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I'm working on finding ways to speed up my work wherever possible. (I work slow!) I took all my hand-written exclamations from the first four Ashita no Joe volumes & made a master chart of marker/ink letters. Took several hours, but should hopefully save time in the long run! (Working on vol 5 now.)

50% sales on Criterion Collection are my bank account’s kryptonite 🎬🫠

Was not expecting the de Young manga exhibit to be this extensive. The first and final pages of Ashita no Joe? A room of Rumiko Takahashi originals? Huge paintings by Araki from JoJo? So impressed

hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.

A beautiful end to a beautiful series. 🥲💎

The other day my kid was asking me what book I was working on and I said "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime". That title is a mouthful, so he calls the book "Slime Time" instead. 💙SLIME TIME💚 I love it.

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Saw Bugonia tonight (loved it!) I love the typeface that is used in the title and credits. Coincidentally, I hacked together an alphabet last year for Tank Chair's Guicheng Academy signage/computers, w similar counters (letter holes), & it looks like a much tamer version of the Bugonia one. 😅

Am… am I turning into a sports fan? 😮 I consider myself a Tigers guy at heart since I grew up near Detroit, but while I only lived in LA for four months, my wife loves the Dodgers, so I think I can root for them too. But I’m also very fond of the city of Toronto! Hey I’ll root for them all. 💙

It’s basically Deep Space Nine.

Pokemon really is a multi-generational phenomenon huh? That's nice to see. It came to the US a little late to truly snag me, but I used to watch the show with my nephew 25-26 yrs ago. His younger siblings also love it. Now my son (5) does too! He's been watching the old show & a newer one too.

The reason 42 million Americans are on SNAP is because employers aren’t paying living wages.

タケオカ アビー ｶﾜｲｸｶｹﾀ‼︎ #車 #アナログ絵

Thinking of the estimated one thousand of our former coworkers and friends at Paramount who are expected to lose their jobs today (Wed) in the wake of the merger. Mergers usually save a lot of money, but this almost never results in improved product quality, nor does it trickle down to employees.

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Genuinely powerful words to live by.

I don’t follow sports, but my wife is a big baseball fan, & I’ve taken her to see four of her boyfr- I mean, her favorite player Ohtani’s games. Watched that super long World Series game on TV w her last night. We both were sleepy & starting to think it was an eternal baseball purgatory. Fun though!

Thinking about Japanese regulations that force CEOs and leadership to take pay cuts before they can lay off employees

I’m driving back from Albert Lea Minnesota and stopped in Austin. Checked out a Frank Lloyd Wright House (Elam House) then visited the SPAM Museum! The museum is fun and quirky. They have a Japan section and the cute SPAM song that was playing reminded me of what I most love about Japan: whimsy.

These are my favorite game soundtracks. (More into in the ALT text) (I also want to add all the Square SNES RPGs too, but there are too many good choices to choose!)

I’ve been periodically reorganizing my closet, dresser, & t-shirt rack as I lose weight. Phasing in stuff I can fit into again and phasing out other things. Y’know, for someone who was a goth in high school, my wardrobe nowadays is pretty colorful!

Know your rights to protest.

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Define your music taste in eight artists: (I'm gonna cheat and do TEN!) Prince Akiko Yano David Bowie Kate Bush CAPSULE Presets Kendrick Lamar YMO Justice MGMT

I've been on a new Kenji Tsuruta kick. (I read Spirit of Wonder back back in the day.) Bought Captain Momo 1 and Emanon 1 and want more. UNFORTUNATELY, Emanon vol 2 & 3 and Wandering Island 1 are now expensive and seemingly OOP. I ordered Emanon 4 and WI 2, just to get them now while they are cheap.

Carole King 💿 Fantasy (1973) 🏷️ Rock / Folk Rock / Pop Rock / Acoustic / Ballad Artwork: Drew Struzan (Illustration) 💔 Chuck Beeson (Art Direction)

On this date, October 14, 1980, the very first issue of Big Comic Spirits is published with the first chapter of Maison Ikkoku.

He made a lot of the promotional/poster artwork for my favorite movie, Blade Runner (and so many other wonderful movie posters!) Rest in peace.

Shot-in-the-dark question for the cosplay folks... I'd ordered my son (5 yrs old) an Ultraman Zero costume from Ebay, the seller cancelled the order randomly, & now I don't have time to get here in time for Halloween. Anyone know any good sites where I might be able to get something like this?

EVERYONE STOP cheese wheel of cheeses

A very happy birthday to Rumiko Takahashi! Born on October 10, 1957 in Niigata, she is entering into her 47th year as a mangaka! Happy birthday, sensei!

Jim Lee promises that DC will never use AI, saying "AI doesn't dream, feel, or make art."

(You should buy this!) My parents gave me this for Xmas when it came out. Not long after that, I sold all my old original softcover C&H books to Half Price Books. Little did I know then that I'd grow to regret selling them because they were the ones I read as a kid, and thus, pretty special.

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This is silly, but do any of you ever get a little "victory fanfare" in your head when you make a real-life accomplishment or stroke of luck? I know that I get the Final Fantasy VI battle victory fanfare in my head sometimes at these moments. (Sonic 3 stage complete music too sometimes!)

I'm almost superstitious about saying this, but ten days out, recovery been going surprisingly smooth! Mostly just occasional fatigue, and not too much pain. What blows my mind though is that I'm already down a shirt size! There will be plateaus, for sure, but this gave me a big boost of hope.

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So nice to see Panorama Island back in print again. That was the second manga I ever lettered, 15-ish years ago. I was still learning proper lettering at the time so please hang in there with that, but enjoy a tome of absolutely beautiful Maruo art and a very intriguing story!

On a remote and mysterious island, one man builds a playground of hedonistic excess. His world is filled with splendor — waterfalls, palaces, and gardens — a grand back-drop for decadent bacchanalia and dark secrets. The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo Now available in paperback

Dropped by the bookstore and spent some time browsing manga. Feels nice to look through all these books and say to myself “hey my friend translated that!” Or “hey my friend lettered that one!” There are some very talented people on our field.

🚨PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 for all my fellow Satoshi Kon lovers. Perfect Blue is playing at select theaters staring this Friday (My local theater has it listed for several days.) I’ll forever wish Kon had lived longer so we could have seen all the other amazing movies he would’ve made!