I've been using Crunchyroll, too, and the zoom really is nice. The catalog is a bit of a mixed-bag for me so far, but there's enough for me to justify the cost for now.

You know, when that came out, I saw an episode and just couldn't get into it. But now that it's been ohgod 18 years…

Very cool, thanks for the info!

He's a lagomorph, Ape! Look it up!

Box Office Poison love! I really love Alex Robinson's dialogue and grasp of character, and BOP is maybe his strongest in exploring that, but I think his Too Cool to Be Forgotten would also be solid for a first-time comics reader.

Harlequin publishes "Harlequin manga", which puts original English-language stories with Japanese artists and which seems closest to the sensibilities of the traditional Charlton/DC/etc. type of romance comics. But if you mean any comics with an emphasis on relationships in the storyline, there's a number of…

We had to read it before the class discussion where he went into some of the connections. It definitely wasn't all of them, and I did think he was having a bit of a tough time trying to figure out who or what's important to mention (it was his first time teaching the class), but I remember finding most of what he…

I wrote this above, but I had the opposite experience reading Kingdom Come despite having the same amount of background knowledge. It's a little weird to me, because a number of serial comics I've read and enjoyed are due to just jumping into a random issue or collection with little foreknowledge, and I can't pinpoint…

I took a class on comics where Kingdom Come was assigned reading, and my knowledge of DC going into the class was primarily from Batman: The Animated Series and a handful of episodes from its follow-up series. The teacher was good at explaining a ton of the significance of different characters and commentary KC was…

Knew about Free Comic Book Day, but Halloween Comicsfest is news, thanks! I'd add to go as early as possible, especially if it's a smaller shop. A couple years, I've gone to ones where they ran out of titles I wanted to see, or just plain ran out (one place ended up putting out old stock at 5 for $1, instead).

…there was a short (and, of course, wacky-item-induced) arc in one of the later volumes where Ranma briefly falls in love with Ryoga (who sadly doesn't reciprocate): http://tinyurl.com/qetavg3

"I'll leave it in your hands."
"Entirely, sir."
"You know, Jeeves, you're by way of being rather a topper."
"I endeavour to give satisfaction, sir."

Wasn't Strange Armor Chadwick's revamping of a movie script/his initial origin story for Concrete that floated around but never got made? I could see that as a mini-series, but yeah, the more relaxed Concrete stories seem like they'd be a harder sell. It'd be cool to see Concrete either way (and SA does a solid job…

Are there runs of Heavy Metal considered to be classic? And have there been any similar titles that give it a run for the money? I've picked up the odd back issue of HM from the '70s to '90s, plus a few also-rans from then (a couple with interesting stuff or good potential for it, one "so, gore and tits and machismo,…

"Nobody's perfect. I was thinking, Mother Theresa, you know, she was an incredible person, but I read a lot of women's magazines, and I thought maybe she wasn't always a really good best friend. Like, 'Yeah, I knew Therese. But I call her, we were supposed to do something Wednesday night, and she's like, 'Oh, I…

We sang it in fifth and sixth grade music class, same teacher, whenever we had to kill the last few minutes and abridging it as needed. She handwrote and photocopied whatever we sang if it wasn't in the school book, which was maybe 3-4 songs total, but this was by far the longest one. And almost every time we sang it,…

Out in the suburbs, and envious that you got to see the Kahlo exhibit! Seconding Eastern Market (bulk prices drop near closing time) and Heidelberg Project. If you have the time, cash, and inclination, try to catch a theater show downtown. In my limited experience so far, the Fox Theatre has the biggest "whoa" factor…

Years since I read my awol copy, but still remember:

This discussion reminds me of another animated short, John Weldon's perkily disquieting To Be, up in high quality on the National Film Board of Canada's site:

Years ago, I did eggs with thin slices of pear, gruyere, and some herbs that needed to be used up in the family kitchen, either fines herbes or rosemary; might've had sweet onion, too. It was, format-wise, a couple (rough) omelets, but ime the texture I usually cook eggs to seems to be relatively wet and loose, and…