic car pollution, I guess: no paint required.

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So, I bought a ticket to see the the most pre-preview screening on Wednesday, at a fee of £13! Yes, I am that sad. Will it be worth that? I could wait another day and have it half that price, but hey. And tonight’s entertainment, Gotham Knight. If you hear nothing of me by the [...]

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A not so complete history of literary tattoos. (Link pinched from the blog of Jonathan Carroll.
Johannes Guttenberg invented the printing press in Germany in 1439. Samuel O’Reilly invented the modern tattoo machine in 1891. And sometime around the turn of the century the first literary tattoo was born. Whether nostalgic for the characters from a [...]

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Last night I sketched a map. A secondary world map, for Nights of Villjamur. There are some who may think this stretches into true nerdism, and you may be right, but I can’t deny it felt good. Can’t have a fantasy without a map, many say.
There’s something thoroughly satisfying about putting the world I [...]

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