Looking for something unrelated on my desktop, I came across the rough draft of an article I wrote for SF Weekly back when I first came to California. I attended Webzine98 for them and wrote a rambling, fairly terrible article that they put online anyway, after some heavy editing.*

I didn't remember this (so it's a good thing I wrote it down), but apparently Webzine98 was the first time Amanda and I met Mike Sugarbaker.

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It would go right here and be something like this.

You could read it if you like.

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I was going through the image directory of signalstation, looking for large images that maybe didn't have to be there anymore, when I found the image above.

I have no idea why that was uploaded or what it was used for.

So I figured: I know how I can know what it's for! I can post it! Maybe AGAIN!

So here it is. Now it has a purpose.

Interesting movie news from Japan: This year, a live-action version of the Osamu Tezuka (Astroboy, Black Jack, etc.) manga Dororo was released to theaters. You can check out a trailer at the official Dororo site.

I have a bit of Dororo—untranslated, sadly—and the story has always fascinated me. A story summary follows after the cut.

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I found out yesterday while watching Day Watch (cool! more competent storytelling than Night Watch!) that a crazy piece of Korean animation is going to be playing at the Hole in the Head film festival here in SF.

Action packed insane Aeon Flux-y clip.

Trailer.

Holy cats. That's a lot of ludicrous! And violence! And action! And ludicrous violent action!