Not Genji then it could be Tale of Heike or the Musashi novel
Musashi has 900 pages so it fits the big book description
they are 3 most known Japanese novels I can think of that I got
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Not Genji then it could be Tale of Heike or the Musashi novel
Musashi has 900 pages so it fits the big book description
they are 3 most known Japanese novels I can think of that I got
peanutbutterlatte
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It's more depressing when you consider it was basically Summer weather this time last year.
I know, I'm pretty sure we were having BBQs this time last year and a few trips to Brighton on the weekends because it was such nice weather!
You have disappointed me, Green Scar.
(as punishment, I will now only call you by your former name)
QuicheFontaine
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I'm going camping in Newquay this weekend. It seemed like a reasonable time of year to do that when we planned it in Feb.
I've made a huge mistake.
peanutbutterlatte
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Well we were ordered by our landlady to leave our heating on timer setting in the house while we were away over Christmas, to prevent pipes freezing. We haven't done so for Easter, then it started snowing >.> So hopefully no burst pipes to come back to in a few weeks time.
I want photos of the misery. Wrap up warm.
QuicheFontaine
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I'm currently going through the cycle of furiously F5-ing the BBC weather website every half hour or so in forlorn hope that Cornwall is going to turn into a tropical paradise in the next four days. I'll post some pics though (the iPhone imgur app is pretty sweet). By the looks of it I'm going to be wearing mainly jumpers and drinking mainly scotch.
Rubbish King
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PJV3
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Don't worry, June, July, August and September will be fucking grey and drab.
Rubbish King
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I think you can gauge weather further in advance than that, but it's a very unreliable science
peanutbutterlatte
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So annoying. Damn Vitamin D.
donkey show
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LOL, just saw Hyzsten get called out on the VGCW stream chat.
really? guessing it because I mentioned in the VGCW thread I find the chat boring now.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Jedeye Sniv
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Aww man, how come when I have a stomach upset it's usually between the hours of 9 and 6? Left work early yesterday due to painful gutrot and now today's not feeling much better. It makes me feel like a wuss but all I need is my own loo and bed for about 2 hours and I'll probably be ok. Damn this body!
Musha_Soturi
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I first got into Sandman, and it's now one of my favourite graphic novels. But I've lent it to a few friends and they didn't really like it, so it is an acquired taste, and not knowing your taste it's hard to say whether you'll like it.
I would recommend American Gods or Neverwhere. In a similar way to Pratchett they deal with Fantasy but in a very real way with a modern human sense of humour and don't take themselves too seriously.
Jedeye Sniv
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The guy was also on Jeremy Kyle because he had a live-in-lover while being married. Sounds like a classic English council estate legend (minus the child killing, obvs). Every estate has one.
Jedeye Sniv
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Sandman is THE SHIT. I only read it a couple of years ago and I really valued reading it as an adult versus the murky half-reading I think I was guilty of as a teen. Sometimes I look back on stuff I used to read and I wonder how I understood anything at all. But it's really incredible, I even like the art. Trying to convince Mrs Sniv to read it but she's easily daunted by massive series.
I'm currently reading american gods for the first time too and I love it, I just find Gaiman's authorial voice so soothing and easy to sink into. I want his manbabies.
Huh, I was wondering if this thread had been booted into community but it's been remarkably quiet by the look of things.
I read and enjoyed Sandman in comic form when it was published but I'm not sure I'd really appreciate reading nowadays. Also, it reminds me of someone I used to go to school with as he had Sandman painted on the back of his leather jacket and it looked kind of silly.
I think there's a new comic to come at some point this year though.
I read and enjoyed Sandman in comic form when it was published but I'm not sure I'd really appreciate reading nowadays. Also, it reminds me of someone I used to go to school with as he had Sandman painted on the back of his leather jacket and it looked kind of silly.
I think there's a new comic to come at some point this year though.
Musha_Soturi
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See, guys do like Gaiman.
Getting my Morpheus tattoo soon squeeeee!
Getting my Morpheus tattoo soon squeeeee!
And now that's jogged some memories, I'd suggest perhaps some of his work with Dave McKean first as a taster for Sandman as it's quite an undertaking in itself. Blurbs pinched from Neil's website.
Violent Cases : An exploration of the trappings of violence and the failings of memory, Violent Cases marks the beginning of the astonishing and award-winning collaboration between author Neil Gaiman and the artist Dave McKean, offered in its first Dark Horse edition, in softcover format with coverflaps. Set only in the memory of its author, this brillant short story meanders through levels of recollection surrounding a childhood injury. After dislocating his arm, a young boy is taken to see a doctor - an aged osteopath who was once the doctor of legendary gangster Al Capone. Through studied observations and painstaking attempts at truthful recall, the author reconstructs his tattered memories of the events surrounding his meeting with the doctor, and delves into the psychological complexities that emerged from the doctor's bizarre tales of Capone's life of crime.
Black Orchid : After being viciously murdered, Susan is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, in order to avenge her own death. Now as this demigoddess attempts to reconcile her human memories and botanical origins, she must also untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to her murder. Beginning in the cold streets of a heartless metropolis and ending in the lavish heartland of the thriving Amazon, this book takes the reader through a journey of secrets, suffering, and self-rediscovery.
Mr. Punch : A dark and frightening fully painted novella, MR. PUNCH tells the tale of a young boy's loss of innocence results from a horrific confrontation with his past. Spending a summer at his grandfather's seaside arcade, a troubled adolescent harmlessly becomes involved with a mysterious Punch and Judy Man and a mermaid-portraying woman. But when the violent puppet show triggers buried memories of the boy's family, the lives of all become feverishly intertwined. With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unraveling, the young boy is forced to deal with his family's dark secrets of violence, betrayal, and guilt.
