a++ would smuggle into space again

Some comics recs:

* No I am not going to rec Family Man to you again, you should know about it already. I'm just commenting on today's page in the following thoughtful, intellectual manner: OTP OTP OTP OTP OTP
* Moment of Truth, by Ming Doyle: short comic set in Korea during the Mongol Invasion! I like it much better now I know who Ögedei Khan is, but this knowledge is not necessary. My favorite touch here is how the lettering looks a bit like it's been scanlated.
* The Yanks Are Coming: this is not currently, er, ongoing, but this comic made me laugh until I snorted a chip up my nose. My suitemate (...wahh, I don't live in my suite anymore) who is from Portland is essentially this woman but with a shoulder tat instead of pink hair. FREE RANGE
* All of rachelroach's Doctor Who art is great. Space Pirate Space Babies is particularly delicious.
* Toothless the dragon vandalizes a boat.
* I don't know what this commission is of, but I love it.
* This is not a comic. This is my cat.

I honorable-mention at the internet!

(I'm the gal who won the potato division. Eli very charitably helped me out, although now he wants us to start a vegetable reenactment blog. "We could do Doctor Who!" he says, little knowing that I am already raging with the temptation to knit a tiny scarf the size of the whole carrot.)

I have an new, embarrassing favorite song.

In other news, I can't stop reading Family Man, so I thought I'd make a proper pimp post. Family Man is by quirkybird, who is otherwise famous for Bite Me!, a webcomic about French revolutionary vampires. Bite Me! was done when she was in, er, college I think? and reads like it's on speed; certainly the art, while totally eye-catching, is unprofessional. On the other hand: it's a comic about French revolutionary vampires, okay, it had me at 'hello.'

Family Man is not about French revolutionary vampires. It is about German academic werewolves. I love it even more.

It is also very much not on speed. It is professionally, quietly done, well-inked, well-colored, beautifully lined, and gorgeously researched. The pace is gradual; so far it's been in progress for a couple of years and Luther, the main character, has only just met his love interest. (Unless you're me, and you think that Lucien's his love interest. What, I can't help it.) Said Luther, the main character, is fucking amazing. His father was a Jew who converted to Christianity for love of his mother, and Luther's tangles with Christianity, his heritage, and his reason are phenomenal. (The most recent page is my favorite so far; if you read it, you'll know why.) If you like academia, I can pretty much promise that you'll enjoy this. If you like stories of struggles with faith, I sincerely hope you love it as much as I do.

(The one flaw in the art is that, since she naturally draws big-nosed characters, she's chosen to give her Jewish characters a sort of commedia dell'arte nose. Don't think too much about it.)

The proper reverence... A very very thoughtprovoking essay on Bibles and anthropology and time. Link stolen from dakegra.

Online Literature: not quite as comprehensive as the Gutenberg project, obviously, but certainly easier to read. It's lovely indeed.

Golden. It's a fantasy parody comic written by some of my favorite fantasy parodists; what could go wrong? Visit their main websites, too, as I'd like to link to them all here but it would be redundant.

The Llama Song. I'm sure all of you have heard this already. But. If you have not. Um. Ahahahahahahahahaha. Lots and lots of sound, so be warned.

A page from the design book of H2G2. I like the Guide. It's very friendly. As are all the incarnations here. (I'm amused by those that look a rather lot like an Apple computer. Adams would approve.)

Hearts and Bones. A creepy Juilliard-fic I wrote for NML. Which is. Um. Entirely devouring what was once left of my brain? Yes. Par for the course, then.

( Kathy's Song, lyrics. God, I love this song. (c) Paul Simon. )

Links: 13 things that do not make sense, on NewScientist.com.

Oh my god this icon. AH. ketaki, apparently, made it.

Ah, Feynman. Best introductory post yet on deadmentalking.

Pretty, pretty, pretty (strangeweird) picture. Me gusta.

John Keel + Sam Vimes=sexydamnpicture.
Good Omens War=sexydamnpicture all by herself.
Guh. The one on the bottom. NOT a Sirius fangirl, but that's an damn good argument.
(All of these are by the genius dorkorific, the artmastermind behind shoebox_project.)

I decided to make a post with all my favorite timewasters, sort of in conjunction with the friendslistlovememe.

First up is a new thing darkwitch666 came up with--totally brill. It's "Harry Potter and the HBP" as it might be but in fact is not. Starts with darkwitch's own opening paragraphs; she invites the entire fandom to continue it.

It has exactly 5 entries to it so far. Here it is; if you want, start posting your way through it and let's see if we can get at least a chapter in. Rec it on all your journals, people! Let's see if we can get mctabby recognition or something!

Second up is a half-political-cartoon-half-anime called "Sore Thumbs". Needless to say, it's a webcomic. If you're even vaguely anti-Bush you'll probably enjoy this--it's a merciless mock of a variety of political stereotypes, although rather short so far.

Third up is Write_Of_Way--a new original ficcers community. Yes, limyaael, erythros, I'm talking to YOU. This is going to be at least MILDLY cool, right?

Which brings me to number four, and the next person in my friendslistlovememe...

Oh, crap, she's not. OK, post about number four coming tomorrow when I can review it in fullness.

ANYWAY. I love ella_macmillan because she's damn-bloody-knock-down cool. (yes, this goes for all my friendslist, but still...) She's a Ravenclaw, no question, (w00t!) and yet, still, mysteriously Hufflepuffian. Confusing and yet wonderful. I can sum up her ficcy coolness in a snippet from her Genficathon post:

"The Order. Harry frowned. Malfoy would have died anyway. The Order was finished. It wasn't necessary, now that he was gone, the Ministry said. Harry had to remember not to laugh at how the Ministry referred to Voldemort. One young official, who had been looking at Harry with wide and wondering eyes while she explained, had given Harry the impression that she was speaking of God."

(It's Fahrenheit 451 meets Hogwarts, and go read her journal already!)