tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post4612687952973244287..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-29838980815843461252009-10-02T08:17:31.695-05:002009-10-02T08:17:31.695-05:00It's interesting that Paul Theroux mentions Na...It's interesting that Paul Theroux mentions Nana specifically... folks like Dirk Deppey have nothing but praise for that particular manga. Haven't read it myself, but its reputation is not that of junk food.Aaron Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06984139090619498661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-373346445045318812009-10-02T02:15:10.266-05:002009-10-02T02:15:10.266-05:00I suspect my knowledge is rather limited compared ...I suspect my knowledge is rather limited compared to your's, Mister Campbell.<br /><br />But if you are buying lunch I will bring the pistols<br /><br />The word verification today is hufflous, which would perfectly describe the amount / and or type of knowledge i have.Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-55250104237101170622009-10-02T00:28:36.271-05:002009-10-02T00:28:36.271-05:00nice to hear from somebody who knows their stuff. ...nice to hear from somebody who knows their stuff. I think you're working up to picking a fight with me. Pistols after lunch.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-8347972256629817382009-10-01T22:14:19.336-05:002009-10-01T22:14:19.336-05:00and I maybe I didn't like the Paul Theroux quo...and I maybe I didn't like the Paul Theroux quote much because it was titled <br /><br />GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR <br /><br />Chapter 28 <br />Night Train To Hokkaido<br /><br />And I am assuming that this is the title given to this particular chapter in a book by Paul Theroux himself. I like 'Night train to the stars' by Kenji Miyazawa, and felt that the writing in no way honored the story it was ripping it's title from.Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72046261474627134162009-10-01T22:05:44.859-05:002009-10-01T22:05:44.859-05:00"Even with declining sales, from a peak of $5..."Even with declining sales, from a peak of $5 billion a year, graphic novels in some form are probably the future of popular literature. --increasingly they are being downloaded to cell phones. Purely pictorial pleasure, undemanding, without an idea or a challenge, yet obviously stimulating, a sugar high like junk food, another softener of the brain; they spell the end of the traditional novel, perhaps the end of writing itself." <br /><br />Hard to take very seriously. First comics were to blame, then tv was to blame, then computer games, now its comics again.<br /><br />The article by Alexander McCall Smith was more interesting, and I am glad he refered to it as stories.Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.com