Signal To Noise : Originally serialized in The Face, Signal to Noise is the story of a film director dying of cancer. His life's crowning achievement, his greatest film, would have told the story of a European village as the last hour of 999 A.D. approached -- the midnight that the villagers were convinced would bring with it Armageddon. Now that story will never be told. But he's still working it out in his head, making a film that no one will ever see. No one but us. Signal to Noise is a poignant story, rich in humanity, depth, and communications theory. (This was my first exposure to their collaborative work when it appeared in The Face)
Violent Cases : An exploration of the trappings of violence and the failings of memory, Violent Cases marks the beginning of the astonishing and award-winning collaboration between author Neil Gaiman and the artist Dave McKean, offered in its first Dark Horse edition, in softcover format with coverflaps. Set only in the memory of its author, this brillant short story meanders through levels of recollection surrounding a childhood injury. After dislocating his arm, a young boy is taken to see a doctor - an aged osteopath who was once the doctor of legendary gangster Al Capone. Through studied observations and painstaking attempts at truthful recall, the author reconstructs his tattered memories of the events surrounding his meeting with the doctor, and delves into the psychological complexities that emerged from the doctor's bizarre tales of Capone's life of crime.
Black Orchid : After being viciously murdered, Susan is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, in order to avenge her own death. Now as this demigoddess attempts to reconcile her human memories and botanical origins, she must also untangle the webs of deception and secrets that led to her murder. Beginning in the cold streets of a heartless metropolis and ending in the lavish heartland of the thriving Amazon, this book takes the reader through a journey of secrets, suffering, and self-rediscovery.
Mr. Punch : A dark and frightening fully painted novella, MR. PUNCH tells the tale of a young boy's loss of innocence results from a horrific confrontation with his past. Spending a summer at his grandfather's seaside arcade, a troubled adolescent harmlessly becomes involved with a mysterious Punch and Judy Man and a mermaid-portraying woman. But when the violent puppet show triggers buried memories of the boy's family, the lives of all become feverishly intertwined. With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unraveling, the young boy is forced to deal with his family's dark secrets of violence, betrayal, and guilt.
Signal To Noise : Originally serialized in The Face, Signal to Noise is the story of a film director dying of cancer. His life's crowning achievement, his greatest film, would have told the story of a European village as the last hour of 999 A.D. approached -- the midnight that the villagers were convinced would bring with it Armageddon. Now that story will never be told. But he's still working it out in his head, making a film that no one will ever see. No one but us. Signal to Noise is a poignant story, rich in humanity, depth, and communications theory. (This was my first exposure to their collaborative work when it appeared in The Face)
Jedeye Sniv
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JH Williams III on art, fuck yessssss son!
I think Sandman has definitely aged but instead of feeling dated it feels like a valuable document of the time. 90s mysticism influenced by the Cure rave culture and the dreadlocked hippies. Same as the Invisibles really, it's a window into another time now.
What artist interpretation? I've been thinking about Sandman imagery for a tattoo as well but I don't know where I'd take it from. Maybe Daniel in his white suit. Or maybe based on the weird art from the Furies arc, I loved that stuff. D'Israeli in the hizzouse!
Feeling very hip hop with my comics artist shoutouts today.
Put yo hands in tha air for ma homie Frank Quitely woop woop
Jedeye Sniv
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Also I know this is heresy but I really don't like Dave McKean's art. His Sandman covers are so samey, and his interior work is usually super hard to follow. He's good at maintaining an aethetic I guess but the work itself leaves me cold.
Musha_Soturi
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I think it's as you identified in the previous post, it's very much of the time. Maybe I haven't noticed but I don't think there are many artists these days who build physical items for comic art. I remember that some of Bill Sinciewicz' covers for the Judge Dredd volumes used to be 3D sculptures with LEDs sticking out of them to be photographed but I don't think anyone does anything like that now.
radioheadrule83
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Please tweet or FB the words 'VILE PRODUCT OF PAUL DACRE' today
I fucking hate the Daily Mail. Utter cunts. As my friend has just eloquently put it - post hoc ergo propter hoc sensationalism.
I fucking hate the Daily Mail. Utter cunts. As my friend has just eloquently put it - post hoc ergo propter hoc sensationalism.
Jedeye Sniv
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Fuckin weeaboo
Yeah the only other I can think of would be Simon Bisley back in 2000AD and Doom Patrol. Spraypainting some balls, wires and feathers has gone the way of Swampy...
It needs work but it's basically gonna be this
Ooooh that could definitely work, good choice.
Deaf Spacker
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Morning BritGAF, my girlfriend was looking at baby pictures of me last night and we discovered that I was born 9 weeks early :|
peanutbutterlatte
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Yikes. How did you not know that already? I mean, has it affected you in any significant way? (height/health)
peanutbutterlatte
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I'd prefer that to a birthday around Christmas. Knowing my parents they would have given me the same amount of presents and called it a day.
peanutbutterlatte
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Apparently we (my mum and dad) are technical middle. I... if I even count, am an "Emergent Service Worker", scoring low for income, but high for cultural activity.
Let's face it, it's just buzz words for the BBC to use in their economic reports.
Let's face it, it's just buzz words for the BBC to use in their economic reports.
QuicheFontaine
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If I hear them use the term "precariat", I swear I'm writing in to complain.
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