tGC AMA with ancapailldorcha!

Pat Mustard

I read on one of the other AMAs that you have Preacher on your Kindle.

Anything else similar on your Kindle re graphic novel/comics?

Doesn't it annoy you that you are only seeing it in black and white and that you can't see the colour?

Would you not put it on a tablet instead of Kindle, for full colour?

Any recommendations?

ancapailldorcha

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Is Boards.ie involvement a way for you to keep in contact with Ireland?

I would say yes. Even with technology that we have today, there’s no substitute for actually being in Ireland. It is nice to have Boards but I do miss just being able to meet the friends I have in Dublin.

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Will Brexit actually happen?

I don’t know at this stage! I dearly hope not. I was fully committed to remaining in the EU before the referendum and still am. The problem is that the relationship an EU member state has with the EU is like a marriage. The press here framed it as more of a slave-slave owner relationship and has been doing for years. Combine that with economic stagnation, a dearth of wage growth, automation and the failure of governments to adapt to the times and Voilá! The UK has become very integrated into the single market which has been instrumental in helping it to become as economically successful as it has. Businesses depend heavily on it. The EU buys over 40% of UK exports. In addition, EU bodies have taken over regulating various sectors. To just leave would be a disaster for businesses. The two main parties depend on corporations and trade unions who both favoured remain so they’ll be pressing to ensure at least membership of the single market which puts the whole in question in all but name. Various people I know are convinced that it won’t and I’m slowly beginning to agree with them.

It’s unlikely is my answer but very possible.

mzungu wrote: »

It has been mentioned elsewhere that reporting of science in the media can be somewhat lacking. What changes would you make to rectify this?

Teaching of basic scientific concepts in school would sort a lot of this IMO. Things like study design, bias, randomisation, sample sizes, experimental design, ethics and such. We already teach science anyway so this would be quite straightforward. There’s a good bit of room in the Irish curriculum for this sort of thing. Any subjects like philosophy for instance which give people the tools to think about a concept and break it down should be at least available in school IMO.

Pat Mustard wrote: »

I read on one of the other AMAs that you have Preacher on your Kindle.

Anything else similar on your Kindle re graphic novel/comics?

Doesn't it annoy you that you are only seeing it in black and white and that you can't see the colour?

Would you not put it on a tablet instead of Kindle, for full colour?
Any recommendations?

I went through a phase of reading graphic novels when I was younger. I’m from rural Donegal so moving to Dublin was a bit mind blowing back in the day because there was a mad array of shops, or so I thought back then.

After reading Preacher, I picked up Garth Ennis’ next series, The Boys which is a biting, dark satire of superhero culture. It portrays a world where they actually exist and behave in a similar manner to footballers when they go a bit mad. Depends on what you’re into. I also read 100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello, a very good noir series. Ennis’ Punisher MAX was the first set of graphic novels I ever read and it got me into them in a big way. The Marvel MAX imprint has no superheroes at all, focusing on dark, gritty storytelling instead. Vertigo’s Hellblazer is another favourite of mine. It features John Constantine and spawned a film starring Keanu Reeves in 2005.

I haven't read but have heard great things about Mike Carey’s Lucifer, Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man and Warren Ellis’ (author of The Walking Dead) Transmetropolitan which follows a deranged gonzo journalist á la Hunter S. Thompson.

Excellent mini-series I’ve read would be Watchmen (Alan Moore), Wanted (Mark Millar), Kick-Ass (Mark Millar), V for Vendetta (Alan Moore), The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller) & Batman: Year One (Frank Miller)

I have a Kindle Fire. When I bought Preacher, I found that there was a page or two missing, much to my chagrin. Fortunately, when you buy them off Amazon you can download them through Comixology which seems to be pretty good. The Kindle Fire isn’t ideal for them but it’s better than having a bag of paperbacks to carry around.