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This song is kinda cool.
Books:
Miller, Edward: Prince of Librarians
(Plus a subtitle I forget. It's The Life and Times of Antonio Panizzi, or Sir Anthony Panizzi, or something like that. This was a school-related reading, a biography of Antonio Panizzi, and the only copy available to me is on reserve at the school library, so I had to read it in bits there. I know you aren't, but it you DID happen to be interested in the history of the British Museum, cataloging, or librarianship in general, this is fun. Aside from being, as Miller terms is, "Prince of Librarians," the Italian lawyer/patriot-cum-British-Librarian's-Librarian was also a a strong influence in the Whig party in mid-19th century Britain, particularly in the cause of Italian freedom. And, going by that smokin' wax bust and his reputation for being well-liked by women, he was also quite the hottie. He was a stubborn bastard and a good lawyer, and he kept getting into feuds with people--I could not help but translate many of the kerfuffles into otf_wank posts in my head--which he usually won, since he could out-argue anybody).
Graphic novels:
Warren, Adam: Empowered, vol. 4
(this is simultaneously a journey further into the horrific (two words: Willy Pete! Another word: canapes! And one more: boots! Stay good, Thugboy! Warren's psyche frightens me as often as it entertains) and a journey into pure awesome. I no longer miss the short, scattered stories of the first volume, because this is an excellent, coherent arc plot that really builds on all the storylines Warren's been slowly alluding to, as well as adding a few new interesting twists. I never thought I'd find myself wanting to ship someone with the name"Mindfuck"... And oh, Emp, you perpetual underdog, you are so glorious in your irregular moments of triumph).
Manga:
Hidaka Banri: I Hate You More Than Anyone vol. 1
(I think I bought this for the simple reason that I heard someone asking for it by name, and I wanted to find out what it's about. I should be a little more careful about that kind of thing. It's vaguely cute, but lacks any bright spark, and in a world full of really good shoujo, you need more than vaguely cute to be worth the time).
Urasawa Naoki, artist, and Kudo Kazuya, writer: Pineapple Army
(I always dig Urasawa art, but I miss his writing. This is tedious and formulaic, and one of Urasawa's great strengths as a writer is to be able to enliven formula to the extent that you forget that it's been done to death. I suppose there's a reason this never popped up on anybody's list of "awesome manga you've never heard of").
Asano Inio: Solanin
(in what is probably a slight exagerration, I described this in a comment at MangaBlog as being my favorite manga of 2008. 2008 has been a manga-tastic year for me, so there's probably something else that better deserves the title, but what the hell. I dig the 20-something trying to figure out her place in the larger world, and yeah, this, too, shall pass, but it's got resonance when you're there. Anyway, Asano's art would be worth the time even if the story didn't get to me a little).
Books:
Miller, Edward: Prince of Librarians
(Plus a subtitle I forget. It's The Life and Times of Antonio Panizzi, or Sir Anthony Panizzi, or something like that. This was a school-related reading, a biography of Antonio Panizzi, and the only copy available to me is on reserve at the school library, so I had to read it in bits there. I know you aren't, but it you DID happen to be interested in the history of the British Museum, cataloging, or librarianship in general, this is fun. Aside from being, as Miller terms is, "Prince of Librarians," the Italian lawyer/patriot-cum-British-Librarian's-Librarian was also a a strong influence in the Whig party in mid-19th century Britain, particularly in the cause of Italian freedom. And, going by that smokin' wax bust and his reputation for being well-liked by women, he was also quite the hottie. He was a stubborn bastard and a good lawyer, and he kept getting into feuds with people--I could not help but translate many of the kerfuffles into otf_wank posts in my head--which he usually won, since he could out-argue anybody).
Graphic novels:
Warren, Adam: Empowered, vol. 4
(this is simultaneously a journey further into the horrific (two words: Willy Pete! Another word: canapes! And one more: boots! Stay good, Thugboy! Warren's psyche frightens me as often as it entertains) and a journey into pure awesome. I no longer miss the short, scattered stories of the first volume, because this is an excellent, coherent arc plot that really builds on all the storylines Warren's been slowly alluding to, as well as adding a few new interesting twists. I never thought I'd find myself wanting to ship someone with the name"Mindfuck"... And oh, Emp, you perpetual underdog, you are so glorious in your irregular moments of triumph).
Manga:
Hidaka Banri: I Hate You More Than Anyone vol. 1
(I think I bought this for the simple reason that I heard someone asking for it by name, and I wanted to find out what it's about. I should be a little more careful about that kind of thing. It's vaguely cute, but lacks any bright spark, and in a world full of really good shoujo, you need more than vaguely cute to be worth the time).
Urasawa Naoki, artist, and Kudo Kazuya, writer: Pineapple Army
(I always dig Urasawa art, but I miss his writing. This is tedious and formulaic, and one of Urasawa's great strengths as a writer is to be able to enliven formula to the extent that you forget that it's been done to death. I suppose there's a reason this never popped up on anybody's list of "awesome manga you've never heard of").
Asano Inio: Solanin
(in what is probably a slight exagerration, I described this in a comment at MangaBlog as being my favorite manga of 2008. 2008 has been a manga-tastic year for me, so there's probably something else that better deserves the title, but what the hell. I dig the 20-something trying to figure out her place in the larger world, and yeah, this, too, shall pass, but it's got resonance when you're there. Anyway, Asano's art would be worth the time even if the story didn't get to me a little).
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And the post-haircut bangs, dear god, they are hideous. If the haircut is supposed to have brought out the natural beauty of the bones in Kazuha's, is it too much to ask for the manga-ka to actually try to bring that across?
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