VAR - checking for possible red card

COMIC COVERS OF THE WEEK

The judges have declared it a dead heat between Rick Veitch's trippy depiction of Swampy adrift in time(?) and Zatanna rocking out with her stockings out, courtesy of Adam Hughes. Tnioj srenniw!

SONGS OF THE WEEK

* The country-fied cover of Bomfunk MCs' "Freestyler" by Steve'N'Seagulls (Finland).

* Punk ripper "The Stupidest Animal In The Zoo" by The King Blues (UK).

* "Time For The Needy", more indie-rock gold from Egoism (Australia).

* "Sigui" by Malian-French songstress Fatoumata Diawara. Entrancing. 

* "The Touch" [Reformatted Edition] by Knights Of Unicron feat. Stan Bush (US).

* The beautiful cover of Jaurim's "Twenty-Five, Twenty-One" by Roy Kim (Korea). Only a world-class voice would dare.

* "Junk And Pong" by Asmi (Japan). Appealing sung-spoken pop.

Addster's pick >>> "Twenty-Five, Twenty-One".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8SUXEw5LW4

TWO THUMBS UP

I think I said enough about the previous two volumes... This is just as brilliant, slightly funnier and a tad subversive (e.g. the midichlorians reference). Luke shines. Ironically, in translating the trilogy into antiquated, "difficult" verse, Doescher elucidates the motivations at its heart.

ONE THUMB UP

When next you visit the Delphi Oracle, please ask her why I spent cash money on this. Because I don't know. Ah, well, it's read now. Lovely food shots and a few inspiring ingredients/useful techniques, which is the minimum you want from any cookbook. Outsiders might baulk at lines like, "If they can find them, drow prefer matsutake, though shiitake or maitake will do in a pinch," in a description of a mushroom broth favoured by the dark elves. Let's face it, "Heroes' Feast" isn't aimed at those folks. For us "D&D"-ers, the higgledy-piggledy collection of snacks, soups, meat or veg mains, desserts, cocktails, etc. makes perfect sense when the recipes are grouped by fantasy races and linked to fabulous locations.