Michelle's corner

So these arrived today...

The Firefly comic is the next in the current series. The Ghost In The Shell books are because I'm pondering the ethics of the works that Masamune has created. Stand Alone Complex, however, is a bit bonkers; despite being in English, it is still read in Japanese fashion, from back to front. I'd better not try enjoying this with a glass of wine.. it'll do my head in.

Comic book of the month, however, is, "Emma G Wildford," by, "Zidrou & Edith". The first three pages are in French, and that's not too much for me to pulse through a translation program to get the gist of what's going on. The description on Page45's review goes like this...

"Journey back in time to the roaring twenties, and across England and Lapland, to experience the charming and thrilling adventure of Emma G. Wildford, a tale that mixes mystery, grand adventure, and love.

It's been fourteen months since Emma G. Wildford's fiancé, Roald Hodges, a member of the National Geographic Society boarded the good ship Kinship and set sail for Norway... and she has had no news of him since. Every day, she questions the other members of the Society about his whereabouts, and his current situation, whether good or ill, but to no avail.

Before he left, Roald gave Emma a mysterious envelope to open, but only in case something happened to him. Rejecting the very thought of Roald's death, Emma decides to leave behind everything - her life, her comfort, her England, to go to Lapland in pursuit.

Along the way, Emma's certainties and beliefs will be challenged in every way, changing this quest for her fiancé into a quest for her true, essential self. Beautifully illustrated and rivetingly written, Emma G. Wildford is a character that will imprint herself on your mind and memory forever!"

Exactly what's going to happen here, I'm not sure. But one thing I do know, is that I've got to finish the comic book of the month last month, before I start on the comic book of the month, this month. However, having come back from a 14 hour shift, and facing another one tomorrow... it won't be this week. Nor this weekend, as... you guessed it... I'm working.