Headline: The Wellcome Trust, Celesio, KKR and Terra Firma are all considering rival bids to take over chemist chain Boots.

Monday, April 09, 2007 12:42:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page 9 of How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

The judge sitting on the right in frame 1 is supposed to be the painter David, who was rather busy during the bloodiest parts of the revolution (though he later denied this).

Monday, April 09, 2007 12:37:17 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

...and here's the next thrilling episode of NICK MILLER, HERO OF SPACE...!!!

...sorry about the multiple exclamation marks. I don't know what came over me.

Sunday, April 08, 2007 11:08:56 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the next page of How Gerard Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Sunday, April 08, 2007 11:05:23 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest page of How Gerard Came to the Castle of Gloom, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Antonella Caputo and drawn by Nick Miller...

Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:55:15 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: it is now illegal to 'mind' a weapon for someone else in order to hide it from the police.

Friday, April 06, 2007 10:05:52 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page six of How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Nick writes: once again we are indebted to M. Prof. Ronan Jouan de Kervenoel for the correct spelling of the French expletives.

Friday, April 06, 2007 10:02:45 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Patientline, the private company that provides phones services for patients at NHS hospitals, has upped its outgoing call charges 160% to 26p per minute (they already charge 42p per minute for incoming calls).

Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:47:30 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's the latest page of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story, How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom, adapted by Antonella and drawn by Nick...

Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:42:38 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: British Airways found to be the worst airline in Europe for losing luggage, losing an average 23 items per 1000 passengers, compared to 15 items for other European airlines.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:49:14 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page four of the latest Brigadier Gerard story, How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Nick writes: for the record, I disagree with what Conan Doyle says about this area being the "poorest and ugliest country in Europe". I've been to many parts of Eastern Europe, and much of it is quite pretty. Just don't get out of your car.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:45:19 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Argentinian Vice-President Daniel Scioli has renewed Argentina's claim on the Falklands and urged Britain to resume negotiations.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:33:31 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page three of How Gerard Came to the Castle of Gloom, written by Antonella and drawn by Nick...

Nick writes: The story begins. Some worried people have asked me what the old woman intends to do with the scissors and the cat in frame three. Don't worry, I thought it was obvious - she intends to castrate him.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:30:00 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Headline: Glastonbury Festival introduced new anti-ticket-tout security measures this year. All tickets will bear the photo and signature of the person who bought it, plus an individual security code. Tickets went on sale Sunday and were sold out in less than an hour...

Monday, April 02, 2007 9:44:09 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Here's page two of our latest Brigadier Gerard story, How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom...

Nick writes: Page 2 frame 1: the entire Grand Armee passes in review before Napoleon, including accurately researched and drawn uniforms for chassuers, cuirassiers, lancers, dragoons and granatiers, plus portraits of Ney, Lefevbre and Lannes. Page 2 frame 2: the retreat from Moscow. I enjoy being a cartoonist and I like a challenge, but sometimes Antonella likes to keep me on my toes...

...anyway, all this is just scene-setting. I promise the story proper gets underway tomorrow!

Monday, April 02, 2007 9:40:24 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0]