The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 204

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, October 31st 2024)

Hello all, and welcome to this MULTIDISCIPLINARY edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Friday 8 November 2024 - The Hub, Cambourne
Playing with The British IBM - tickets HERE:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-british-ibm-mj-hibbett-acoustic-performance-retro-gaming-tickets-883963337137

Saturday 14 December 2024 - The Oast Community Centre, Rainham
The Careful Now Promotions Christmas gig, playing with Swansea Sound and Sassyhiya - tickets HERE:
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/624897

Check http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/ for more information.

BIG IN ALASKA
This month I was delighted to discover that Alaska Airlines played 'Thank Goodness For Christmas' during their 2023 Christmas flights! If any other airlines want to join in, or if you want to simulate a festive flight over the frozen north, you can find the soundtrack - and many more yuletide bangers - HERE:
https://mjhibbett.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-selection-box

THE MARVEL AGE
A new book called 'Comics|Histories' is out now, containing a chapter by ME about how to define 'The Marvel Age'. This was a big chunk of my PhD which wasn't included in my 'Data and Doctor Doom' book, so I'm very excited that it's finally out in the world. Even more excitingly, you can read the whole thing for FREE, HERE:
https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783988580566-219/periodizing-the-marvel-age-using-the-production-of-culture-approach?page=3

THE FUNNY COMICS FAN CLUB
This month John and I have taken the first step towards becoming full-time social media influencers, having been given FREE and also GRATE comics t-shirts by the company Apparel Of Laughs. They are actually dead good, as you can see for yourself HERE:
https://appareloflaughs.co.uk/

Meanwhile we've continued to UNLEASH new shows, with our most recent episode being about 'TV Comic'. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts and also HERE:
https://thefcfc.podbean.com/

AND FINALLY
Unfortunately Nerd Nite didn't happen last month - they're hopefully going to reschedule it soon, but in the meantime I've got 20 minutes of Talking About Doctor Doom going spare if anyone wants to book me to do it!


And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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