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Manga-A-Day 4 – Gunparade March v1 Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

The character designs/artwork that I've seen for Gunparade March, and more specifically the anime, have always intrigued me, so, when Big Brain Comics started a huge manga sale a couple weeks ago ($20 for as much manga as you can stuff into a bag, the source of much ...



Manga-A-Day 3 – Gunsmith Cats: Burst v3 Monday, May 25th, 2009

Opening with another short, Rally's gotten a gig as a firearms instructor at another shooting range and proceeds to school a group of people who have a very Hollywood-based view of handling firearms, explicitly copying Keanu Reeve's gun-fu in The Matrix and the various antics found ...


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Manga-A-Day 2 – Gunsmith Cats: Burst v2 Sunday, May 24th, 2009

For some reason, I didn't pick up on it so much in the first volume, but the main story running from the first volume through a good chunk of this one shares a commonality with the Daniel Craig Bond reboot, Casino Royale. Namely, both involve baddies ...


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Manga-A-Day 1 – Gunsmith Cats: Burst v1 Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Okay, I've accumulated a big pile of manga, enough for 3 weeks straight without picking any more up, so I'm going to try and go through them at a volume a day, or as near to it as I can, with some sort of blog post accompanying it, probably just ...


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Webcomics Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Warren Ellis has started a thread on Whitechapel for webcomics creators to pimp their work, tons of stuff to check out, a few highlights:

Wide Awake
Wide Awake: Wherein a woman deals with the Cthuluish monsters that stalk her dreams, occasionally following her ...



and the entertainment side Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Let's see... Books Finally finished up Steven Erikson's Midnight Tides the end of last week or so, fantastic as usual, though the characters perhaps outshone the story this time, particularly Tehol and Bugg, one of the best duos ever. Kicking myself for putting it down for 4 months. Argh. Plowed through ...


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In: Anime, Books, Comics, Console, Film & TV, Handheld.

Oooh Shiny! Monday, July 23rd, 2007

And yet another week goes by without a post. The work newbies are getting slightly better, they can sort of navigate people around different programs, but they've still got a pretty stiff attitude dealing with the customers and they panic if they get the slightest bit out of sync ...


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