Mnemovore

So I just finished the comic miniseries Mnemovore, by Hans Rodionoff (Lovecraft, The Lost Boys: The Tribe), and Ray Fawkes (The Apocalipstix, Spookshow), with art by Mike Huddleston (Deep Sleeper, The Coffin), and published in 2005 by DC's Vertigo imprint, for mature readers.
The story is a Lovecraftian affair involving memory loss, old people and tentacle monsters. Kaley Markowic suffers a head injury while snowboarding, effectively ending her career and causing brain damage, resulting in partial amnesia. While recuperating, the town is plauged by small tentacle monsters that feed off of memory. Kaley, being brain damaged, is completly immune to the attacks of the tentacle creatures (and their master, the Mnemovore), leaving her to be the only one who can figure out what the hell is going on and save the world from the ancient monster's memory eating... grip? Tentactle hold? Suction-cuppary?
So now, the review. The art was excellent through out the book. Adding to the sense of dread and confusion about Kaley's person, and increasing as the series continues. The painted covers are all wonderful, I would actually hang one up in my room if I could. Mike Huddleston seems to know what he's doing. The writing is also good, with realistic dialouge and some pretty creepy lines. The story is much better then I'm sure I made it sound, and I loved the ending, which was both sad and a little unnerving. Put all these together and you get a pretty good book. One that I would give four and a half out of five stars, annnnd highly recommend for reading to any fan of horror, Lovecraft, tentacle monsters, amnesia, snowboarding, comics, pictures, or old people.
4.5 out of 5
Have a nice night

Disturbing

So I'm signing into my email address the other day...
I'm at the Yahoo! page, and there, on the news headline: 'Terrorist attack in Mumbai.' I already knew about this and didn't click, but whats that article next to it? Britney feels old! Oh NO! What about underneath? BIGGEST MOVIE HEARTTHROBS?! WELL FUCK ME I NEED TO READ THAT ONE.
This was a few days ago, I checked today and the 'Three Days of Terror' that resulted in the deaths of at least 195 people has a minuscule little spot underneath '10 Places In The US To See Before You Die' 'Spectacular Celestial Alignment Coming Soon' 'Teenager Collapses After 20 Hour Gaming Binge' and 'The Odd Origins of Regional Nicknames.'
I, personally, see this as a perfect example of whats important to people. Why depress yourself with horrible news of death and despair (admittedly, one of the reasons I don't watch the news) when you could read about 'movie heartthrobs'?
I think we need to start caring about more about people as whole, as a nation. And I sure as fuck hope that this starts to happen sometime soon.
I dedicate my time to helping others, I've prevented three suicides (to my knowledge, may be more), and another 14 self-mutilations (the E-Ward is not a cool place to party). Admittedly, I don't care about myself at all, and that might not be healthy. But for once I wish someone would follow my example and decide to think about someone else. Is that really so much to ask?
I propose that we all do at least one thing for someone else a day, a week if you really think you can't. We won't do this for a reason, we won't do this to get closer, to reach an ends. We do this to help ourselves, for the knowledge that someone is a little better because of our own actions?
Be you with me, or if you decide to simply pretend like you didnt read this and allow yourself to continue on that path of selfish degradation that we as a nation seem to love so much matters not to me.
I will do it, and I hope you do to.