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FEELING BETTER ALREADY. THIS IS WHY:



DAREDEVIL, 1979 STYLE AHAHAHA. There's like, so many wrong things in that panel. Matt's hair. Matt's SHIRT, OMG. RICO THE DISCO DANCER. RICO THE DISCO DANCER WITH A SHIRT THAT'S OPEN ALMOST DOWN TO HIS NAVEL. AHAHAHA.

Also, it's so weird to see Frank Miller's art in COLOR. It's just. Dunno, really weird.

I finished Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay yesterday and ;sjfdlsjdfljsdf so fucking good. ♥ An instant favorite, truly - it's just impossible to put down, and all characters are so very well described. I truly didn't want it to end. Sob. It's about a couple of Jewish kids in the 40s who create their own superhero, The Escapist, and about the way the war shapes them, and breaks them. It is seriously gorgeous, and if that synopsis wasn't enough of a deal-breaker, there's boy-kissing too, if you're into that! (and fantastic het too, mind.)

I hate reading long books on the computer, though - there's something about curling up in bed with a fantastic novel. But oh well, I looked everywhere for it, and none of the local book stores carried it (I did get The Yiddish Policemen's Union, though, which has one of the most beautiful cover designs I've ever seen, yay). It'll probably be the first thing I buy when I go to the states in December.

( Aaaand comic talk! Featuring both New and Mighty Avengers, Iron Man, Daredevil, Fables and Astonishing X-Men. Mostly Iron Man, though. Because that's how I roll. )

AND NOW I HAVE TO FINISH MY HOMEWORK. WOE.

Me, a couple of hours ago: "There's new Gossip Girl tonight? NO WAI!! AWESOME!!" This is so ~exciting~, you guys - the first new episode of fall tv! YAY TV IS BACK. FINALLY.

I THOUGHT I was gonna get my car back today, yet didn't, and it SUCKS. On friday, FIVE fucking buses (five!! Dude!!) wouldn't stop when hailed, another one suddenly turned around and left me in the middle of nowhere and another driver told me that no, it wasn't going where I needed to after I'd Paid. FUCK YOU, BUSES, FUCK YOU SIDEWAYS.

I spent most of my afternoon painting, both for my watercolor class and for kicks alone, and it was rather nice. Yay painting. I even surprised myself by going all artsy fartsy with my own fic, lol.

I had the tv on and the first episode of Bones' 2nd season was on - and I could hardly remember what was going on! THIS CALLS FOR REWATCH. :DDD

I finished all of Brian Michael Bendis' run on Daredevil yesterday night, and I already feel empty inside with no more tortured Matt Murdock to read. GUYS. IT WAS SO FUCKING GOOD, BELIEVE ME. A;LSDFJALSDF. And the art, oh man. ♥

Aw, man, I just realized my apocalyptothon fic won't fit in one post. Argh. Anyway, I still don't have a title, so I should probably start working on that. UM.

Today I went downtown to get most of the materials for my Scenic Makeup class (yes! I have a scenic makeup class! How awesome is that? :DD), including face paint and latex and fake blood, lol. And I got a clown nose free of charge with my purchase, lol lol lol. XD

Today was also my flamenco teacher's wedding. The ceremony was rather lovely, and the groom was pretty much glowing, but no bride should cry so much. Then again, everyone was saying 'goodbye' instead of 'congratulations', and goodness knows when we'll get to see her again, so maybe she was entitled to some tears. SIGH.

Anyway, off with the gloom! let's talk comics.

I read Superman: Secret Identity the other day, and loved it to pieces. The writing is impeccable, the art is amazing (well, duh, with Stuart Immonen on charge - even if it's a cry away from his most recent art, all pastels and hard pencils strokes, yum), and the premise is just so much fun: When the Kents had a black-haired baby boy, they thought it'd be hilarious to name him Clark, after the comic superhero. Poor Clark endures Superman-related jokes all his life (and has about fourteen pairs of Superman pijamas in his closet, courtesy of his relatives), until he finds out he does have superpowers.

The comic follows Clark's life, and, let me tell you, it's sort of weird to see a middle-aged superhero, but at the same time it's pretty awesome, because it's so fresh and new and different to what you see in mainstream continuity. In any case, it was really really good, very recomended, and quite true to the times.

Other than that I've been reading Daredevil - all of Brian Michael Bendis' run, actually, and oh fuck, but it is so so good, oh wow. I'm loving it so hard, and Alex Maleev's art is gor-geous.