Happy Birthday...

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to Friendstephen, Kathawkes, and an EARLY one (because I'm getting to that point at end of semester where the brain is starting to crackle like...well, insert your own analogy), early birthday to Astria.

You all have great days, safe drinks, good chocolate, hopefully decent food..and good friends. :-)

(and hopefully the icon brings a smile or two..I know, I'm just not right in the head..)

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[friendstephen.livejournal.com]

Many thanks. All's well so far!

Indeed ... quite an interesting userpic.

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Good. I always think friends should have a great day on their birthday.

Well, blame the comic book "Transmetropolitan" for that one. :-)

[friendstephen.livejournal.com]

Transmetropolitan is not one I've read, although I picked it up and put it back in the comic shop a time or two. The Warren Ellis name is one I respect; I've been reading Doktor Sleepless since it started and I can't say I fully understand it but it always draws me in. Although it is different in kind and scope than Watchmen, it has that same quality of peering into a fully-realized world that is quite different than anything I'd imagined before.

I hope to graduate to Transmetropolitan someday when I have the time to properly appreciate it.

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Transmet is one of my all time faves, and has turned me from a Warren Ellis "Ok, he's good" into a "Ok, if it's got his name, and I have the money, it's in my hands". I found the book good, until I got to the third collection, at which point it transformed into GREAT.

The Transmet books are at the Apt, and if you'd like to borrow them, feel free.

I need to catch up on Doktor Sleepless...I haven't managed to get a single issue since #5..and that seems long enough ago that I'm sure 3 or 4 issues should have come out, but with Ellis, it's hard to tell. I found a website with podcasts talking about the issues, up to #5, and the one that has the blurb of why he created this.

Doktor Sleepless, and Black Summer...think that was the superhero story...and there have been a few stories of his (Black gas?) that I've managed to miss entirely. Someday...