Policy Police.... a sequel

This was my entry in the 2011 Manga Jiman competition. It's a kind of possible future for the Policy Police. At some indeterminate time from now.

Ground Zero

Manga Jiman Awards Ceremony

I braved severe train disruption last night to get to the Japanese embassy for this. Can't help but be impressed by the very high standard of the shortlisted entries. Does the heart good. Here's a photo of the assembled crowd my son took on his phone before we found out you weren't supposed to...

Third place went to Dean McKnight and Jade Sarson, second to Lorenzo Fruzza and first prize to Elena Vitagliano. Totally worthy winners.

Results not yet up on embassy website, so I'll add a link when that happens.

(8th Feb - here's the link)

Also I'll post my entry in a few days, for those that want to see it.

So much for January

A no-show in January, I'm afraid. What with the teeth and actually trying to earn some money... jobs doing the busses thing right now, nothing for ages, then several turn up at once. And, given this is a new story coming up, I'm trying to do some "look and feel" changes before I kick off... It's getting there, but I decided it'd be better to hold off until I'm happier with things.

If you can't get off on Root Canal Treatment any more

Not really Policy Police content, but you never know, dentistry might figure in the future...

I've had RCT on two teeth, and I've had problems with both of them recently. One was a molar and the whole thing broke into 3 - one for each prong of the root. I had it removed yesterday, so it's a bit sore this morning.

The other tooth is one of my two upper front ones - I had RCT on this one over 25 years ago and it has slowly gone grey over the years. I bumped it the other day with a cup of tea and the gum has swollen up alarmingly. We're having a wait and see at the moment to see if antibiotics will sort it. My dentist warns me that its days are numbered anyway, and cuz its at the front, I should consider COSMETIC SURGERY. Well, having a titanium rod screwed into my skull and then a false tooth attached thereto. There are cheaper alternatives like dentures, but I mean, that's for old people, isn't it? Anyway, I'd better get saving.

As it happens, I also got a knock at the door from an itinerant scrap dealer yesterday. He'd got one of his front teeth missing. It's a look. A scary one. I don't think it's me.

Merry Christmas from the Policy Police

Inspired by the "Nana" card given away in Cookie magazine last year. A select band of 25 people have been sent a "real" card with this design. So this is for those of you who weren't on my lucky list. Merry Christmas everybody.

Manga Jiman shortlist

Was announced yesterday. Which I didn't make of course. But I'll definitely enter again next year. The challenge pushed me to do something that I think is better than anything I'd done previously. The next thing is to work out what to do with it. Anyway, here are the shortlisted entries: Anya Zhuravskaya – ‘Storyteller Sisters’ Ami Clark – ‘The Flower That Held Its Breath’ Byron Reynolds – ‘Crash Course’ Dean McKnight & Jade Sarson – ‘Shear Brilliance’ Elena Vitagliano – ‘The Deep Needs Train’ Gillian Ha – ‘To The Girl With The Butterfly Ears’ Lorenzo Fruzza - ‘Heart's Orbit’ Megan Wheeler – ‘A Harvest Love’ Rebecca Burgess – ‘Letters From England’ Sarah Burgess – ‘The Man and his Shadow’ Vivian Truong – ‘Moving On’ Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Feb/March and posted on Japanese Embassy website. I shall look forward to it.

Policy Police: Return of the repossessed #11, the epilogue

Last one before Christmas and last of the present series. You can find the comic in THE STORIES tab, under the heading, Return of the Repossessed.

Still working on what happens come January. Looking at what I've got planned, chill winds continue to blow, and ever more complications get added.