For the part of the flist that mayn't hear of this: Proof that a comic can be made about anything. I was reading the comments on a post that I had commented on at worldserpent and read in the comments a link to this article in the NYT about a Japanese Comic about wine. I had read about about this comic before in the same blog but this article filled me with love for some reason: http://www...

On my way to work today, the bus took a particularly long stop at an intersection to pick up and let off passengers. So I had a lot of time to study a sign that was posted twice on an electrical box. The sign read: Stop! Foreclosure 100% Guaranteed *phone number* It was just like that, only sign sized and square with blue and white lettering. So...this sign is supposed to be stopping the reader,...

This is unashamed necromancy discussion I suppose you could call since I'm taking up a long dead topic. Mostly because I was surfing www.ursulakleguin.com and found a conversation regarding the white-washing of Earthsea by the Sci-fi channel, and then read some linked responses to that fact and then as the law of following links would have it, followed it to this comment: "This is probably why I...

In which we have a secret meeting. Prologue In the dead of the night––––deep in the interior of the king’s palace, a clandestine midnight conference of senior statesmen was gathered. “…what a dilemma.” “Indeed, there’s none larger.” “His Majesty has ascended the throne now half a year.” “And not a single thing has come from it….” “I had thought something would happen, but….” “And we...

Let the Country Tale of Saiunkoku be told. In the distant past, in the era when the demons of the rivers and mountains ran rampant throughout the country, it was in the midst of that endless chaos that a single youth went out upon a journey. Driving away the rampant demons, with the public’s peace and welfare hidden in his breast, he continued his endless journey. Presently, eight Immortals gathered...

I had so many plans for the weekend. So many things on my list that I wanted to finish. Finish some drawings, do some more translation...Oh and that website that I was trying to get finished? Haha, didn't happen. All because I got my package from Amazon jp which held the 13th volume of Saiunkoku Monogatari (among other things)...and I spent most of my time reading or skimming it. I'm more on the...

These are the 106 books most marked "unread" by Librarything users. Bold for read, Italic for partially read. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Anna Karenina Crime and Punishment Catch-22 One Hundred Years of Solitude Wuthering Heights The Silmarillion Life of Pi : a novel The Name of the Rose Don Quixote Moby Dick Ulysses Madame Bovary The Odyssey Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre...

Just taking things one step at a time, I suppose. A revision to the big list...that, uh, promises to be mostly undone. Before the Beginning of May 1. Have the new and redone website up (possibly with the subsite). (0% done) 2. Draw out the pages of a small comic of pie! (Script 100% thumbnails 10% Pages 1) 3. Draw and colour a birthday pic for http://cheeko-001.deviantart.com (80% Done) 4. Finish...

So I started up the unofficial translation project again. This is the second time I've translated this, but now with the complete pages. I've also used kagedreams 's translation here for correction. I cannot vouch for my own accuracy and some parts are just down right awkward, but I tried. Please correct any and all mistakes you find. And with no further ado: Herein is the Story of Saiunkoku...

As I was going home during my ride on the bus and as I walked home from the bus stop, I was thinking about things and realised something. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not actually a very visual reader. Which, all things considered, is pretty ironic since I create things in the visual arts medium, instead I’ve found that I have a tendency to see texts in colours and emotions that produce those...