For one week, recommend / share:
→ Day 1: a song
→ Day 2: a picture
→ Day 3: a book/ebook/fanfic
→ Day 4: a site
→ Day 5: a youtube clip
→ Day 6: a quote
→ Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy

For Day three, my reccomendation, while rather last minute, is of a webcomic/comic called 'The Dreamer' by Lora Innes. You can find it online here, or you can ( Read more... )

This shall be told in a series of numbered, sequential, yet unrelated paragraphs ( Read more... )

♠ Joao Ruas is the new cover artist for Fables. While that didn't actually happen in the last 24 hours, I only just discovered it. I am satisfied. This bloke looks pretty decent ( Read more... )

I've been reading Possession by A. S. Byatt and it's inspired me to really really think about what my opinions are on the value of literature, whether writing is art, novels, poetry, and all sorts of arty-farty, high-fallutin' thinking that is probably not ponderings best suited to my morning bus ride. Or perhaps it is perfectly suited. Either way ( Read more... )

Handed in assignment today. Went to Trivia, where my knowledge of comics assisted me. Not because there was a question on a comic book, but because one of the questions was "What do you call a group of Ravens?"... The answer of which I knew from Sandman, which I am re-reading ( Read more... )

+ Getting back into music I liked years ago but lost in the Big Harddrive Crash of 2006. Emilie Autumn's What If can still tug my heartstrings!

+ Having a tasty lunch with flossums and getting a damn good gossip session, and before you ask. Yes we talked about you ;) Gosh, you're so scandalous ( Read more... )

It's a week of videos for this fucking fantastic Friday, but that doesn't make them any less awesome.

♥ The Watchmen trailer. I liked the comic book. This trailer looks visually stunning, but then it's done by the bloke from 300. It has that sort of gothicky-noir feel, yet still manages to look so sleek and awesome. Dr Manhattan and The Comedian ( Read more... )

So I have a bit of a headache, but I finally got around to buying The Umbrella Academy and reading it today. It's actually quite good ( Read more... )

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First of all, the art was exquisite. Each of the artist's styles suited the individual stories. They were all fantastical, whimsical, beautiful when they needed to be beautiful and ugly when they needed to be ugly. There was also a good balance, I think, between stories that were quirky and funny, and ones that were dreary or made me cry (and one ( Read more... )