I’ve just read another comic book (of all things). This time it’s Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson by Will Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith. I must confess that I do know the artist and writer of this book which was my primary reason for reading it, but I must say it really is a pretty faultless Graphic Novel. It’s very good. I don’t say that because I know them, if anything I hoped that would have some constructive criticism to throw at them, but instead struggled to find things that I didn’t like about it. I’m not even the biggest Hunter S. Thompson fan in the world, it’s just a genuinely fascinating biography. It sets it’s self aside from the Ralph Steadman images of Thompson, and is instead drawn in a much clearer unflashy style, which really adds to the biography/documentary feel of the writing. Buy it here. Highly recommended.
Well that might be the end of Book Club. My main impetus was to see just how many books I read in a year. Turns out it was seventeen (or eighteen if you count my reading of How The Grinch Stole Christmas) which is none too shabby. Maybe I’ll carry it on into 2011. Only time will tell.
My upcoming gigs now look like this:
Monday 24th January 2011
Josie Long: “Be Honourable”,
XS Malarkey,
The Queen Of Hearts,
256 Wilmslow Road,
Manchester,
M14 6LB
8pm (Doors 7pm)
Tour support
Website
Thursday 3rd February 2011
Comedy Night @ The Red,
The Red Lion,
Penn Road,
Knotty Green,
Beaconsfield,
HP9 2TN
8pm
With Stuart Laws et al
Friday 4th February 2011
Comageddon,
Queen’s Head,
Piccadilly Circus,
15 Denman Street,
London
W1D 7HN
8pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Free
Sunday 6th February 2011
Geek Night Out,
The Comedy Pub – Downstairs Bar,
7 Oxendon Street,
Leicester Square,
London
SW1Y 4EE
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
Free
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Monday 7th February 2011
The After School Club,
The Camden Head,
100 Camden High Street,
London
NW1 0LU
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With Chris Coltrane, John-Luke Roberts et al
Thursday 10th February 2011
The Old Red Lion Theatre,
418 St John Street,
London
EC1V 4NJ
Box Office: 020 7837 7816
Edinburgh Previews featuring myself and two of my very favourite comedians Chris Boyd, and Pat Burtscher. Come along.
Sunday 13th February 2011
Cheeky Chimp Comedy,
The Live Room,
236 Green Lanes
Palmers Green
London
N13 5UD
£5
Doors 7.30pm
Website
Tuesday 15th February 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others
Saturday 19th February 2011
Angel Comedy,
Camden Head,
2 Camden Walk,
Angel,
Islington,
London
N1 8DY
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
Free
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Tuesday 22nd February 2011
The Three Pipe Problem,
The Selkirk,
60 Selkirk Road,
Tooting,
London
SW17 0ES
8pm
£2
Website
Storytelling club
Tuesday 8th March 2011
Lost Treasures of the Black Heart,
The Black Heart,
3 Greenland Place,
Camden,
London
NW1 0AP
8pm (7.30pm Doors)
£5
With Josie Long and others
Sunday 27th March 2011
Absolutely Free Comedy,
Queen’s Head,
Piccadilly Circus,
15 Denman Street,
London
W1D 7HN
8pm
Free
Monday 18th April 2011
Set Up… Punchline,
The Builders Arms,
1 Kensington Court Place,
Kensington,
London
W8 5BJ
8pm
Free
Website
Tuesday 24th May 2011
Richard Sandling’s Perfect Movie,
The Green Man
36 Riding House Street
London
W1W 7ES
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With Richard Sandling, Nick Helm, David Trent and Toby.
Thursday 22nd September 2011
Lonestar Comedy,
Raffles in Cranbrook,
St Davids Bridge,
Cranbrook,
Kent,
TN17 3HL
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