Bengki is in Dasmariñas,Cavite for the entire week and then some. Dell is in Bacoor, Cavite. Stef is in Australia? Da has started working in an Ad company in Makati. Ely will start work on Friday in Makati writing job descriptions. Trish is in the US, MM's in Iloilo...oh where are you April...I kinda feel alone O_O

There I just had to say all that. I feel as if I'm in some kind of impasse (is that even the right word? I don't care anymore). I'm hoping everyone will be free on the 31st so we can have long delayed comics script workshop. Strangely (or aptly), it would be a Halloweeen workshop of some sorts. Bengki said something about coming in costumes. Ely said somethng about making those fancy Halloween treats. What I say is that people just show up and that would be enough though they pobably need those enticements that Bengki and Ely mentioned. -_- oh well.

A quiz to make me feel all better... yeah right.


What colour of Skittle are you?

But really...I'm happy that Dell is now having time for himself and Ely and Da have jobs and all the rest of it... but I can whine right? =)

Here's our favorite drinking trio discussin comics again!

TRIPLE A: STAND UP COMICS By Wheeler, Watson and Johnston
Is there anything that comics can do that other media can't? And if
any such devices exist, are they gimmicks or useful tools? This month
Ninth Art's roundtable discussion addresses the question: What's so
special about telling tales in comic form?

So when is GRAIL gonna have it's own version?

These days I don't feel like blogging. Must be because I got tons of stuff to read and that comics script for the GRAIL folio to finish writing. Darn. Deadline's this week but looks like nobody else is submitting other than the usual people. Maybe I should be glad that people will be submitting something this time. Count GRAIL's blessings or some shit like that o_O

I dunno if anyone would be interested but here's a page on What Tolkien Officially Said About Elf Sex
It's quite long and uhh...scholarly. I haven't finished looking through it either.


Which Celtic Moon Sign Fits Your Personality Best?
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Got some articles from April Yap on comics today and I've been looking through them to see what I could use. Of course, there would be stuff that would pique our interest and others that well...I wouldn't waste money on to be copied for my personal use, to put it mildly.

Looking at all those materials reminded me why I've stopped looking in old magazines and journals in the library in the first place. Why?
Because most local articles just tend to repeat themselves. It's as if they all have one ultimate source of information for their articles and they have nothing new to add. And I think I know which article is The Source.
There's also the occasional comics-as-corruptor-of-the-nation's-youth-type of article.
And then there are a number of inane gush-o-ramas.

Of course there are exceptions, but generally...

This is my pet peeve for today.

In Edwin Sallan's Fan Boy column in the Manila Times dated 3 March 1995, he says: "Comic book fans nowadays are commonly referred to as Fan Boys, thus this column's title. I know, I know. The term is not exactly gender sensitive but then again, a large percentage of comic collectors are male. Oh well, female comic collectors can always call themselves Fan Girls."

In the same column in which the topic is Comics Collection 101, he gives examples of titles which for him constitute a good read and he divides them into the following uh..genres(?):
HUMOR: Archie series, The Simpsons, etc.
VIGILANTE SUPERHEROES: Batman, The Punisher, Spiderman
SUPERPOWERED HEROES: Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman
TEAM HEROES: X-Men, Wild C.A.T.S., Justice League
TEENAGE SUPERHEROES: Legion of Superheroes, Gen13, GenerationX
HEROES ON THE EDGE: Lobo, Wolverine, Incredible Hulk, Spawn


We got a long way to go.

Which Famous Homosexual are you?

I really don't think being Eleanor Roosevelt is cool, but she's actually gay?
And here's what the entire description actually said about her. Sounds quite interesting. I wonder if Emily Dickinson is in the quiz.

Eleanor Roosevelt! Nice to see you.

A Roosevelt yourself, you married your fifth cousin Franklin; despite the obvious incestuous overtones, your six kids were happy and healthy.

When Franklin got elected, you became perhaps the most controversial first lady ever - you spoke out for the rights of women; for the rights of the poor; for world peace. You were even a member of a union while your husband was in office - and when he died, you were the head of the UN Commission on Human Rights.

All of which is pretty kick ass, but to top things off you had a hot and steamy relationship with the lesbian journalist Lorena Hickok, who was so madly in love with you that she halted her career for you. Unfortunately, you couldn't give up your public life that easily - leaving her heartbroken.

Bitch.

pwede na....you think?

On another note, COMM3 is finally over! Did the speech thing last Monday and now it's done. Our grades were actually available by Thursday, but I forgot to check it out.
I was able to borrow a book from April Yap called Comics & Culture.Yay! Thesis shit. It's nice feeling that I can get more sources now. Almost enough to lift me out of current thesis crisis mode. =(

Here's something that might help us write those darned scripts. (Or maybe it won't help) Click to read more.

CAMERA OBSCURA: ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?By Alasdair Watson
When it comes to engaging the audience, comics have a power to connect in tremendously complex ways. Alasdair Watson attempts to unravel the riddle of comics' great potential for communication.

on another note, I'm getting porn spam. why? This was the subject of the last one: "I cannot believe a 18 year old girl can handle a Giant horse Cock?" ewww.

I'd like to end my entry with this enlightening info.

My insulting name is Zebra bastard zebra zebra zebra zebra fucker Brachiosaur!
What's yours?