Leila Hamm 6/17/24 Leila Hamm 6/17/24

Usagi Yojimbo: “the Dragon Bellow Conspiracy” (part 1 of 3)

As a much bigger story, "Dragon Bellow" is also much longer than any of the previous Usagi Yojimbo titles, clocking in at a full 150 pages. Basically a graphic novel unto itself.

Leila Hamm 6/14/24 Leila Hamm 6/14/24

New Statesmen #4-6

Continuous laughter.

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FLCL

A juvenile, feverish madness of potential that I don't think I'll ever be able to make contact with again.

But it never came anywhere fucking near FLCL.

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Usagi Yojimbo #19-21: "Blade of the Gods," "The Teacup," and “The Shogun’s Gift”

Eclectic mix this time.

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Usagi Yojimbo #16-18: "The Tower," "A Mother's Love," and "Return of the Blind Swordspig"

So, that's Usagi and Spot.

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A Little Vice (chapters 1-4)

Confront the challenge of becoming meguka.

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Usagi Yojimbo #13-15: "Kappa," "Zylla," and "Silk Fair"

I actually wouldn't mind a spin-off series about Matsutaro's own dishonest, unambitious, cringefail adventures

Leila Hamm 5/23/24 Leila Hamm 5/23/24

Usagi Yojimbo #12: "Samurai"

He knows he should learn. But he won't.

Leila Hamm 5/18/24 Leila Hamm 5/18/24

Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex (S1E4-6) (continued)

Either there's some incredibly subtle next-gen meme virus taking people over, or the Laughing Man is just an unbelievably effective stochastic terrorism apparatus

Leila Hamm 5/17/24 Leila Hamm 5/17/24

Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex (S1E4-6)

Either incredibly prescient, or a remarkable case of life imitating art.

Leila Hamm 5/14/24 Leila Hamm 5/14/24

“New Statesmen” #1-3

“How it all went to shit - the cape comic.”

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"Birds Anonymous" and "Three Little Bops"

A look at where American cartoons were at in the mid-to-late 1950's. "Johnny Quest" and its imitators would come a few short years after this, albeit from different studios.

Leila Hamm 5/8/24 Leila Hamm 5/8/24

The Medusa Chronicles: “Jupiter Within” (6.54-6.67)

This setting has potential. This story never had any.

Leila Hamm 5/7/24 Leila Hamm 5/7/24

Haibane Renmei E2-7 (continued)

Maybe the existence of an afterlife really just means you keep dying forever?

Leila Hamm 5/4/24 Leila Hamm 5/4/24

Haibane Renmei E2-7

This isn't a heaven, or even a parody of heaven. It's purgatory.

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Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles

When I say that he's Captain America, what I mean is that he's an elite special forces squad leader from World War 2 who got frozen, was declared MIA, and then discovered and thawed out decades later to serve his country again when it is menaced by the same nazi-aligned supervillain who he fought back in the forties. What I don't mean when I say he's Captain America, on the other hand, is that he has any of the pathos, charm, or idiosyncrasy that various depictions of Cap have been imbued with by their authors.