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Comment on Snapshot 2012: Tansy Rayner Roberts by seantheblogonaut

seantheblogonaut — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:37:11 +0000

Can’t wait for Nancy Napoleon and your steampunk work as well

Comment on My wall by K

Sun, 27 May 2012 12:06:49 +0000

Nice!

Comment on Music, women, and listening habits by Lady rock « Randomly Yours, Alex

Lady rock « Randomly Yours, Alex — Sun, 27 May 2012 00:30:19 +0000

[...] but you know; some days it’s what you come up with, and it sticks. Anyway, a few weeks ago I wrote about how I seemed to have very few lady rockers on my playlists, and that I was looking for [...]

Comment on Woman on the Edge of Time by Rachel Creager Ireland

Rachel Creager Ireland — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:10:59 +0000

Turned out I had so much to say about it, I had to write my own review. http://veronicasgarden.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/rewiew-woman-on-the-edge-of-time-marge-piercy-1976/
Thanks for giving me the encouragement to dive in.

Comment on The discovery of Bujold: Cordelia’s Honor by Cordelia’s Honor (May Discussion) | Bossard Booklovers

Cordelia’s Honor (May Discussion) | Bossard Booklovers — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:15:51 +0000

[...] The Discovery of Bujold: Cordelia’s Honor (Randomly Yours, Alex) [...]

Comment on Reading comics by Alex

Alex — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:53:53 +0000

Fairy tale westerns?! AWESOME.

Love and Rockets also sounds very cool. I tried Darths and Droids and couldn’t do it; I’ll look into Shortpacked and Multiplex, thanks!

Comment on Reading comics by Alex

Alex — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:52:45 +0000

ooh interesting, thanks. Will look into it.

Comment on Reading comics by seantheblogonaut

seantheblogonaut — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:49:36 +0000

And it appears you can test out the feature on your pc/laptop as well

Comment on Reading comics by seantheblogonaut

seantheblogonaut — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:43:04 +0000

May I recommend the Comixology app for either android or ipad/phone. They have got this guided view technology that allows you to view the comic panel by panel. I have found it forces me to slow my reading down an its taught me comic book literacy ie order of bubbles to be read etc.

They have heaps of free comics that you can test it on too.

Comment on Reading comics by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Tansy Rayner Roberts — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:34:07 +0000

Just to go against expectations – I can’t think of any DC books I would recommend to you, but there are lots of awesome non-superheroey graphic novels out there.

Castle Waiting by Linda Medley is top of the recommendations (I read mine through the local library but must get a copy some time) and also the Shannon Hale Rapunzel’s Revenge and Calamity Jack, which are fairy tale westerns.

I’ve just started reading some Love and Rockets, which is a magic realist ‘real world’ comic soap started in the 80′s, and it’s wonderful and strange. I’ve also really enjoyed the work of Alison Bechdel, especially her Dykes to Watch Out for, a queer soap opera in comic strip form that has been commenting on politics & life issues since the 80′s. She just has a new memoir out, Are You My Mother, but her Fun Home was an astounding work, and shows how sequential art can do things that prose just can’t.

Webcomics I currently read along with Questionable Content are Shortpacked (like QC but in a toy store) and Multiplex (like Shortpacked but in a cinema) and have been really enjoying both though QC is still my favourite and my best. I also have a soft spot for Darths and Droids which is a photo-comic retelling the Star Wars saga from Phantom Menace onwards, as if it’s an RPG (everything makes so much more sense and it has totally redeemed the prequel movies for me!).