After almost 30 pages, the closest thing to a main character returns! What a grand re-entrance for Johnny Shihab Al Din Matchead!
Very little new info to post this week, at least in regards to this website. I don’t really have any thing to try to go on and on about today…
Well, I guess I do. I’ve been reading Black Jack lately. Not the card game, the medical drama by the creator of Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka. Written in the stone age of Japanese manga, Black Jack’s titular character is an unlicensed surgeon with unsurpassed ability, a black market doctor who charges insane fees for his work. While there is little in the way of continuity, each of the Black Jack stories are poignant and often rather depressing, quite the opposite of Tezuka’s often uplifting Astro Boy. The issues and themes addressed in Black Jack, despite Tezuka’s comical art style, are quite grim and serious, and I highly recommend it.
OK, well that’s it. Enjoy today’s page, come back on Thursday.
I love Johnny’s Charlie Brown face he makes at Zan on the bottom right panel…
Emdf · 22 September 09 · 12:57:00 PM
AAUGH
ION · 23 September 09 · 05:15:25 PM