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Don't try this at home kids -- Today's Reading Diary
For some reason I thought it would be interesting to review Viz's gentle romance We Were There and Yen Press' highly sexual Sundome at the same time -- you can find my thoughts on both books here. Forgive the gray text on the first paragraph -- sometimes our blog doesn't like me. Luckily it is only the one paragraph and the blog manager will ( Read more... ) -
Is there such thing as "internet syphilis"?
Because my poor laptop caught it. It has now been wiped clean by University Tech Services, although they didn't save my links which I asked them to do *sigh*. But it was a free service and you get what you pay for ( Read more... ) -
The Reurn of the Reading Diary!
Over at Comics Should Be Good I post my reactions to the following titles:
Andromeda Stories vol 1 by Ryu Mitsuse and Keiko Takemiya
Batman: Death Mask by Yoshinori Natsume
Blank Slate vol 2 by Aya Kanno
Shinobi Life vol 1 Shoko Conami -
Reading Diary 1/04/09
Yes, more short takes on what I've read in the past week here:
Freddie & Me by Mike Dawson
Red Blinds the Foolish by est em
Mushishi vol 6 by Yuki Urushibara
Higurashi: When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc vol 1 by Ryukishio7 and Karin Suzuragi -
Reading Diary for 12/30/08
Today I examine Yumekui Kenbun: Nightmare Inspector volumes 1-4 by Shin Mashiba (published by Viz) over at the Comics Should Good blog. -
Weekly Reading Diary Posted
I've experimenting with posting a regular reading diary over at Comics Should Be Good blog. This week's entry can be found here.
I cover the following comics / manga:
The Best American Comics of 2008 edited by Lynda Barry (repost from livejournal)
The Super-Cool Life of Strawberry Chan by Ai Morinaga
Venus in Love vol 5 by Yuki Nakaji
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This Year's Media Haul
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Short Recommendation: The Best American Comics of 2008 (Ed. by Lynda Barry)
I always think I'm going to like Comics Anthologies and I almost never do. This volume was an exception -- it was eclectic in the best sense of the word and most selections were tantalizing enough that I definitely want to track down longer works from these creators ( Read more... ) -
Vampire Knight (Chapter 43 - Scanlation)
Um. Latest chapter of Vampire Knight (43) was just released in scanlation and it made not a lick of sense to me. Can anyone point to an explanation or just reassure me that it isn't just me and the series is kinda incomprehensible now?