comics: a lot of random interests
The second issue of Bash Magazine is out, and Kyle mentioned an advice column comic that I just had to see and he wasn’t kidding! I’d never heard of Tiny Sepuku before, but I’m thinking of sending a question or so in just for fun. You’d think it would be the Pride Day Coordinator that would get me, but I completely cracked up when I read the one marked for being a Barista.
This issue seemed shorter than the last, but that may have been my fast reading while on the train home. I like a lot of the offerings in Bash and it’s caused me to find a few new comics/artists I wouldn’t have known about otherwise. And considering the news only seems to have about 3 rotating topics at the moment, anything to read that’s an alternative to newspapers is a welcome change.
So I’m supposed to be a barista! THAT’S what’s wrong.
Curse my stupid High School Guidance Counselor.
1) Become Barista
2) ????
3) Profit!!
It’s cute, but that artist is seriously twisted for making something cute out of the word for a traditional method of suicide in Japan. I’ll come back to it for sure.
You’re right, the barista one is so spot on – “It’s funny because it’s true!”
Although loving all things kawaii can be a sign of something appropriately disturbing.
可愛い (kawaii) is ubiquitous in contemporary Japan. As someone who’s part Japanese, I have to agree with you there, Kyle. There are some very disturbing manifestations of the cute factor, and that can take several posts or an entire blog.
@shindo & @kyle: The only kawaii thing I like is the webcomic Kawaii Not.