2 interesting books to recommend

1. Key Moments from the History of Comics by Francois Ayroles (Beguiling Books)
2. Otacool: Worldwide Otaku Rooms (Kotobukiya)

Both for otakus. You need to know serious comics history to get Key Moments, which is lots of fun if you do.

Danny Choo (whom i was told was the son of Jimmy Choo?) promoted Otacool at AFA09. It's a fascinating peek into the lives and mindset of otakus worldwide.

"We're sort of Paycheck-to-paycheck. I'm sorry I don't have much eyecandy here. T_T"

"I enjoy my otaku lifestyle very much and at the same time, I want to work hard and be a contributing member of the society, I worked very hard to develop my career and I want to help prove that otaku can be a very productive member of the society."

If nothing else, there is a nice pix of Alodia Gosiengfiao...

Singapore Hip Hop Horror Comics

Ye Zhen is the guy to watch out for in 2010. He was selling his comics at the Singapore Toys Games Comics Convention and now 4 volumes are out at Kino and other comics shops for those who missed out on buying the original ring-bind editions. (those must be collectors' items by now, you losers)

So don't lose anymore. Go get.

http://artst.com/profile/yezhen

p/s: whatever you want to say about STGCC, it has spurred local artists to put out their own books after years of wilderness. Troy Chin/Adrian Teo put out TRT 1 and 2 after STCC last year and Ken Foo followed up with Freedom Love Forever this year. Now this. Things are happening.

Ah Beng Movie of the Year

Storm Warriors II.

The same goes for Part I, which I reviewed for etc magazine all those years ago.

Kino Top 10 for Nov 09

1. OISHINBO: THE JOY OF RICE: A LA CARTE
by TETSU KARIYA, AKIRA HANASAKI

2. FULL METAL ALCHEMIST VOLUME 22
by HIROMU ARAKAWA

3. VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOLUME 10
by MATSURI HINO

4. MAGISTER NEGI MAGI VOLUME 24
by KEN AKAMATSU

5. GREEN LANTERN AGENT ORANGE
by GEOFF JOHNS

6. OISHINBO: JAPANESE CUISINE: A LA CARTE
by TETSU KARIYA, AKIRA HANASAKI

7. FABLES VOLUME 12: THE DARK AGES
by BILL WILLINGHAM

8. OTOMEN VOLUME 6
by AYA KANNO

9. NARUTO VOLUME 46
by MASASHI KISHIMOTO

10. BATMAN: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER
by NEIL GAIMEN, ANDY KUBERT