I heard Jeff Smith speak at a small gathering and he talked about how he loved reading comics as a kid; the Sunday comics, all spread out on the floor, or the giant compilations of his favorites and he wished that he could write something like that. (In fact, he was said he was super proud of the big, thick compendium volume in particular.) He was a very funny and charismatic speaker. (Hearing him speak spurred my Mom's decision to attend Comic Con with me, which was akin to the earth suddenly spewing forth cotton candy. But that's another story. ^_^;;)
It's too bad they didn't like Bone. I love how it starts off so simply and morphs into a huge, meaningful epic of (well) epic proportions. And with strong characters like Thorn and Rose are a definite plus, too. Perhaps it was too fantastic for them--it sounds like this group enjoys their everyday shoujo quite a bit.
Dramacon is so cute! But the attempted rape in Book 1 did bother me a lot, and the plot detail that she rode home in the same car as her ex-boyfriend really creeped me out the first time I read it. On the other hand, there were so many funny and well-observed moments, like the dispute at the Convention between Bethany and the little boy who says that only Japanese people can draw manga, or the discovery that the Creative Idol (whose name I've forgotten) is as human as any of them.) I'm rather looking forward to Volume 3.
I would love to run a manga reading group, too. There are so many interesting titles for mature readers, and a surprising amount of depth in manga dismissed as "kiddie fare". Ah, I can dream, right?
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It's too bad they didn't like Bone. I love how it starts off so simply and morphs into a huge, meaningful epic of (well) epic proportions. And with strong characters like Thorn and Rose are a definite plus, too. Perhaps it was too fantastic for them--it sounds like this group enjoys their everyday shoujo quite a bit.
Dramacon is so cute! But the attempted rape in Book 1 did bother me a lot, and the plot detail that she rode home in the same car as her ex-boyfriend really creeped me out the first time I read it. On the other hand, there were so many funny and well-observed moments, like the dispute at the Convention between Bethany and the little boy who says that only Japanese people can draw manga, or the discovery that the Creative Idol (whose name I've forgotten) is as human as any of them.) I'm rather looking forward to Volume 3.
I would love to run a manga reading group, too. There are so many interesting titles for mature readers, and a surprising amount of depth in manga dismissed as "kiddie fare". Ah, I can dream, right?
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