I have so much to write about too, but finding the time and inclination is a little tough right now. Here’s some of the stuff that’s been rattling around in my head, if you want discussion starters. Hopefully I’ll get to all of them shortly:<\/p>\n
1. The graphic novel\u00a0Stitches<\/em> was nominated for a National Book Award. This is controversial because it was nominated in a children’s category, when it really should have been controversial because Stitches <\/em>is a very bad graphic novel.<\/p>\n 2. Kodansha Comics may be the single worst launch of a new company I’ve ever seen, right down to re-releasing the original censored version of Ghost In The Shell<\/em> Dark Horse published 14 years ago, for 2 bucks more than Dark Horse charged AND on a crappier paper stock.<\/p>\n 3. A friend of mine is going to Brussels next week and I’m incredibly jealous. I didn’t even know I wanted to go to Brussels until he told me about it. Look at this building, you can go in this building:<\/p>\n It is “The Atomium” and it is awesome. Picture stolen from http:\/\/equator.eftours.com\/2009\/06\/focus-atomium.html<\/a>. The Atomium website is here: http:\/\/www.atomium.be\/Main.aspx?lang=en<\/a>.<\/p>\n I have such a bug to travel right now. Air Canada’s got a seat sale right now, I can get to Japan for under a grand. :-\/<\/p>\n – Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The nice thing about the daily DORK comics–well other than how fortunate I am to be sharing this great work with all of you, seriously, thanks Evan–is that it serves as a visual reminder of how fucking lazy I’ve been about updating the blog. Aaaaaarrrrrggggh. Ah well. In case you missed me and want to … <\/p>\n![\"atomium\"](\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/atomium-600x450.jpg\" "\\"atomium\\"")
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