Meanwhile, on Twitter...

• 10:59 Okay, survey. Favourite song lyric? Or, maybe, the line that sticks in your head that you just can't seem to shake, no matter how you try? #
• 11:06 "I'm so tired of being tired, sure as night will follow day. Most things I worry about, never happen anyway." bit.ly/9FBu5A #
• 11:49 Forgot to mention Charlie Adlard and Phil Winslade's band at the con were great fun. And Charlie Adlard - what a nice guy. Saying that a lot #
• 12:24 I... wut? They're making an American version of Shameless? With William H. Macy? I... wut? #
• 15:02 I would like to publicly throw my hat i
  n with @kierongillen on the idea of Death's Head popping up in Doctor Who as a throwaway gag, yes? #
• 16:02 Kinda glad to see I'm not the only one suffering #BristolComicExpo comedown blues today. I'll start writing up my proper con report later. #
• 16:52 Hmm, not seen Doctor Who this week yet, obviously. Any good? #
• 17:11 I'm asking my friends not to tell me what happens in the final episode of LOST. I'm not worried about spoiling it, I just don't give a shit. #

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Bristol International Comic Expo Report - Chris Claremont Panel

The first of my panel reports (which turned out wordier than I expected, so I decided to do individual ones), on Saturday I attended the panel listed as:

Chris Claremont - Of Mutants, Marvel and Marada

All this and much, much more is discussed when famed X-meister Chris Claremont sits down with Mike Conroy to chew the fat not only about his long and wide-ranging career but also what he’s got lined up for the future.

An interesting panel in a number of ways. Claremont was entertaining and often amusing, although the relaxed atmosphere of the expo appeared to have got to him. Five minutes before the panel I passed him, apparently fast asleep, in the hotel bar. He was still a little... lethargic when it came to the panel and occasionally his responses and thoughts moved with a glacial pace. Journalist Mike Conroy was able to keep the panel on track, steering Claremont towards answers when things stalled, but for the most part, Claremont came across well, poking fun at his own work on occasion and certainly nicely cynical about certain characters and developments within the main X-men universe.

I've no doubt forgotten many of the questions and discussions, but the panel kicked off with Mike Conroy asking how naturally Claremont had come on the idea of emphasizing the idea of mutants as being a cipher for minorities.

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