With their loss to Paraguay (after a valiant battle) Trinidad & Tobago have dropped out of the World Cup race. I have mourned that loss. Now I’m on the Germany train…
Wait, why?? Why Germany?? Here’s the backstory:
My mother is from Trinidad (moved to Toronto when she was 18, I think) and my father was born in Germany (also moved to Toronto, age 11). I was born in Toronto, but my heritage makes me a Germadadian. Obviously.
My brother, too, is a Germadadian. And aside from that, I figure there are precious few of us on the planet. I’ve decided that, in an effort to preserve the race (and foster cultural pride) I will establish a website exclusively for fellow Germadadians where we may share stories, family trees and recipes. Look for www.germadadian.com in the near future!
Until then, go Germany! We trounced the Swedes 2-0 today and are on the road to a World Cup victory in the Fatherland!
I found Felipe’s video on Kalman’s Myspace page. Karl and I met Felipe years ago in Chicago, back in the old Miki days. He was much younger then, much less confident and without a specific goal for his work (which was, even in those days quite stunning). We had the opportunity to sit down with him (along with Kalman, Rivkah and Tanya and Richard Horie) again last summer for an informal, alcohol-driven, 3am comics-theory roundtable. I have to say, it was the highlight of the entire Wizard World convention. The amount of drive, passion and pure love that he and Rivkah, both publishing their books through Tokyopop, have for the medium and for their work was an inspiration to us all.
This video is evidence of Felipe’s drive to move comics into the mainstream and to sell copies of his fantastic “MBQ”. I found the conversation he has with the store owner to be of great interest. Eduardo Orenstein, owner of two of Argentina’s most influencial comic retail outlets, makes the claim that ‘manga’, ‘comics’ ‘la bande dessinee’ and ‘historieta’ are completely different mediums and that, as a result of Felipe’s citizenship it is impossible for him to create “a manga”. He states, “Manga is for Japanese people and Manga must be drawn by the Japanese.” Does this mean that if Tsutomu Nihei immigrates to Canada and is granted citizenship his work ceases to be ‘manga’? Will Josh Middleton’s work cease to be ‘comics’ when he moves back to Japan? And what the hell do you call Argentinian Eduardo Risso’s work - ‘comics’ or ‘historieta’? Does a person’s heritage and/or citizenship determine the description of the work they create and can slight variations of style dictate a shift in medium-type?
After several years in outer space exploring its Kryptonian origins, the HorCast returns home to find Lyon has forsaken it for another podcast, has had a child with said ‘cast and has given up drinking orange juice of the freshly-squeezed variety. The love-loss must have something to do with that magic HorCast memory-wipe kiss. No excuse for avoiding the juice. Oranges are better than cigarettes…
Tune in this Tuesday, June 13th for the first episode of the second season of the HORCAST!
With their loss to Paraguay (after a valiant battle) Trinidad & Tobago have dropped out of the World Cup race. I have mourned that loss. Now I’m on the Germany train…
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