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John Lombard
Oct 19
Inspirations - Flim Flam Forages...
I think everyone who has read comics for decades has a story like this one in them, as an exorcism if nothing else. Briefly the creators...
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John Lombard
Oct 19
Inspirations - Final Bulletin...
I fell off writing these story notes in my scramble to get stories done balanced with work & life... But let's dive back in. After huge...
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John Lombard
May 27
Inspirations - Per My Last Attack On Your Castle
After inexplicably starting off these stories with a samurai tale, The Three Heads , one year later I wanted to go back to the samurai...
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John Lombard
May 27
Inspirations - A Banquet for the Swine God
Of course, the main inspiration for this story is the Chinese novel Journey to the West , best known in Australia through the TV series...
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John Lombard
Mar 23
Inspirations - Prince John v the Salad King of Merrie Olde England
This story started with a rewatch of the charming Disney Robin Hood movie from 1973, the cartoon where Robin Hood and Maid Marian are...
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John Lombard
Jan 14
Inspirations - The Hot Chip and Gravedigging Club
First up, I originally wanted to call this "The After School Hot Chip and Gravedigging Club" - I think it's more resonant, but it gives...
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John Lombard
Dec 28, 2023
Inspirations - The Lights
The concept here is straightforward - what if the light from stars controls minds, and light pollution in cities blocks it. From there,...
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John Lombard
Nov 19, 2023
Inspirations - The Beans of Production
This story had an interesting genesis... I did some on-location research in Melbourne! I took a holiday that included a trip to the video...
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John Lombard
Oct 8, 2023
Inspirations - The Hands of the People
To begin, the kernel of this story is the claque, organised professional applauders in French theatre, circa the 1820s. I have used...
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John Lombard
Sep 12, 2023
Inspirations - King Solomon Comes For Your Life, Roscoe Goodman!
The inspiration for this story is of course the American pulp heroes of the 20s & 30s - cheap, violent, and nasty stories of...
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John Lombard
Aug 6, 2023
Inspirations - Unidentified Monster in the Bagging Area
Writing a story each month, not every story is going to be a resounding success - so it is with this story of a haunted supermarket,...
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John Lombard
Jul 10, 2023
Inspirations - The Beast of Versailles
I had the idea for this story many years ago - that for the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, the curse wouldn't necessarily be an...
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John Lombard
Jun 10, 2023
Inspirations - Ghost Paper
This story has a lot going on! To start, I first got into Chinese history a few years back through the History of China podcast....
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John Lombard
May 10, 2023
Inspirations - A Confederacy of Lanyards
For 'A Confederacy of Lanyards', the starting point was a Rat King. A Rat King is an apparently real phenomenon where rats get their...
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John Lombard
Apr 7, 2023
Inspriations - The Three Heads
Let's talk a little about the ideas that went into 'The Three Heads'. As you may have been able to tell, I'm interested in Japan's...
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