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Horrified
I'm just gutted about a Trump presidency. I live in a state that always votes Democrat (and did so this election), but we are all in shock. I had no idea that there were so many bigoted, racist people in the country. I'm ashamed about this, and am bitterly aware that we still have a long way to go. I hope we can get through the next few years in ( Read more... ) -
Update: Tropical Storm Iselle
Hurricane Tropical Storm Iselle has come and gone. Thanks for all the good wishes and hugs! Hurricane Iselle was downgraded to a Tropical Storm about 50 miles offshore. So when it made landfall, it was a Tropical Storm instead of a hurricane. It wasn't as bad as I feared it would be, but we still had sustained 70 mph winds with gusts up to 90 mph. ( Read more... ) -
Hurricane Iselle
Well, we've two hurricanes headed towards my home. The other islands get hurricanes but historically, there's never been a hurricane make landfall on my island. But now, almost certainly, a hurricane is going to make landfall. Hurricane Iselle is due to hit in the next few hours. I've boarded up the windows and taken in everything that isn't nailed ( Read more... ) -
The World is Full of Cheating Boyfriends by ISHIDA Ikue
Is it love or is it just a physical relationship? Today, I’d like to review The World is Full of Cheating Boyfriends by ISHIDA Ikue.
This one had a very different feel than Pride. I feel to some extent that this is because I found the characters in Pride to be likeable from the start. Sure, they had their problems, but on the whole, it was easy to ( Read more... ) -
ISHIDA Ikue, a new-to-me mangaka!
Well this is embarrassing: it seems to be my common refrain: “It’s been a while since I’ve posted”. I am simply gonna have to get myself organized. (oh wait, it's supposed to be, "I'm simply gonna have to make myself get organized").
Today I wanted to talk about a mangaka I’ve recently discovered: ISHIDA Ikue. I haven’t read very much by her, but ( Read more... ) -
ROKKA Sigiura "Fantasy Paradise" Review
It's been a while since I've posted. Here's a book I've recently read that made me laugh a lot:
Fantasy Paradise by ROKKA Sugiura
Digital Manga Guild Publication
Manga/comedy/romance/shounen-ai/yaoi
It is very telling of a good read when I find myself laughing on the very first page, before I even get to the first chapter. If you’re looking for a ( Read more... ) -
Should You Be Blacklisted, Mr Card?
Today, as I was reading the Saturday posting of the webcomic, The Young Protectors, by Alex Woolfson, I noticed Alex had a link to a roundtable discussion about the recent uproar over DC Comics hiring Orson Scott Card to do work on Superman. There's a series of comic book roundtable discussions ("Comic Book Roundtable Series" in NYC) and one of ( Read more... ) -
DC Comics has hired Orson Scott Card to Write Superman
Okay, I'm a little slow at reading the news sometimes, so when I read this today, I was, quite frankly, horrified.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/02/orson-scott-card-superman/I'm really disappointed at DC Comics for hiring such a homophobic arse as Orson Scott Card to write Superman. Usually I feel that an author's views on life shouldn't ( Read more... ) -
Artifice
I've been reading this really great webcomic, Artifice, a sci-fi yaoi webcomic created by Alex Woolfson (writer) and Winona Nelson (artist). It's just now finished, so you can read it complete. I started somewhere in the middle, and so had to wait with baited breath for each week's page. It's really interesting.
This is the tag that got me to go ( Read more... ) -
Aiso Tsukashi review (finally!!)
(sorry it has taken me so long to get this posted...)
The last we saw of Sawaragi, (in Takaga Koi daro , or It’s Only Love), he’d been sentenced to 5 years in prison for dealing drugs. Suffering from unrequited love for Izumi, he’d done his best not to involve Izumi in his mistakes. Sawaragi had resolved to put his feelings for Izumi aside and move ( Read more... )