The Trafalgar

Up on the roof

Went to the Trafalgar’s rooftop garden for a party over the weekend. It’s a nice little spot to escape from the crowds in the centre of London.

(View from The Trafalgar’s roof garden)

Typing From Hell

Give me Moore.

I have been re-reading Alan Moore’s superlative comic book From Hell. Taking the unsolved case of Jack the Ripper as their starting point, Moore and illustrator Eddie Campbell delve into the underbelly of Victorian society and beyond.

It is a gripping story, full of inventive twists and brutally depicted in black ink. The comic is wonderfully dense, yet at the same time eminently readable. Moore has an exceptional gift for processing a large volume of source material into a taut narrative.

One thing I noticed this time was the attention to detail placed on the typeface. This in itself is not uncommon. