Talk:Badly Drawn Boy

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Contents 1 Viz 2 Songs with links 3 Taja Sevelle incident 4 The Boss 5 Birth 6 Bolton or Dunstable 7 Sell-out 8 Fair use rationale for Image:BadlyDrawnBoylogo.png

[edit] Viz

I thought he took his name from a Viz character? pomegranate 02:53, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)

I do believe he did. Badly Drawn Man, it was. I've seen it in outside sources, can't remember where, but [List of Viz comic Strips] has it. 209.6.170.137 03:13, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually the inspiration for his name came from the cartoon series 'Sam and the magic ball' because the main character Sam was drawn very badly!

[edit] Songs with links

While Badly Drawn Boy's good and all that, do all his songs deserve the links they have, all currently inactive but I presume with the idea that someone's going to actually creates pages for each single - I don't think any have been a big enough hit to be culturally important - unlike his albums, which have all been culturally important. But, maybe some BDB fan would object to this, so I've not changed it. Plinthnick 00:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

They (the singles wikilinks) are now removed, I notice. Derek R Bullamore 19:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taja Sevelle incident

Shouldn't someone mention the Taja Sevelle incident?

What Taja Sevelle incident ?!? Derek R Bullamore 19:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Boss

The way that sentence in the trivia is written - "self-confessed" Springsteen fan - makes it sound as if that's something he should be ashamed of! Willnz0 22:24, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birth

He was born in 1969, yet there's a link at the bottom for 1970's births. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.129.212.98 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Bolton or Dunstable

Someone has today changed BDB's city of origin from Dunstable to Bolton. Not being an expert, I don't know which is correct - but have made the b in Bolton a capital. Please note that it wasn't my original change, and if it's wrong then feel free to revert. Willnz0 19:33, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sell-out

What a sell-out! Posing for Rolling Stone (cleaning up his grimy appearance), allowing his songs to be put into Hummer commercials? Badly Drawn Boy sucks and is getting worse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mach Seventy (talk • contribs)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:BadlyDrawnBoylogo.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)