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I guess one of the posthumous benefits of being famous and dying is that suddenly you're marketable again. Various Japanese publishers have been reprinting Osamu Tezuka's works, some in deluxe formats. One of those has been Tezuka's Phoenix (Hinotori) series. Considered to be his masterwork, I finf this series to be very uneven, storytelling-wise. Some stories left me cold while others I felt was some of his best work.

One of the gems in this collection occurs in volumes ten and eleven. I'm a bit confused as to exactly what is happening over the course of the two volumes, but the big plot seems to involve karma and re-incarnation and subtler cultural issues. The smaller stories under that umbrella are much easier to understand. Visually it will be easy to see why I like this series!

( Pictures from the series )

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I guess one of the posthumous benefits of being famous and dying is that suddenly you're marketable again. Various Japanese publishers have been reprinting Osamu Tezuka's works, some in deluxe formats. One of those has been Tezuka's Phoenix (Hinotori) series. Considered to be his masterwork, I finf this series to be very uneven, storytelling-wise. Some stories left me cold while others I felt was some of his best work.

One of the gems in this collection occurs in volumes ten and eleven. I'm a bit confused as to exactly what is happening over the course of the two volumes, but the big plot seems to involve karma and re-incarnation and subtler cultural issues. The smaller stories under that umbrella are much easier to understand. Visually it will be easy to see why I like this series!

( Pictures from the series )

(no subject)

I guess one of the posthumous benefits of being famous and dying is that suddenly you're marketable again. Various Japanese publishers have been reprinting Osamu Tezuka's works, some in deluxe formats. One of those has been Tezuka's Phoenix (Hinotori) series. Considered to be his masterwork, I finf this series to be very uneven, storytelling-wise. Some stories left me cold while others I felt was some of his best work.

One of the gems in this collection occurs in volumes ten and eleven. I'm a bit confused as to exactly what is happening over the course of the two volumes, but the big plot seems to involve karma and re-incarnation and subtler cultural issues. The smaller stories under that umbrella are much easier to understand. Visually it will be easy to see why I like this series!

( Pictures from the series )

Magic Mtn. redux

Okay, I'm convinced that the terrific Anubis and three-headed jackals seen in the Magic Mountain "Fright Fest" were from a different Six Flags park (*grrr* False advertising!). Oh, and I almost forgot: besides the wolf and hyena plush they also had cute sabertooth tiger plush. Still working on finding a place to just buy them...I was told that employees can buy them: Nerfcoyote, do you or Scruff still have any good contacts working there? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

Magic Mtn. redux

Okay, I'm convinced that the terrific Anubis and three-headed jackals seen in the Magic Mountain "Fright Fest" were from a different Six Flags park (*grrr* False advertising!). Oh, and I almost forgot: besides the wolf and hyena plush they also had cute sabertooth tiger plush. Still working on finding a place to just buy them...I was told that employees can buy them: Nerfcoyote, do you or Scruff still have any good contacts working there? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

Magic Mtn. redux

Okay, I'm convinced that the terrific Anubis and three-headed jackals seen in the Magic Mountain "Fright Fest" were from a different Six Flags park (*grrr* False advertising!). Oh, and I almost forgot: besides the wolf and hyena plush they also had cute sabertooth tiger plush. Still working on finding a place to just buy them...I was told that employees can buy them: Nerfcoyote, do you or Scruff still have any good contacts working there? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?