HERU

Heru by Toshika Kamiyama

I guess everybody has something they don't like about their appearance. For young Kami, it's her hair. Thick and heavy, it falls into a massive bowl like structure on her head. Her classmates call her Heru, Japanese slang for helmet-head. Thus starts a life love struggle between Kami and her hair. Totally cute and fun, this comic made me happy the whole time I was reading it. Even the two page panoramic view of a Hell. I hope this is the first in a series of comic from Ms Toshika.

www.kamiartstudio.com

Action Philosophers!

Action Philosophers #3
self-help for stupid ugly losers
by Fred Can Lente & Ryan Dunlavey

I meant I'd start today.
Anyway, I read this one really slow. Paid very close attention. Read many sections twice. Still, I don't understand Freud and Jung any better than I did going in. I found the personal anecdotes interesting (Freud would often faint under stress and pee himself when angry). I guess there is something about hidden messages in the mind conforming to age old myths that can cause hysteria, neuroses and perversion. But damn if I can make heads or tales of it. I liked the Joseph Campbell about how all cultures and religions tell essentially the same stories. And the "Hero's Journey Board Game" is a classic that will probably end up hanging on the walls of screenwriting students for generations to come. So, even though I didn't follow all of this, I love smart, original comics and Action Philosophers is that. I'll be buying every issue from now on.

www.actionphilosophers.com

in the blink of an eye

Wow, you look away for a moment, get busy at work and boom, all of a sudden you haven't updated your blog in two weeks. How does that happen? Oh well, it's not like anyone reads this. I'll try to start posting daily again. Starting later today.