(Cross-posted from Goodreads with slight formatting/wording differences) Despite a lot of padding and a supernaturalist and religious perspective I don't share, this book has a lot of useful stories. When I say padding: It repeats itself a decent amount. It feels like it could have been compressed
(Incidental spoilers for Junji Ito's "Where the Sandman Lives" as presented in his collection Deserter. More on that story here.) Reading Deserter has reminded me that I don't understand how panel ordering in a manga is supposed to work. (I don't get
The third story in Junji Ito's collection Deserter is called "Where the Sandman Lives," and I don't understand the ending. I'm going to try to work through it in this post. Full spoilers for this short manga. Incidental, and I think minor,
I have some thoughts on The Amazing Digital Circus. If you haven't seen the pilot episode of The Amazing Digital Circus yet, go watch it. It's strange and interesting and somewhat funny. The rest of this post will have spoilers. You have been warned. The heart
Fiction at its best gives me an understanding of people I don't get. It connects me to people I couldn't have understood before, often through things I do get. I would like to write stories that scratch that itch, too. I'd like to write