You want to take my soul away...

Cover art

Like Ninjas? Zombies? Wolverine? Want to see Wolverine fight ninjas and zombies? Then this is the book for you! Wolverine returns to Japan only to get caught in the middle of an ancient war between gods and demons! Can Logan tip the balance for good – and save his soul, Japan and the world?

Extract from the Marvel catalogue

Hell yeah, he can!

I bought the series of 5 Wolverine episodes, the Soultaker in Amsterdam - somehow that makes the comic something more. Not like saying, yeah I bought a comic down at my local COOP-store, threw it in the basket along with shaving foam and toilet paper. No this is serious business, spent a good long 30 minutes to pick and choose from the shelves in Henk's comic store*. Even though I almost knew on forehand I was going to go for some Wolverine-action.

It is set in modern Japan as the tag line says, but still flirts with ancient Japanese culture and tales with the classical demons and artefacts belonging to cults and sects.

Loved the art in it, great paper quality and glossy fine pages. But I can't help but getting the feel that these type of comics are slightly too short for my liking, and this is after all a five magazine collection. Compared to other media I revel in, this is "over" in just an hour or two. Though it might be unfair to compare it to a novel or say a whole season of 24, that would keep me busy for a week or two. But still ... the feeling is still there. Sure I get to see Wolverine turn the living dead in to ... well ... dead. But I want more depth, more more more. This just feels like I've been scratching on Mr Logan's surface.

Comic Art, random page.

Well, summing it up. It is still Wolverine. It is still good action and glossy pages with great detailed artwork. Still lovin' it.

*And this is just awesome, a 4 minute 30 clip called "Tour d'Henk" of the very same Comic & Manga store (in Dutch, but with theme by Johnny Cash). And I've heard they store som Hentai as well for those interested. Not sure what to do with the Hentai-semi-nude-Japanese-action-dolls they sold though. Someone enlightened on the topic might want to enlighten me.

** And for the Apoptygma fans out there, hi Zarah, the title of this post is of course an extract from their song with the same name, namely Soultaker from the 2000 album Welcome to Earth.

*** And for all of you readers out there, hi the four of you, this is actually the 100th post. Hooray for me!

This one's for you Mark!

Or well perhaps it should be:
"This one's from you Mark".
I'll go crazy and try some quoting:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.

I'll hold this in mind for the weekend's Amsterdam trip.

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words!
His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself

Luckily for you, I do at least try increasing that part by these ramblings and rants. But it is and have always been a concern of mine. What if she didn't know what I felt. What if he didn't know how much I valued his friendship. Of course the lady ahead of me in the line on ICA don't have to know how pissed I got when she took an extra minute. Ooops ... this writing just caused a little Déjà vu and seeing how I posted the same rant on January 10's Question Existing I'll stop it there.
And wrap it all up with a picture of the man himself -kickin' it!

Mr Twain

Now what was the point then. Well the point I was about to get to would be that I look forward to a weekend of exploring and discovering. And if I die living a dream it's a hell lot better than to live dreaming. Once more there's someone out there who has put this into more visual display. And once more it's my asofterworld-crew.

T-shirt design out of strip #234

Today's strip, #294

Il Padrino

4 days old - with a smile to melt the glaciers of Greenland
© Tone

Turning 3 weeks
© Me

I have been asked to have to honour to be gdfather for my stepsister's firstborn son, Håvard, An honour I am very moved to get and would then share with her brother and baby sister along with Haralds brother. I have already gotten the trust to be the first one outside the Mum-Dad circle to babysit him. Be it just an hour. Be it just walking his trolley around Sandvika Storsenter, nonetheless - it felt great. To be responsible for something that precious. To have your heart beat like that. Sure we ain't blood related, but we sure are Family.

Traditionally, the godparents were counted informally responsible for ensuring that the child's religious education was carried out and for caring for the child should he/she be orphaned. Today the word "godparent" may not have explicitly religious overtones. The modern view of a godparent tends to be an individual chosen by the parents to take a vested interest in the child's upbringing and personal development

From what I have seen he is a very calm and happy little fella. He sleeps well and does not rely on screaming to get his will through. I have very high hopes that he will be a wonderful acquaintance and is indeed a welcome addition to the Bryn-James_Olsen-Karlsen-Hahne family.