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  • This was beautiful. Nothing happens except a guy walks around urban Japan. That’s it. I never knew manga or comics could feature landscapes and that they could be so peaceful. This is stillness illustrated. I highly recommend this. It looks simple and peaceful. You don’t really hear comics described as peaceful too often. But that…

    (On reading) The Walking Man by Jiro Taniguchi
  • This is about the Joker.  And he wants to make a point: that all you need is one bad day to turn to chaos, to violence for the sake of violence. In this story, the Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum, kidnaps James Gordon and shoots his daughter. The Joker tries to make his point and…

    (Quick Read) Batman: The Killing Joke
  • This is an introduction of Bruce Wayne and of James Gordon to a corrupt Gotham city. With no knowledge of each other and having to prove their own to the city, they eventually find themselves aligning in principle. Batman cleans up the streets at night, hunting mobs, corrupt policemen and politicians. James Gordon serves as…

    (Quick Read) Batman: Year One
  • The cross between pondering life’s question and childhood is small. On a Venn diagram, they’d probably be overlapping only by a tiny part. If you did have those moments of curiosity as a child, you might remember how those moments stand out, because you either felt dread, or felt dumb and just got back to…

    Wisdom from reading The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
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