A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran

Discussion (6) ¬

1. 
   scribblerworks

   July 18, 2010 at 11:19 am | #

   That molded torso seems to have fewer points of articulation than your standard action figure.

   Yikes.
2. 
   Allan

   July 18, 2010 at 1:20 pm | #

   The Daily Mail, seriously the only newspaper I absolutely refuse to read.
3. 
   Colleen Doran

   July 18, 2010 at 2:20 pm | #

   @ Allan:

   A few year’s back I got a call from the Daily Mail. They wanted to interview me about a fine artist friend of mine. They had seen pics of him with me on my old blog.

   I knew he had an exhibit at an important venue in London, so I began to rattle on about what a faboo artist/handsome fellow/great talent he was.

   Then they started asking me some odd questions about his personal life, and I got a bad feeling. I’d never heard of the Daily Mail, so I didn’t really know what I was stepping into.

   Then they asked me about some actress. All my alarms went off.

   I rushed over to the internet, did a 2 second search, and there was the scandal, all over the place. I nearly fainted.

   I cut them off, deleted all the posts about my friend, and ran like heck.

   I must say, that reporter was pretty smooth. I never saw it coming.

   I felt terrible, but none of my comments were used.

   Alas, his ex-girlfriend was not so discreet.

   I’m scared of those UK tabloids.

   I’m even more creeped out that a lot of comics “reporting” is starting to read just like them.
4. 
   Arlnee

   July 18, 2010 at 3:05 pm | #

   @scribbler: that’s because they blew the budget on molded nipples instead of, you know, limbs that work.

   Did they not learn from Batman Forever? Jeez…
5. 
   Anne

   July 19, 2010 at 1:26 pm | #

   Whoah – did a double take. At first glance I thought the actor’s head and hands were Photoshopped onto a picture of an action figure body. I concur.
6. 
   Torsten Adair

   July 19, 2010 at 3:46 pm | #

   He’s shooting a remake of “Arthur”.
   Which explains the liquor in the utility belt.