Mar 14, 2023
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Gordon McLean stayed with Youth For Christ into the 21st century and had five men filing charges against him for sexual assault in 2015.
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This ad is from June 27, 1952, in Walla Walla, Washington.
Gordon McLean stayed with Youth For Christ into the 21st century and had five men filing charges against him for sexual assault in 2015.
Scottish Police release CCTV of missing comic creator Gordon McLean
Scottish Police release CCTV of missing comic creator Gordon McLean
Police officers in Greenock, Scotland, have released CCTV footage of comic creator Gordon McLean, who was reported missing on Thursday 26th December, 2019.
As we previously reported, Gordon was seen at around 8.30am on Wednesday, 18th December, in Prospecthill Street, with CCTV footage now showing the 39-year-old in both Glasgow Central Station and Gordon Street, Glasgow, later the same day.
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Hunt continues for missing Scottish comic creator Gordon McLean
Hunt continues for missing Scottish comic creator Gordon McLean
Missing: Award-winning comic, TV, radio and film writer Gordon McLean
Scottish Police are appealing for help to find missing award-winning comic, TV, radio and film writer Gordon McLean, who has been missing for over a week, after going to a party.
The 39-year-old was last seen on Wednesday 18th December in Prospecthill Street in Greenock, Inverclyde and is described as white, 5ft 10, brown eyes,…
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Superheroes take over Glasgow today in bid to boost comics readership by publisher Trongate
Superheroes take over Glasgow today in bid to boost comics readership by publisher Trongate
Superheroes both on the page and in the flesh will be out in force today at the Cineworld Cinema in Glasgow’s Silverburn Shopping Centre. Local comic book publishers Trongate Publishing will be there with cosplayers to celebrate the release of Incredibles 2 and hand out free comics to cinema goers as they go in to see Pixar’s latest blockbuster.
Trongate Publishing was launched this year by…
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What drives someone to become a hero? What is the nature of good and evil? What impact can the actions of one person really make? Why would a supervillain blow up a polar bear with a bazooka? If these are the kind of questions you want to see posed by a superhero comic, then the darkly comedic indie title No More Heroes may be for you.
Featuring quality writing by creator Gordon Mclean and bold, dynamic artwork by Caio Oliveira, this is a high-concept witty tale for adults, written in a grimy parallel universe where colourful costumed characters are ten a penny. The black and white pages reflect the underlying themes of morality and taking responsibility for your actions, while also giving you the option to use it as a colouring book
Our protagonist is Sid, a nobody who wastes time with his mates, a bunch of slackers, drinking beer and eating pizza. One day he receives an anonymous text: ‘Should I kill myself?’ Under peer pressure from his friends, and thinking it is probably a joke, Sid replies ‘Yes’. The next day the news is full of reports that Dark Justice, this world’s answer to Batman, has committed suicide.
Sid is soon confronted by Dark Justice’s sidekick, Black Fury, who lives up to his name. He has traced the text to our hapless viewpoint character and is none too happy. Wanting to know which big bad Sid is working for, eventually Black Fury realises that the text was sent to him at random. The two team up – Sid somewhat reluctantly – and so begins a chaotic hunt for the psychotically cunning supervillain Jack Slaughter, the mysterious mastermind behind Dark Justice’s death with a love for explosives.
No More Heroes is funny, compelling and readable. The foul-mouthed occupants and black humour exist in a crap-sack world that’s close to our own, with heroes and villains who feel real and relatable. Dark Justice is deeply religious, his Christianity motivating him to fight the good fight. Confronted by mindless violence, including the deaths of innocent children, he begins to question his faith and descends into alcoholism, to the dismay of his sidekick.
Black Fury is an angry young black man. But rather than feeling like a stereotype, he comes across as world-wearily believable. We never learn exactly why he is so furious, although it’s hinted that he has suffered prejudice, discrimination and abuse, and we feel him bristle when villains taunt him. You can feel his sense of righteousness buried under a layer of world-weary cynicism and rage. His enemies underestimate him, and he in turn underestimates Sid.
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The story does a great job of world building, featuring a bar where prospective henchmen can sign up with whichever lunatic is hiring and bet on who will be next in or out of jail, evoking the idea of a cardboard prison with a revolving door, a concept familiar to fans of standard superhero comics.
It explores ideas like the super bank – what do you think heroes do when they need a new costume or super-mobile, use credit cards in their real names? Using your butler as a go-between is kind of obvious – and has a supporting cast includes Pieces, a wild-eyed chaotic villain who can literally fall apart and pull himself back together, when he’s not slapping you with his bits.
In the end Sid learns some responsibility, and that anyone can be a hero if they choose to be. The mindless evil of Jack Slaughter is unmasked, to be revealed as someone who lost the only thing they cared about, and who made the choice to bring down the world around them. Rather than sink to Slaughter’s level, Sid learns his lesson about responsibility, and steers Black Fury back from crossing the line from hero to murderous vigilante.
Although I love No More Heroes, it would have been nice to have more female characters front and centre. You might also feel that Jack Slaughter’s unmasking is a bit of an anti-climax. But then, that’s kind of the point – it could be any one of us behind that mask. Good and evil are a choice. If you feel that there are no more heroes, then maybe what’s missing is you. Although perhaps think twice before donning a cape and mask and taking to the streets to deliver your own brand of justice.
If such high-brow questions don’t appeal to you, then you can admire the pretty cover art, just enjoy the story for its own sake, or do some nice, relaxing, colouring in.
Jack Slaughter likes to start (and end) parties with a bang
More recommendations from us to you, this time its the indie comic No More Heroes by Gordon Mclean What drives someone to become a hero? What is the nature of good and evil? What impact can the actions of one person really make?
La Seamaster à l'honneur dans l'Odyssée
La Seamaster à l’honneur dans l’Odyssée
Le 12 Octobre prochain sort L’Odyssée, magnifique film de Jérôme Salle retraçant la vie du Commandant Cousteau. Dans ce biopic français qui reconstitue avec réalisme les aventures de l’homme au bonnet rouge, Omega est mise à l’honneur, et notamment la Seamaster 300 portée par Pierre Niney, qui interprète Philippe, le fils “préféré” de Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
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