March 12th, 2007
Bob Byrne’s Twisted Tales
Hey Hey! So here’s the big announcement. This makes the Amperduke trailer look like shit; I’m getting a slot in 2000AD called:
The first story should be appearing either this month or next month and it’s a doozey. After that I have 2 more and then we’ll see what happens. I’m absolutely delighted with it. I was a huge 2000AD fan, even had a Judge Dredd T shirt at one stage. One of my first attempts at a comic was a Sam Slade story when I was 11 or 12. I loved it and was obsessed with it for ages.
It’s mad, I was over in the local net cafe and when I read the mail I let out a little squeal of joy like a ponce. Then when I was floating out, all dizzy and excited I saw my nemesis from school. She was always telling me how immature I was and used to tut everyday because I never had a pen . She used to rule her page like her life depended on it with a red pen, a double margin. Everyone said she’s go far, even the teachers.
And here she was all fucked up with kids and miserable looking and I wanted to say to her “Who’s immature now bitch? Fuck you and your double margins”
So give me the love and kudos I deserve. I’ll post a tiny preview of the impending story. It’s a story that I’ve had in me for around 10 years and it’s not bad at all.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
congrats Bob, sounds like a fantasy come true, it’s like went i sent a painting of dustin into the den and it was so good they faded it over the real dustin. actually yours is better. and yeah what was the point of double margins? or any margins?
looking forward to it.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Yeah Bren me too, Tony Hart wouldn’t even entertain the thoughts of putting Irish kids up in his gallery so I had two pieces on the Den. Another zinger Byrne, you’re on a roll bro. I told you not to sit on yer lunch. Sorry.
So is it a Future Shoks kinda dealio?
March 12th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
congrats honey, thou you do deserve it
March 12th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Great news bro - fucking great news. So did you meet tharg yet? I bet he isnt even real.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
I’ve literally only started reading 2000AD in the past few days, and I really want to start collecting it. And now, one of the most genius comic creators is getting his own strip. Fucking awesome. I’ll HAVE to look out for that, and inform my other comic enthusiast friend ’bout it.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Hey man. This is raziel2710 from =IBF2=. Your bro posted the fantastic news on our forum. Outstanding. Superb. Awesome. Out of this world. Well done. 2000AD of all things. That’s just HUGE. A big congrats from =IBF2=.
PS It must have felt great to see yer one looking like shit hee hee
March 12th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Sweet mother of Grud!
That sure enough is some squeal-worthy news. 2000 AD? It doesn’t get much better than that.
Fantastic stuff. Many, many congrats man. You most assuredly deserve it.
Can’t wait to see the results, and Amperduke of course.
March 13th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Great, great stuff! Shit, between you and the Sancho lads there’s some sort of conspiracy to get me buying 2000AD again. (Haven’t read it for years, at least not regularly).
Nice work dude, though it’s not as if you haven’t worked hard enough to deserve it ten times over.
March 13th, 2007 at 10:04 am
Horray!!!!already said it but well done again.Ill harrass everyone to buy it and write letters to 2000AD sucking you off.
Jesus, you inheriteded dads venomous spite aswell then?
I used to take some perverse glee in seeing this scrud that tormented me is school looking miserable every morning at the bus stop. It didnt matter how poxy tired,dirty or hungover i felt, once i saw her miserable sour depressed face I’ld cheer right up and my day was uphill from there.
-p
March 13th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Well done!
zarjaz even!
March 13th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Nice one Bob.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
wow man, serious congrats!!!!LEGEND!
March 13th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Wow, that’s fucking brilliant! Really brilliant, I’m really happy for you.
I also grew up with 2000 AD so I know what a big deal this is.
Is it going to be like Thargs Future Shocks?
March 13th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Well done Bob, very impressed.
Glad to see life’s turning around for the better.
How many pages is it?
March 13th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Good man Bob! We are not worthy to touch the hem of your garment, and so on.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Ah man so pleased for you, congratulations, as many of the posters above said this may actually make me read 2000 ad again. I collected it obsessively from ciraca 1987-1996, would come out in cold sweats if the newsagent forgot to keep it for me!, and have a pretty good run under my bed at home in monaghan (in freezer bags, couldn’t afford comic bags back then). Had it reserved in this newsagent in cootehill, it was always a thrill to see the first glimpse of each new cover among crap like tc quick. You’ll have to let us know what ‘prog’ it’s in.
I do like see some of my old classmates/tormentors they normally look like fat bald bank managers, haha.
congrats again dude,
March 14th, 2007 at 12:56 am
Yes, yes, congrats Bob. Fantastic stuff. Of course now that you’re gaining some modicum of success I’ll have to hate you and moan about how you were never really that good. I am from Cork after all.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Fantastic! That Tharg’s got good taste…
March 14th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Oh, and since you’re one of the elect now, I expect you’ll be wanting to sign the petition to make anarchist lizard-baiter Pat Mills a knight…
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/2000AD/
March 14th, 2007 at 10:31 am
DROCK! that’s top-class news! Well done Bob, obviously well-deserved and i’m looking forward to buying a copy of 2000AD for the first time since before 2000AD!
March 14th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
[...] Since then, I have been back to the site (I’ve even commented) and, while I’m pissed off that he’s doing something with it that, I think, could have been done anywhere and I’m a little embarrassed that it should carry my name, it is what it is. But when I see what the immensely talented Bob Byrne (congrats again Bob) can achieve through dedication to his craft, it makes me mourn for what BifSniff could have been. [...]
March 14th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Cool stuff, Bob! Now that’s DOUBLED the number of 2000ad artists I know! Yeah, Sam Slade was my favourite too…and Gibson’s STILL drawing it this very day. In the same comic as you! Holy fuck, Batman!
Nice one!
March 15th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Thank you everybody. I was trying to explain it to a mate and told him it’s like being a kid playing football and then Man United asking you to join. Yeah Robbie hopefully that Gibson run will still be going by the time I’m in. that would blow my mind because I had boner for years for his Sam Slade.
I’ve been buying it the past few months and there’s some great stuff in it at the moment. As mentioned above, vote to get Pat Mills and crew knighted. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/2000AD/
March 16th, 2007 at 10:34 am
You big legend. Well done sham. Totally deserved
March 16th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Gibson is a fucking legend. Halo Jones baby!
March 17th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Impressive stuff Bob! Congratulations!
March 18th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Well done, well deserved.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:52 am
Waaaay at the bottom of the pile here do you need anymore ‘Congrats’?- of course you do no such thing as too much praise- especially when it’s so deserved.
March 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Thanks niglets!
July 25th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Splundig Vur Thriggg.
That is all.