{"id":1550,"date":"2011-11-28T17:18:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T17:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kommiekomiks.com\/driftwood\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2023-02-04T21:17:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T21:17:42","slug":"driftwood-9-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.black-pig-comics.com\/driftwood\/?p=1550","title":{"rendered":"Driftwood 9 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry about the delay – I was caught up in the storm on the Swedish west coast yesterday, and we had several power cuts, and I had to prioritize other things for once in my life. V;(oo);V
\nBut then again, thanks to that trip, everyone who is near Gothenburg can go to Bl\u00e5 St\u00e4llet<\/a> in Angered and read the still unpublished next four pages of Driftwood in the comics exhibition in the main hallway. V^(oo)^V<\/p>\n

The Neptune shipyard<\/a> in Walker, Newcastle, was closed down in 1988. I might have chosen a less iconic shipyard for Willie’s dad’s workplace, but its location and the year it closed down fit perfectly for the story.<\/p>\n

I’m not at all sure if the tower blocks in the Chandless estate have “prepay” heating<\/a> — a system that’s still quite common in Britain, where you put coins in a box to pay for your heating. If it turns out it doesn’t, I can always say that they used to live somewhere else with prepay heating, and only moved to Chandless later when they eventually were granted a council flat …<\/p>\n

Willie’s mum works for a certain oil company that I’m not going to name. Maybe she would later be involved in that corruption case in Iran 2002\/2003 …?<\/p>\n

For people “defecting” from behind the Iron curtain around that time (1978 or so), the Yugoslavian border to Austria, Italy or Greece was a popular way out, as it wasn’t as tightly guarded as other Eastern block borders (reference!<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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