cop the REAL de stijl
cop the REAL de stijl
The Situationist International listserv (subscribable at nothingness.org, of course) is generally a bunch of dudes arguing about spectacle en francais, but on occasion someone recommends a book or sends a link that redeems the whole deal. Today I got the international dada archive, which basically makes me want to pass out with happiness.
Joe gross sez from his girl-culture watching post in Austin aka Lil Houston: "Anyone interested in contempo girl culture needs to pick up this month’s Comics Journal. It focuses on shoujo manga, which is Japanese comics aimed at young women. For the first time, scads of it is being translated into English and girls are buying it like CRAZY. For example, the best selling graphic novel series in America is a shoujo series called “Fruits Basket,” which, let’s face it, is one of the best titles ever."
Which neatly follows the amount of English-translated porn manga I sold while working at a fanzine/comix shoppe in Portland OR--titles like, you know, "young assy faeries" about sexy manga nurse/dragon hybrids doing whatever whatever--kids and old men loved that stuff.
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