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This story was published in full color in one of the Sunday comics collections. It features some of the most impressive fight scenes in the entire strip...

... and is indeed the last one I got!

Over to you thothy!

Time to annoy thothy with my singing again!

Getting to know you... Getting to knooooww all aboooooooooooout youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

I've been shy this week. I'll try to come up with something shortly.

Thanks thoth. It's nice to be shy once in a while. Sometimes I just go sit in a corner quietly and bury my face in a newspaper whenever someone walks by.

And now we have to think of performances for the company Christmas party. And so I shall practice my singing yet again...

Getting to know you... Getting to knooooww all aboooooooooooout youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

yeah, yeah... the footy's on. Will fink of one later.

I've just found that I'm missing a couple of issues in the Manga I'm reading. It's:

a) Ghost in the Shell
b) Patlabor
c) Golgo 13
d) Fullmetal Alchemist
e) Akira
f) Saturn Apartments
g) Monster

Ooh, all good choices!

Let's go with...

Fullmetal Alchemist

Nope.

Golgo 13?

Not Golgo 13. I'm brief with the answers, so that I don't give it away

Nice strategy

Ghost in the Shell?

Not Ghost in the Shell.

Patlabor?

I would love to hear some of the stories behind these. After I guess correctly and all, so as not to ruin your tactics

Not Patlabour. Actually, I think I've picked a little better than I thought at first. I first thought I'd slip with a comment, but there are some similarities across a few of them.

I'm only familiar with a couple myself but will def read up after this.

Akira?

Yipee! It's Akira! Or rather, oh sodding nass. It's Akira. I've read up to issue 21 in the Epic series only to find I don't have 22 or 36 for that matter. I was sure I'd read it all the way through before too. But I guessed I just skipped past the missing ones on my last reread.

As for the others, Alchemist certainly has some interesting story turns, but the art style didn't really work for me.

I read some Golgo 13 quite a while ago, but didn't pick up any more. I just didn't see much of the depth that I've read about it since. I recall thinking I'd read better Euro versions of similar themes. Possibly one to reread. As it's been going on such a long time, the styles are quite retro now.

Speaking of Euro, Monster has some locations there. This is one that I've only read a little of, and out of sequence. Again, I've seen similar themes elsewhere, but I don't think I gave it quite the look it deserved.

Saturn Apartments I've not seen at all. But I thought it was interesting and added it here as a reminder to myself I think there's a bit of Halo Jones in there.

Which brings me to the last three. I generally prefer the near future tech of manga, which is why the list didn't have any fantasy types really.

I have the late '90s versions of Patlabor, but it was the films that made me go back for a second look.

Ghost in the Shell is a favourite, as much for the hints of an emsemble cast we sometimes see. Certainly for the detailed techno-politically motivated plots. While the lead characters are interesting, It's never been why I read it (note recent anime, where I'm muttering "get on with it" when it's another Kusanagi scene.) Shirow's art was just superb and even more innovative in the sequel.

Which leaves us with Akira, which remains stunning, even when Kaneda is such a jerk. I didn't get it when the first few epic issues came out. I was waiting at a comic shop before going to meet someone, when I took a glance. The format would suggest it was more expensive, and to sacrifice a few mainstream comics for one of something else was always a decision. The film wouldn't have been far away by that point either. I saw that first before I ever got my paws on the back issue I had missed.

The divergence between the mediums is striking and shows that not everything has to stay faithful in order for it to be as good. But, off to get those issues. Who knows what happened to them?


Over to you Ibby...

Awesome! Akira is the one I am most familiar with. I watched the animated movie. It's quite a deep tale as well...

Ghost in the Shell is the one I am next most familiar with, it's a pretty interesting concept.

Will read up on the others. Thanks for sharing, thoth.

Okay, new Q up soon...

When I was younger and questions of sexuality had not yet cropped up, I had a crush on which female hero?

a) Storm
b) Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)
c) Tsunami
d) Katana
e) Fire
f) Ice
g) Wonder Woman
h) Power Girl
i) Crimson Fox
j) Wasp
k) Invisible Woman
l) Jean Grey
m) Maxima
n) Saturn Girl
o) Kinetix
p) Apparition
q) Dream Girl
r) Starfire

I'll start with b)

Perhaps a tad too obvious I always had a profound respect for Dr. Light, but never really a crush.

Obvious? As obvious as 0)?

I loved Zoe, but that was when I was older and I had also started having crushes on some male heroes.

f)

Nice work! It was indeed sweet, caring and compassionate Ice! I always thought she was amazing and wondered how anyone could think her powers were useless.

Over to you thoth!