HEY FOLKS! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
ONLY 52 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT! BETTER GET TO THE MALLS!
Hehe.
As you go about your mornings and notice that the end of Halloween means that it is open season on Christmas in retail, here are three neat things I found on the internet to distract you from a retail onslaught that will likely be more intense than ever, in order to combat the recession. Seriously, my husband just got home from putting up Christmas decorations at work.
1. Heidi MacDonald at The Beat is running a complete Black Jack story by Osamu Tezuka, from the recent Black Jack Volume 1 published by Vertical Inc [LINK]. It’s my least favourite story in the volume, but only because I’m not really a fan of the character they introduce. It’s still a pretty outstanding example of what makes Tezuka’s Black Jack so enjoyable.
2. Speaking of online versions of print comics, my friend Steve MacIsaac debuted the third issue of his gay-themed one man anthology comic Shirtlifter at APE this past weekend. To celebrate he’s put up the first 10 pages of the lead story “Unpacking” up for free at ModernTales [LINK]. Looks to be even stronger than the first two issues, looking forward to getting myself a copy.
3. Just kidding! Here’s a Japanese-language video about Christmas’ arrival in Tokyo, yesterday morning [LINK]. Ah, the annual lighting of the department store Christmas Tree. Anyone wanna pony up some plane fare to send me to Japan for the holidays?
– Chris