Lurker > Juhanor

Joined, my handle is j1duo on Discord.

Read the facsimile version of some of Basquiat's notebooks, his handwriting was really nice + had some interesting sentence construction as he did. I'm also 90% sure the guy that bought them back then and published em thanked everyone in the acknowledgements EXCEPT you know, Basquiat...

DoesntMatter posted... I'm glad to have you back!

spanky1 posted...

In light of the new CE rules, Duran will never posting in this topic again. WELP.

:(
Throwing it out there, we can always consider migrating the topic to a different board if not website. Gonna really hate to lose the ease of use and simplicity of GameFAQs posting interface though...

Alright last big reading of American Literature, while Fandom strikes out at CE. I get to pick one of three plays, anyone familiar with these works or can rec which one to pick?
Death of a Salesman
Fences
Long Day's Journey Into Night

cuh posted...

Just finished the entirety of Marcel Prousts In Search of Lost Time. Cheers!

Good job!

I've been continuing to collect reading materials for my upcoming break from college; currently have 2 of the 4 classes I took this semester done (History of US Navy and American Immigration). American Presidency and Literature from 1865 to Present remain...

I'm gonna read a LOT of comic strips...and that huge stack of books I took a photo of awhile ago...lol

I'm not sure anyone can quite match Herriman in terms of his word choice tbh

Had my last meeting with Navy history professor today, always a good time; signed up for courses in the fall, just have to figure out how to change my degree plan to reflect that.

Read about some cool sounding Italian comics today...but they're not TL'ed <_<

cuh posted... I'm so sorry; I can only say that she must have been a wonderful mother to have raised you all, and that she will surely live on in your hearts and memories.

Just working on papers today, I can't wait to be done with this semester!

cuh posted...

Where do you live, if you dont mind me asking? I hope your electricity is back on!

Central New York, I'm in the backwoods between Syracuse and Utica. The electricity did come back, I think it was out 28 hours total.

cuh posted... Oh my friend, I'm so sorry. I wish I could make it better for you.

Finished Sphinx quests RIP.
Not sure what I'll do next, are the Trickster and MA vocations in Battahl?

Lmao I saw Sonic the other day, creepy.

Currently doing the Sphinx quests, her design is neat. Love the eyes+feather hair

Finally got time to play more this past week, throwing feels a lot more smooth than DD1.
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Finished the second to last US Navy chapter today, last is Battle of Manila Bay.

https://i.vgy.me/jJ1JTK.jpg

The hits just keep on coming going on eighteen hours with no electricity. I did get a ton of work done for classes yesterday though. Currently building my collection up for post-semester reading and trying not to freeze.

Happy Easter everyone!
Almost done with this semester...the end of assigned readings in sight...
Ratchetrockon posted...

Been playing it on PC.

Me too!

Boxboy series from HAL Labs
Crimson Shroud

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Back from EEG and scrubbed up, that was pretty crazy. The tech blinked like...I'd say 8 or so patterns of lights at my closed eyes, first half seemed pretty normal, second half, hooo boy. I could "feel" my brain start to fire up and the room started spinning, but it went away pretty quickly. The tech was nice though and aside from those four patterns, not a bad test. Actually chatted with him about Naval History lololol.

cuh posted...

^^^Ahh I see, Ive seen that one online when looking for copies on the internet. The Taschen one I bought is huge, its about a foot wide, 17 inches tall, and over 14 pounds

https://www.taschen.com/en/books/comics/01173/george-herriman-s-krazy-kat-the-complete-color-sundays-1935-1944/

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2c708dd6.jpg

Definitely a luxury book Ill carry this to my grave

I'll have to track down a copy, their BIG books are awesome!

Ratchetrockon posted...

I've been distracted by dragon's dogma 2 as of late lol

Aahh I played some over the weekend, I definitely want to play more today. What system do you have it on?

cuh posted...

(check out the Krazy Kat box in the background btw!)

!!!!
I'm 90% sure I saw that exact cover in one of the local bookstores...last summer maybe? I didn't pick it up because I already had an armful of books and was actually going to try and find the title to recommend to you cause I thought it might have been dailies. What a crazy (krazy) coincidence!

Ah OK, I was 90% sure but 100% wrong...the "night" sky is what I was remembering. This is the one I spotted in the wild last year:
https://i.vgy.me/Ma8aez.jpg

^Very nice, Geo.'s panel work is highly underrated IMO
I haven't given his color work a chance yet TBH, Krazy just looked so damn good in B+W....

Just read more Navy today; ironclads are kinda wearing me out. The author described the Civil War as the first industrialized war/setting the standard for future conflicts but holy cow they did NOT have the standards then. It reads like a comedy of errors at points.

Plague sounds scary <_<

Alucard188 posted...

T'was the last time I rested at an Inn, yeah. She's 13 now.

Nice, I'll rehire her once I play again

Akagami_Shanks posted...

was it worth 70 bucks?

Tentatively yes, the game is still pretty fun to play; exploring (especially at night) and plot are interesting. Keep in mind I'm somewhat curmudgeonly and love MT Framework era Capcom, if you've played+enjoyed any of the RE Engine games then I think this would be mindblowing.
I'm sincerely hoping they do gradual updates like the recent MH games and put extra vocations in, would go from tentative yes to resounding yes if so.

Alucard188 posted...

Someone should totally rent my pawn to see if it works. Add me on Steam if you haven't yet.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/Alucard188/

Hired last I played, she was level 11?

