This piece, a 1969 page from Jiro Kuwata, marks the first (of many, I hope) manga piece in my original comics art collection. While I'm not saying that I chose this page of all Kuwata pages because it featured a ferocious-looking German Shepherd stalking our protagonists, I absolutely did.
(*****+ / *****): Everything I love about the emotional possibilities of comics in one perfect package of beautiful art, wonderful characters, and a moving meta-narrative of purpose and the act of creation. Hooked.
Excellent interview with Heinali, composer of the recently EarBliss-ed KYIV ETERNAL: Personal Anthems: An Interview With Heinali | The Quietus
Intrigued: Golden Record by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell is a fascinating mixed media approach to comics | The Beat
Mass grave found in Williamsburg is linked to Civil War battle | WaPo
House goals: In Tokyo, A Manga Artist’s Creative Haven Inspired by Ghost in a Shell | Spoon & Tamago
YES: Max Fleischer SUPERMAN shorts get remastered Blu-ray release | The Beat
Diane Arbus Notebooks | Notebook Stories
Spent a bit of time waiting in a parking lot (grocery store: my wife got solo grocery shopping down to a science during the pandemic so we’ve decided not to fuck with perfection) this morning and took the opportunity to use it as a case study in my effort to use my Kindle Paperwhite with greater frequency: Economist and NYRB subscriptions show up there now; HOW TO TAKE SMART NOTES in there, too - a book I don't necessarily want to read in my daily reading blocks but do want to peruse in times outside (such as titular parking lot). While the PW's shit for reading comics, it's great for reading manga - ASTRO BOY, LONE WOLF AND CUB, and the third volume of BLACK JACK dwell there as well. That it still had 76% battery life after being buried under piles of books and Bergman / Varda Blu-Ray doorstop sets for three months is an added bonus… she’s seriously got it down to a science: I was in that parking lot for all of 20 minutes, maybe. Respect.
