Day Eight

A lazy day (again!) – fishfinger sandwiches, superhero TV shows, starting and finishing ‘Get Harry Ex’ and the realisation that I need to set a structure for my days to maximise job seeking.

‘Get Harry Ex’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_Man) is a great read, as the artist says in the introduction the story idea of man hunting man for sport is not new (although ‘The Deadliest Game’ and ‘Hard Target’ are the only examples I can think of right now), but it is perfectly executed with great style. There’s flashes of/reminders of ‘Get Carter’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Carter), ‘Harry Palmer’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Palmer), ‘Parker’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_(character)) and even a little bit of James Bond (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond), but without being a copy or rip off of those other characters/stories, Harry (and his world) is his own man.  Two thumbs up.

Back up to London tomorrow for New Comic Book Day (a day late) and bowling league!