The Barrow Downs Newspaper

[Aganzir]

Phantom in a drag race? That's awesome!

Originally Posted by Hookbill

Depending on if I get the other guest comics on time, we may have to endure something else.

*should probably start planning it soon*

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

*should probably start planning it soon*

Any chance we could see this soon?

For now, the phantom and skip spence continue to take us through the weird world of spourterz!!!



Just to remind you all...

PHANTOM AND ALIEN VOLUME 3 OFFICIALLY BEGINS ON MONDAY THE 1st OF JUNE!

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

Any chance we could see this soon?

On the 30th of May?

Sorry, I've been both busy and lazy (how typical).

But really, you'll get it!

[Eönwë]

Gandalf Uncloaks
New Offensive
Strategy

I'm sure I speak for most people when I say that I didn't see the second two lines until afterwards.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Hookbill, I admire your noble efforts to give us a newspaper every week. It never ceases to cheer me up when I feel depressed.
I will send you articles!

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

hey, and TGEW, I actually liked your Alien! He looks quite good!

Hooray! I have completed my goal in life! (Not really, no) But, thank you, I worked long and hard to make my Phantom and Alien look like... well, Phantom and Alien.

Originally Posted by Morthoron

EDITORIAL REPLY

To the Editorial Staff:

I must take exception to the notion that the Barrow Downs is to be airlifted off the face of Arda with the intention that it shall be tossed 'into the void'. What did the void ever do to deserve such a transgression? The whole point of having a void is that it remains empty -- void meaning, of course, 'vacant'.

From an ethical standpoint, tossing something as toxic as the Barrow Downs into a perfectly pristine void presents an environmental nightmare. Perhaps, if this dubious venture is an eventuality, the large population of wights and the corpses they inhabit could be disinterred from their barrows, and buried in some place suitable for dead things. Like in Lobelia Sackville-Baggins' undergarments, for instance.

Thank you for your timely cooperation in this matter,
Lacuna Holloway
Barren Gulf, Miss.

The void is not 'clean', do you remember all those Cybermen and Daleks that got thrust in there?

... Oh, nevermind!

EDIT: The fact that Hookbill really does not like doing this 'Sport Paper' thing makes it even more funny, because he is so not enthused about it! You can tell just by looking at the top!

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Hooray! I have completed my goal in life! (Not really, no) But, thank you, I worked long and hard to make my Phantom and Alien look like... well, Phantom and Alien.

Well, the main point is that you gave him also a bit of a personalized look, kind of look you made on your own, so he's not just a copy. I like that one.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

Right, I'm posting this now because I can't wait any longer!!

The prologue to The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket!!

New adventures for The Phantom and Alien to get their teeth into. You may have already seen it on the website, but please comment about it here...

It's a whole new format. A new artist and a new setting. But, the same old writer and the same old style of humour. Hope you don't get bored with it...




THAT'S RIGHT, EVERYONE!! VOLUME THREE IS... A PREQUEL!!!

So, you'll have to wait until Volume 4 to find out what happened to Alien, I'm afraid. But there will be clues in this volume.
What to expect in the next year-or-so...

- Action
- Explosions
- Sick
- John Fillis
- Formy!!
- Bus Drivers
- Alien's Mother!
- John Fillis!
- Alien's Father!
- BABY ALIEN
- Death!
- JOHN FILLIS!

And much more.

Follow the story in the comic archive, as usual.

Will there be a legend involving a bus ticket, golden or otherwise? Probably not...

It's going to be a big ride, folks.