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Judge Dredd news for 2013
Oct. 30th, 2012 06:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sherkahn BleedingCool.com has the teaser image. I may not be a fan of Dredd or know too much of his lore, but what is behind the cut came out of nowhere.
( Hard. )
( Hard. )
Oct. 30th, 2012
sherkahn
Journey Into Mystery: The Shoujo Ending
Oct. 30th, 2012 07:34 amdeleonjhFor those who were kind of bummed by the ending of Journey Into Mystery, Orlagh has rescued you from your despair:
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captain_ziggyTomorrow's Halloween, so let's talk about vampires. One vampire, actually. I generally don't like vampires very much, but everyone has exceptions, and this particular vampire is one such exception.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Dio Brando from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
I've talked a tiny bit about him in my previous post a couple of days ago, but not much. There are a lot of things you can say about Dio Brando. He is a vampire with psychic powers (by an unusual definition of psychic) who sucks blood through his fingers. He likes to pass time by hanging out in the dark, often shirtless, sipping what may or may not be wine and reading books that get the series in trouble with certain Islamic religious groups. He goes around in some very questionable outfits, presumably because nobody is going to make fun of a 6'5" and incredibly ripped psychic vampire for wearing headbands with hearts on them. It is hypothesized that most, if not all, of his henchmen want to jump his bones regardless of their gender. He has fathered at least four sons with four different women in a span of about three years. Thanks to a video game by Capcom and a certain Albino Black Sheep flash animation, he is a minor but perpetual internet celebrity, and probably the biggest reason as to why anyone in the States knows that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is even a thing that exists.
But most of all, Dio Brando is a giant asshole.
( Some gore and spoilers for JJBA Part 3 behind the cut. )
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Dio Brando from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
I've talked a tiny bit about him in my previous post a couple of days ago, but not much. There are a lot of things you can say about Dio Brando. He is a vampire with psychic powers (by an unusual definition of psychic) who sucks blood through his fingers. He likes to pass time by hanging out in the dark, often shirtless, sipping what may or may not be wine and reading books that get the series in trouble with certain Islamic religious groups. He goes around in some very questionable outfits, presumably because nobody is going to make fun of a 6'5" and incredibly ripped psychic vampire for wearing headbands with hearts on them. It is hypothesized that most, if not all, of his henchmen want to jump his bones regardless of their gender. He has fathered at least four sons with four different women in a span of about three years. Thanks to a video game by Capcom and a certain Albino Black Sheep flash animation, he is a minor but perpetual internet celebrity, and probably the biggest reason as to why anyone in the States knows that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is even a thing that exists.
But most of all, Dio Brando is a giant asshole.
( Some gore and spoilers for JJBA Part 3 behind the cut. )
Mai the Psychic Girl #1
Oct. 30th, 2012 03:45 pmskjamHi again!
Digging in my longboxes, I found one of the first few manga to make it in a legal translation to the United States. Indeed, it was part of the first wholesale translated manga importation attempts. Viz teamed up with Eclipse Comics (remember them?) to present three bi-weekly series, Kamui, Area 88, and today's offering, Mai the Psychic Girl.
Among the reasons this series was chosen for the initial launch was that it was relatively short, and Ryoichi Ikegami's art was Western-influenced, which Viz thought would go over well with the skittish general American readership. (They figured they already had the small but fanatical manga fandom by the balls, so they didn't need to cater to them.) As part of the "seamless translation" process, the pages were flipped to read left to right, then individual panels were flipped to restore handedness, and extensively retouched to allow Englishy sound effects. This resulted in what were for the time very expensive comics.
Twelve pages of thirty-eight.
( Twenty-fifth anniversary of publication, by the way )
There was a collected edition, but I believe it's out of print.
Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!
Digging in my longboxes, I found one of the first few manga to make it in a legal translation to the United States. Indeed, it was part of the first wholesale translated manga importation attempts. Viz teamed up with Eclipse Comics (remember them?) to present three bi-weekly series, Kamui, Area 88, and today's offering, Mai the Psychic Girl.
Among the reasons this series was chosen for the initial launch was that it was relatively short, and Ryoichi Ikegami's art was Western-influenced, which Viz thought would go over well with the skittish general American readership. (They figured they already had the small but fanatical manga fandom by the balls, so they didn't need to cater to them.) As part of the "seamless translation" process, the pages were flipped to read left to right, then individual panels were flipped to restore handedness, and extensively retouched to allow Englishy sound effects. This resulted in what were for the time very expensive comics.
Twelve pages of thirty-eight.
( Twenty-fifth anniversary of publication, by the way )
There was a collected edition, but I believe it's out of print.
Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!
icon_ukTHERE IS HOPE
Check this out, as Mr Nguyen confirms that he's creating new Lil Gotham online comics
( Something for the holidays.... )
Check this out, as Mr Nguyen confirms that he's creating new Lil Gotham online comics
( Something for the holidays.... )
This Magazine is Haunted
Oct. 30th, 2012 08:04 pmmistygeekThis Magazine is Haunted and Death wants to tell you all about it.
Fpr more Dr Death check the tags.
( The Coffin Maker )
Fpr more Dr Death check the tags.
( The Coffin Maker )