Akagami_Shanks posted...

how is the game

It's OK. IMO has gone a little too hard on the "wait a few days" type of quests, splitting strider into thief/archer kinda sucks especially with no advanced versions of either, some minor design choices that make me think "man I miss X from DD1..."
Not bad so far but not perfect.

Enclave posted...

Just cut their tails off and they're a joke.

DrizztLink posted...

Yeah, always attack them from behind.

Thank you! It makes sense they'd keep the tail cutting in, background on my circumstance:
Started as Thief, switched to Archer to help that elf guy met in Vermund...Glyndwyr or something?
My main pawn was also Archer (but it won't really be relevant...)
Hired a Mage and Fighter, helped the spoilers
Started heading back to the capital
Fighter got BRINE'd while we were fighting a Cyclops
Cyclops got BRINE'd...taking Main Pawn with him
Mage aggro's three saurians and I'm here without a dodge, half my party dead, no tail cutting ability...
I made it back to the capital and switched back to Thief immediately lol

Saurians are OP this time
If we're not friends on Steam add me and let's do some pawn trading
https://s.team/p/hhtn-kfkm/gqqwbgmp

Read some more Civil War Naval history today. Ironclads are cool.

Reading about the Union+Confederate Navies
DD2 tonight wooo

Read some Usagi today, I think I might start Groo next.

cuh posted...

^Glad to hear it!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/dbf7ecac.jpg

Id like to find a physical or digital book of Krazy Kat dailies. I know theres quite a few books of the Sundays on Amazon

Doctor said yep, they were seizures, 2x = epilepsy but the span of time between them being almost half a year was a good sign. Got more meds and he ordered some testing, MRI, EEG, sleep study etc. I have to go six months w/o one before I can drive again though, aiiiieee I love driving.
Oh well, it's all good for now.

Daily selection is definitely more sporadic; it looks like
"Kat Who Walked in Beauty: 1920" and 24/26/27/28 have been collected. Library of American Comics did at least one volume, 1934. Being a strip fan is suffering...LOL

cuh posted...

Oh my gosh Im so sorry, I hope you are doing better now. Im glad it was a pleasant visit

And I love how, despite all that, youre still thinking about how much youre reading each day. Im the same way <3

<3 All good for now, AFAIK it's only the second time it's happened and they've got me on a week of meds so we'll see what the doc says tomorrow.
Reading definitely makes for a nice constant, I legit think one of the first things I said to my fam after we were all together back home was "all the stuff that means something to me is starred on my reading list" LOL

Happened on some Hitman today, I'm looking forward to the first omnibus in...June IIRC

Ended up in the hospital myself yesterday, seeking further treatment on Monday at a neurologist. EMTs+doctors think I might be having early morning seizures <_< Everyone was really nice though, pleasant experience all things considered.

Anyway school work has been taking up most of my time, still haven't gotten much reading done.

Drunk_Cobra posted...

I don't know if this is unpopular, if it is at least I think it's an opinion that has been gaining steam.

Nice!

My unpopular opinion:
Kirby's work at Marvel would have been much better without Lee alliterating over every page; Kirby's work at DC onwards shows he could pull both duties and make comics with substance.

Read some more Concise Naval history today, currently into the Civil War era. Monitor vs Virginia read like two superweapons taking potshots at each other. Absolutely insane.

cuh posted...

Interested in Krazy Kat. Reading a digital book of 4-panel b/w comics. I guess the cat has a crush on the mouse who keeps attacking him? Lol aww

Yup, Krazy loves Ignatz but it's a mostly one sided attraction.
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Didn't get any reading done today, this daylight savings is messing me up.
cuh posted... :(
Thank you for sharing, and let me know if I can do anything else. We're all here for you. <3

cuh posted... :( I'm sorry cuh. I will say a prayer for you and yours. :(

Ended up going with American Mosaic for my Immigration text; transcriptions of oral history interviews with American immigrants. First guy came from Sweden at age 17 in 1913 and had seen the sky lights after the Tunguska event, pretty cool.

RIP Toriyama
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HannibalBarca3 posted...

Oh wait looks like your parallel with the American militia was spot on.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b3602505.png

Lol yup, I was reading about them as part of my Naval history course and this
HannibalBarca3 posted...

IIRC the role of the American militia is romanticized in pop culture but in practice the American militia performed pretty poorly against the British army.

was basically the sum of it. One of the British officers during the War of 1812 complimented their strength and vitality...specifically their ability to run away!
Assuming the Prussian officer mentioned is von Steuben, I actually live pretty close to his tomb.

HannibalBarca3 posted...

The chapter explores way the Athenian levy achieved some level of unit cohesion despite the pretty poor level of organization it had, a proper way to think of the Athenian levy is to pretty much envision a mass of normal people armed with spears and shields with almost non-existent training.

How effective were they as a combat unit? Your description reminds me of America's militia from my recent college readings--normal people with personal weapons and almost non-existent training.

Capcom is my favorite developer
First game changed my life
Waited ten years for a sequel
Literally comes out on my birthday
Hell yeah, pre-ordered the day they opened up.

Read a little more Bleach today, maybe a couple more volumes before bed.
Manga is awesome.

Actually had a chance to pick Bleach back up yesterday, Kubo's use of black+white is insane.

Awesome moon:
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Dark_Arbron posted...

I wish I had the attention span to read.

Everybody starts somewhere!! You could try poems, short stories or sequential art.