Saturday, August 18, 2012

The system is down!

I was hoping to get out a big post today, but my home Internet connection is down thanks to a storm last night. I'm writing this on the blogger iPhone app, which, putting it frankly, sucks.

Last week was Obon Yasumi, a big holiday week in Japan. It's about honoring the dead, but most people use it to go traveling. My wife and I went to Lake Biwa (Biwako) for a belated honeymoon. It was fantastically relaxing, and the beach was so fun.

And what better to bring on a beach vacation (at least if you're me) than a fat stack of comics?

Well, I didn't bring them exactly. On the first night we went into town and popped into Tsutaya (a popular movie rental chain) where I found that they also rent out manga. My town does not have a manga rental store or even a nearby Book Off, so I was pretty stoked. I wanted to do a review of all five, but they were not all... worth it.

Anyway, a pic from my favorite (a BL book about bugs):

Saturday, August 11, 2012

He's on a horse.

I guess this isn't bad for my first use of pen & ink since high school (I'm 25). Of course I'm looking at it and already seeing areas that could be better. Draw it again 20 times?

This is Hippa from Darcy's WIP, Lycoris King. He lost his arm in battle. He's a sensitive soul.