tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post8605754406306518743..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: On the Coffee Table: The Day AfterThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-60745931655331345072014-06-15T22:06:59.229-04:002014-06-15T22:06:59.229-04:00I think you'd get a lot out of this series, pa...I think you'd get a lot out of this series, parsnip. As you know, the war and occupation shaped modern Japan and the gory details are essential.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-69284767161716762472014-06-15T22:03:23.861-04:002014-06-15T22:03:23.861-04:00Yes, this one definitely challenges - makes you un...Yes, this one definitely challenges - makes you uncomfortable in all the right ways.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-63683773230443749842014-06-15T22:00:40.147-04:002014-06-15T22:00:40.147-04:00Here's a link to a much more thorough discussi...Here's a link to a much more thorough discussion, including artwork: http://japanfocus.org/-nakazawa-keiji/3416<br /><br />The art is occasionally quite gruesome. There is not blood and gore on every panel - that would be too much. But the images are powerful.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-9509611560604631352014-06-15T01:25:43.167-04:002014-06-15T01:25:43.167-04:00I have not read this manga but I know about it.
As...I have not read this manga but I know about it.<br />As I said on my Friday post about Godzilla, I grew up with "The Bomb" WWII<br />and the bombing of Pearl Harbor and The US Arizona.<br />But I think today no one knows about growing up with the remembrances of the war, and the umbrella of the bomb hovering over their everyday life. We had bomb drills when I was in school. Davis Monthan Air Force Base is in Tucson. Plus the testing in St. George Utah and New Mexico. <br />I have watched "Grave Of the Fireflies" and that wiped me out.<br />I am much older than most of the bloggers I follow. Plus a much of my family lives in Japan.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-69283278830822100262014-06-15T01:12:40.467-04:002014-06-15T01:12:40.467-04:00Looks nice. Reading a difficult book every so ofte...Looks nice. Reading a difficult book every so often is great for the mind. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304701332216772385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-79312347521256113932014-06-14T19:56:12.481-04:002014-06-14T19:56:12.481-04:00The only question I have is what all this looks li...The only question I have is what all this looks like in what appears to be the traditional manga style.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.com