Things I Like, 7/19 ed.
July 19th 2007 -
I’m hoping to make this a weekly thing, if I can manage; I think I can, but I can’t promise I’ll always have links to go with my Things.
But, a brief explanation, to inaugurate this set of Things: It’s very simple, really. I am not, by nature, a compulsively irritated person. I want to like the stuff I read, and I try to keep an eye out for the stuff I like, and when it turns out I’m right, I’m happy. I Like Things.
This is a small set (three to five, no more, no less) of Things I Like. These will often be Things I don’t feel get enough notice, so I’m going to show them to you in hopes that you’ll like them too and want to give them the notice they deserve.
The Luna Brothers announce THE SWORD for Image. Billed as a mix of Asian kung-fu cinema and Western fantasy (picture KILL BILL crossed with HIGHLANDER and that seems about right), it stars a 20-year-old female college student named Dara Brighton and, like all Luna Bros. productions, looks absolutely beautiful.
YOTSUBA&!, by Kiyohiko Azuma, the guy who’s responsible for AZUMANGA DAIOH. The continuing adventures of a charmingly odd little girl named Yotsuba. Cute, whimsical, but full of heart and fun, and the fourth volume just came out a week or two ago.
COPPOLA’S DRACULA, a full novella you can read for free online, by Kim Newman. Technically it’s set in his ANNO DRACULA alternate universe, but you don’t need to have read those (utterly wonderful) books to enjoy this tale of how the filming of DRACULA could have gone. I love vampire stories, and this one hits all my favorite notes.
These are a few Things I Like. Let me know what you think.