http://eyeballman.com/blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:28:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been thinking a lot about what draws me to manga over western comics, partly because I've started reading Captain America, which I'm enjoying, but wow it is hard for me to get used to reading comics in color. I feel like I should like it *more*, but I ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/07/24/manga-sort-of-which-i-am-able-to-make-all-about-me/ I’ve started re-reading Fullmetal Alchemist from the beginning, mainly to pass the time until the next volume is released by Viz, and I’ve been posting my thoughts about it as kind of a read-a-long with others in a non-public place. I thought I’d try adding these posts here as well, ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/07/20/fullmetal-alchemist-read-a-long/ This post is kind of a catch-all, I suppose. There's been so much going on. I mentioned the car crash, didn't I? Well, I won't go into detail about that here, but suffice it to say that I've seen both the best and the worst of human ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/07/19/random-saturday-morning/ I've been waiting anxiously for the official release of xxxHolic volume 12, and though it's been quite an ordeal getting to finally read it (late shipments, car crashes, etc.) it was such a treat to finally really sit down with it. I read it once last night while I ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/06/26/the-moment-you-thought-that-thought-the-future-changed-forever/ I haven't come here to talk about manga for a while, and I've really read quite a bit of it in the meantime, though much of it has been a single series.  Work on my own graphic novel has been going slowly, but right now, I feel like talking about ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/06/25/manga-manga-manga/ Life is a pretty weird thing, and it's rendered me largely unproductive in the past couple of months, even here on the internet, where I am usually able to ramble on without rest. In April, I took a tour of the midwest for the latest round of FP auditions, ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/05/18/lame-catch-up-post/ I've been MIA, I know. Lots going on lately. But I did have some time to write up reports from my experience at Anime Boston this past weekend. http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/03/26/anime-boston-2008/ Work has been insane for me this week, as I prepare information for our company's tax accountant, and it becomes impossible for me to leave work at work at these times of year, so I haven't had a lot of time to think about anything, you know, fun. Fortunately, ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/02/08/lunchtime-ramble-there-is-no-coincidence-only-hitsuzen/ In my last post, I talked about how I tend to experience fiction by total immersion. Then for two days after, I proceeded to immerse myself once more by reading all 21 volumes of Please Save My Earth. This is a manga I have been meaning to get ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/02/06/history-of-a-daydreamer/ As you may have noticed, when it comes to fiction, I most often opt for total immersion. There's really nothing I love more than completely losing myself in a fictional world (mine or otherwise). And, actually, I think "losing myself" is the wrong term to use, because this ... http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/02/01/total-immersion/