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The Measure of a Man

  • Feb. 22nd, 2008 at 7:17 PM
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Back when I was in high school, nobody understood me.  (Like everybody,)  I was alone.

Where could I turn?  Back then, we didn't have manga to cover every conceivable genre.  During this trip to Anaheim, I came across Gothic Sports, and then a Jack Skellington baseball (not "baseball cap") at Disneyland.

I'm not a girl.  And I'm not into Tinkerbell.  Good thing.  Because if I were either (or both), I'd find In the Realm of the Never Fairies irresistible.  What gorgeous art!  What a wonderful book.  It reminds me of the Goblins book I did buy that was a tie-in to the Labyrinth movie.

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[info]davidd wrote:
Feb. 23rd, 2008 10:23 am (UTC)
Some of the Fairies illustrations remind me of those in a book I read many years ago, Paulus and the Acornmen. And also of a discussion I had with some 4th-grade boys last week, using one of a Tinkerbell-collecting teacher's props, about which Disney babes were the prettiest. (Hey, "special populations" require non-traditional approaches, okay?)

If Gothic Sports were about cricket it would totally rule! Well, actually, it'd prob'ly be kind of boring, so never mind. How's the artwork in the book?
[info]dblume wrote:
Feb. 24th, 2008 12:12 am (UTC)
The artwork seemed nice enough, but I didn't buy the manga. I'm more of a Blade of the Immortal man, myself.
[info]neon_epiphany wrote:
Mar. 25th, 2008 11:37 pm (UTC)
Oh, that's beautiful.
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