Given the trying times we live in, talk of cutting back and spending on things that really matter often drifts into conversation. Earlier today I picked up Alan Moore's The Courtyard (issues 1 & 2) published by Avatar Press, and John Byrne's Generations 3. Set me back a bit, but I like to read comics... do these count as things that really matter?
Should I have spent it to stock up on food? Or on water? Or safety equipment? Or, on the less paranoid side, should I have just saved the money? In the case of Generations 3, probably. I could've waited for the compilation at least. In the case of Alan Moore's work, I think it was money well spent. It had a familiar Lovecraftian plot, with very Lovecraftian elements hidden here and there... but was told well. The device of using primarily vertical panels echoes his work on The Watchmen, wherein the 3x3 grid of comic panels were used. The descent of the none-too-likeable protagonist into a mystery of cult murders had some interesting visual twists and echoes as well...
Run Your Game, Alex!
I run a regular Saturday game. It's usually a Call of Cthulhu RPG campaign titled Masks or Nyarlathotep, but in recent weeksI've been running Champions of Manila using the HERO System.
The last two games were interesting... having introduced the player to the HERO system, I actually helped build their initial characters. Now that they've become familiar with the game system, they took it upon themselves to build their own characters. Hence the current roster of, er, heroes:
I'll chronicle their adventures as soon as this first story arc finishes...
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