In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

A commentator on the radio this morning described the current state of "peace negotations" as being what happens when people used to real estate deals try to handle international diplomacy and that's going to be stuck in my head for a while, as is the sight of so many Europran leaders

We may never have obeyed "Kneel before Zod!", but we I think we can proffer at least a small bow to honour the passing of Terence Stamp, to many, THE General Zod.

To the mild consternation of the usual suspects, casting news from the Masters of the Universe movie is that Kristen Wiig has been cast as Roboto

The most recent Star Trek: Strange New Worlds had a delightful, and unexpected, guest star making a blink and you'll miss it cameo.!

The gay agenda rears it's head again, this time via a fabulous method of tracking water voles