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x-eevee [2010-08-25 03:58:31 +0000 UTC]
two of my favourite characters, teamed up at long last
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kohlsen [2010-06-12 17:17:26 +0000 UTC]
very good--- -
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jhames34 In reply to kohlsen [2010-06-12 19:40:21 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a bunch!
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Sol-Caninus [2010-05-17 21:51:36 +0000 UTC]
Not crazy about the medium, but I love Astro Boy. I'm told by a Japanese friend that in Japan he is known as Atom.
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jhames34 In reply to Sol-Caninus [2010-05-17 22:02:20 +0000 UTC]
Astroboy is the Mighty Atom in Japan.
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Sol-Caninus In reply to jhames34 [2010-05-17 22:05:15 +0000 UTC]
Right. So . . . are you saying you don't like him?
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jhames34 In reply to Sol-Caninus [2010-05-17 22:07:20 +0000 UTC]
No, I'm saying that Astroboy is a very complex character, the world he inhabits is interesting, and most sci fi manga is boring to me in comparison
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jhames34 In reply to Sol-Caninus [2010-05-17 22:10:35 +0000 UTC]
I'm currently reading Vagabond, which is a manga about Musashi, its fairly decent. I find I only like manga that's somewhat grounded in realism. Lone Wolf and Cub, for instance
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Sol-Caninus In reply to jhames34 [2010-05-18 12:39:20 +0000 UTC]
The manga recall was like that. They were stories revolving around the student's of a karate school giving slices of life of the various people invloved. Very much like novels, except in graphic form. Enjoy vagabond, Young Musashi!
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Sol-Caninus In reply to jhames34 [2010-05-18 20:35:49 +0000 UTC]
I left off where the hero kills his nemisis in a private match in a dojo, then dutifully carries his body up a mountain to a temple. Meanwhile, a young woman being abused by her father attempts suicide with a rifle, using her big toe to pull the trigger. . . . That was in the late seventies and I still remember the extraordinary graphics.
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jhames34 In reply to Sol-Caninus [2010-05-18 20:47:19 +0000 UTC]
ahh, the 70's...when manga could have CONTENT
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garwik [2010-05-17 02:57:26 +0000 UTC]
Awesome piece!
The look on Astro's face is all like 'Geez! A giant cactus man! I am so outa here.'
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ElectricGecko [2010-05-16 11:22:41 +0000 UTC]
They belong together!
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saintelle [2010-05-16 09:28:08 +0000 UTC]
It's an East West collaboration between cactus and robot to... do stuff. That's rad.
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GraveUnicorn [2010-05-16 06:14:32 +0000 UTC]
HAHAH awesome.
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jhames34 In reply to ewatasin [2010-05-16 13:59:02 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much!
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