Sammy

 

A new comic book series, Sammy, has seen the light of day in Sweden. First album is out now from a new publisher with origins in Denmark, Mooz Förlag AB. Sammy has been a hit in Denmark for a long time so my guess is that they will print both editions at the same time and make some profit that way. One source suggests three albums a year, which is interesting.

Sammy is created by Jean-Pol & Cauvin and takes place in Chicago in the 30´s. I like it, it is a reminder of better days (not Chicago in the 30´s, but comics wise). I just hope that it will find an audience in this country.

The media blitz that killed Sweet in Sweden

 

Rock´n´Roll Magazine 5 2014 popped up today and it sports a long overdue piece on the media assault on Sweet in Sweden back in 1976 that actually killed their career in this country. Turns out that it was all a bunch of lies, even Mats Olsson (one of the worst so called music journalists of the day) admits as much when he says that he actually never saw the things he said had happened himself. This really is one of the best articles that I have seen in Swedish media regarding the sad state of affairs of rock journalism in the Communist Prog & Punk infested 70´s, early 80´s in this country. Great investigative journalism, the reporter (Jörgen Holmstedt) has tracked down several people who were there, including the surviving members of Sweet (Andy Scott and Steve Priest). The 7 page piece is full of great stuff from the archives as well, this really is a great moment in the history of this publication.

A job well done.

(I should add that the Prog scene in Sweden really was highly politicised, it was nothing like the UK scene etc)

Tex Willer 592

 

In a kiosk near you, if you live in Norway… Tex Willer 592 has landed, and once again they present us with a fantastic cover. The title of the adventure is “Unge mordere”, or “Young  Murderers”.

Tex is so cool he even looks good in a yellow shirt. The only man in the world – or comic book character if you want to be picky about it – that could actually pull that off…

James May is the man

 

James May is a very entertaining guy. You probably know him from Top Gear first, but he has done a few good shows for BBC himself in the last few years. The last one to catch my eye is James May´s Man Lab, which is a great show for guys. I think there might be three seasons out there so far, and I plan to buy them all on DVD as soon as I can.

True grit…

Tanja Warrior Princess

Tanja Bergkvist is a wonderful blogger in Sweden, hell bent on combating and exposing the worst of what the unsuspecting people of this country are constantly bombarded with from the Gender Industry. Trust me on this, things are so bad in this country that it is way past a joke. Well, the good news is that Tanja has just written a post in English (on her blog) to explain the general situation here, basically to go with a segment on Russia Today. To understand Sweden and what we have to endure over here you should read this – it will not be time wasted.

Tanja is the voice of reason, and much beloved by people like me.

 

The Winter Soldier

 

I liked the first Captain America film but for some reason I avoided the second when it hit the big screens a few month´s ago. Now I can say that I made a mistake – they bloody well know what they are doing. “The Winter Soldier” has an interesting plot – one that can be viewed from real life situations and debates (Marvel is good at this sort of thing) – and we all know that our digital fingerprints gives away much of our lives to any big brother type of organisation. Dealing with this subject matter is actually rather perfect for this character, since he has lost a few decades of his life and can view our time from another perspective. Freedom is a tricky thing these days.

Captain America will be back in the next Avengers film, so who knows how long this will last this time around? Marvel is doing a great job though, keeping this universe alive. There is plenty of stuff to dig into, they could do this for decades and they probably will. Chris Evans, Scarlet Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson are doing a good job for now, and will be sadly missed some day.

Also, I do enjoy the “spot Stan Lee” bit, that is so cool. And well deserved.

Commando 4735-4738

 

Commando 4735-4738 is out today in the UK. See categories for a good deal should you want to subscribe.