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q news: Snow White's rejected dwarves revealed in concept art

q news correspondent Mitch Pollock scans the latest arts and entertainment headlines to keep you in the know.
Albert Hurter’s concept drawings for Disney’s Snow White features dwarves you won't recognise, like Deafy. (Bonhams)

q news correspondent Mitch Pollock scans the latest arts and entertainment headlines to keep you in the know. Today:

  • A very Donald Trump-like villian has emerged in issue #1 of Marvel's comic book series Spider-Gwen. Mitch reviews all the not-so-subtle similarities between the Republican presidential candidate and the massive-headed MODOK.

    Is the massive-headed M.O.D.O.K. based on Donald Trump? (Spider-Gwen Annual #1)
  • The concept art for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was just purchased at auction — and it reveals a long list of dwarves that didn't make the final cut. (With apologies to Tubby, Lazy, Burpy and Swift.) 

    Albert Hurter’s concept drawings for Disney’s Snow White features dwarves you won't recognise, like Deafy. (Bonhams)
     
     
  • The first piece of Brexit releated art comes to us from the literary universe — specifically, the highly inventive world of erotic fiction. A new short story by Chuck Tingle is called Pounded by the Pound, and it really is as odd as it sounds. (There is an explicit audio excerpt online, if you dare.)