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LOC: United Kingdom
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: September 06
LOC: United Kingdom
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: September 06
‘All art is quite useless’ Oscar Wilde.
We had set out to write the most useless book ever – another one of our ‘do this and see what happens’ projects. Some things though never seem to go to plan and instead I’m left with the nagging feeling that I was somehow chosen to bring Smiler forth for a reason. Like the creation of the universe in all it’s beautiful glory it is now apparent that you can get something from nothing.
Remember….
For wisdom, and happiness – join us.
The Doogy Rev Brothers
badgerfacingasnake@hotmail.co.uk
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Version 1
7 Reviews
6 Comments
Body Integrity Identity Disorder – that’s what they call it; these psychologists I’ve been referred to on numerous occasions. Try telling someone you want to lose your leg, see what type of reaction you get. Go on – I dare you. Next time you’re depressed and one of your children asks ‘What’s wrong?’ just try saying, ‘I’ve got two legs, that’s what’s wrong.’ Do you expect they might understand? They won’t - they’ll label you mentally deficient – you obviously have some type of problem. They’ll...
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Version 1
7 Reviews
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Stanley knife – check. Hacksaw – Check One litre bottle of cheap Vodka – check. Soldering iron – check Clean bandages – check. Needle and thread – check. Surgical tubing – unavailable, but I got myself one of those ratchet straps which should suffice. Ratchet strap – check – looks like we’re good to go. I’m lay in the bath, naked. I say lay, I mean wedged. My checklist of tools is spread out on the toilet seat next to the bath and around the rim of the bath itself. I take another swig of chea...
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Version 2
4 Reviews
4 Comments
Smiler – we had thought it might evolve into one of the most pointless projects we’d ever undertaken. If only that were the case. I guess when you put so much effort into something, then something is bound to come of it, remember Newton’s third law of motion, ‘Every action has an equal and opposite reaction,’? It should all have been harmless fun, a stupid pointless project done just for the sake of doing it. Instead we’re mourning the loss of one of the founding members of the Doogy Rev cla...
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Version 2
3 Reviews
2 Comments
Johnny and Swill the idiot savants get ants in their deviant pants and drag their lazy cohorts along with them on a comical quest through the pubs and bathtubs of middle England. A quest to find the elusive Smiler – even though they don’t actually know what Smiler is. Potentially it’s the most pointless project they’ve ever undertaken, but as Newton’s third law of motion states: “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”... _Ineffaceably indicative of my desire to kiss your ass for en...
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Version 1
19 Reviews
7 Comments
Johnny and Swill the idiot savants get ants in their deviant pants and drag their lazy cohorts along with them on a comical quest through the pubs and bathtubs of middle England. A quest to find the elusive Smiler – even though they don’t actually know what Smiler is. Potentially it’s the most pointless project they’ve ever undertaken, but as Newton’s third law of motion states: “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”... So, by attempting to write a completely meaningless book, the...
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Bit too short an excerpt to make much of a judgement really - the dialogue seemed reasonably well executed but given the brevity of the piece I had no real notion of who these people were, where they were or what was going on. I'd suggest giving us a bit more to go on, even your notes could give some background info on the story which would help reviewers be more constructive.
Very good - I really enjoyed reading this, it was well written, perfectly paced ( I felt ) and the only real downside was the pervading sense of hopelessness of the narrator, making it a somewhat depressing read - but then, given the subject matter, it's only right that it should be slightly depressing. The end annoyed me somewhat, how easilly the narrator was made a scapegoat and sentenced to death - it didn't ring true, given the amount of witnesses that would have been there. The only typo...
It's hard trying to review a graphic novel without the graphics, but I can kind of picture the scene here based on the strength of your dialogue. My only criticism would be that this doesn't really seem to go anywhere, I'm not sure if thats just because this is a segment of a longer piece or not though. I'm curious to have a better understanding of the whole concept behind 'Toxic Shoppping' just so I can gauge where this would fit in... Maybe graphic novels is something Urbis could branch out...
I think this would work pretty well as an intro to a novel (it almost reads like a movie voice-over), perhaps preceeding meeting lover no. 25 which is where the true narrative kicks in - I don't think you could get away with maintaining this style for long - it works well as a summary to bring the reader up to speed but is too pared down to keep them interested for more than a couple of hundred words. The humour was appreciated (especially the 'ginger' bit). I'd be interested to see how you p...
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