Lapin´s Moly: Collections

My favorite addition to all the molys of the moly_x_6 group I did in the past week. Lapin´s moly has the theme "Collections". While he collects lamps and David collects portraits of elder men, I collect comics. I just love comics - specially the dark and weird Asian comics. I have more to add when the moly comes around a second time.

Movies Without Cut Off Limbs (Nov 3)

During the weekend the Filmfest Lounge offered culinary delights from Asia as well as sales booths with DVDs, comics, books, chocolate, tea and other souvenirs. I´m glad the comics weren´t sold daily, so I got away with one comic (Adolf - Mord in Berlin, Carlsen Comics) and one chocolate Keiko (Green Chocolate, Green Kiss).
Yesterday Benjamin joined me to watch the following two movies. He was glad that both movies weren´t splatter (except for one cut off ear in Mad Detective).

TOKYO SONATA

MAD DETECTIVE

© all movie images by Asia Filmfest

Click on the pictures for more information about the movies or on the website of the Asia Filmfest.

Made And Unmade By Shannon Gerard

Just by chance I discovered Shannon Gerard´s shop at Etsy while browsing the comics they have there. She writes:

"Shannon Gerard is a dorky bibliophile who writes and draws the illustrated memoir series HUNG. She also makes print-based artist's books about loss, faith, fear and other melancholy things."

What I really liked about her zines and books are the illustrations. They are just phantastic and striking! I´m glad I found them and yesterday the mini comic Made and Unmade arrived. It is a short comic which combines drawings with a short poetic narrative about lost relationships. The books are pamphlet stitched by hand in a limited edition of 60.
I think, I´ll have to get some more of her work.

Kabuki, A Comic Book Series by David Mack (ATC)

"Perhaps creating keeps you young. There is no time when you are in the creating space. The more of this world’s time that you spend there, the less you age." (Kabuki: The Alchemy #4)



"Don’t sacrifice your dreams for the illusion of security. There is no security. Realize there is no security and become comfortable with that. It will free you up to do what you really need to do." (Kabuki: The Alchemy #4)

I´m really into comic books. Specially those with beautiful (often dark) artwork or those with great content.
KABUKI is a comic book series by artist and writer David Mack, first published in 1994 by Caliber Press and later by Image Comics. The series concerns an assassin belonging to a special, government-backed circle of masked and costumed female enforcers called the Noh in near-future Japan and her struggle for her identity.
So far I have only had a short glance into the series, but the artwork is great and the content too. So I´m planning on getting the whole series.