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Archive for October, 2007
Shane Koyczan: Two Feature Performances at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, October 2007.
From the VECC program -“You only have to hear Shane Koyczan read once to be hooked - humane, furious, sexy, political, tragic and so funny that you’ll laugh through your tears. With musical accompaniment from the Short Story Long, Shane moves from subdued, deep, sad love poetry to power chord hip-hop meta-meter.”
The Vancouver East Cultural […]
Posted: October 21st, 2007 under Poetry, Media, Publishing, Shane Koyczan, Canadian Tourism, Visiting Hours.
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The Manga Bible. No, not the bible of manga. The Bible in manga.
“Zondervan will introduce twelve graphic novels to launch six series of manga for three different age groups, including both biblically-based stories and contemporary fiction content.” from Zondervan.com
They have Bible manga, Christian Ninjas, Cyborgs and more. It is interesting to see manga being used in this way. It shows an acceptance of the […]
Posted: October 18th, 2007 under Media, manga.
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“Watterson on Schultz”
Or “Calvin on Charlie” if you will. Or “Hobbes on Snoopy”.
It’s been a very long time since we heard anything from Bill Watterson. He has done a wonderful job of falling off the map. He has resurfaced to write of review of a biography about Charles Schulz. Bill has always given full credit to the […]
Posted: October 15th, 2007 under Media, Publishing, Enthusiasms.
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Make 5 Wishes - The Japanese Edition
Goodness me these look wonderful. Printed on a slightly heavier stock of paper and brought to you by Goma Books. Both volumes have been translated and reprinted in Japanese. And it reads from left to right! A nice way for our friends in Japan to get a taste of how we feel when reading their books from […]
Posted: October 11th, 2007 under Make5Wishes, Camilla D'Errico, Joshua Dysart, Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes.
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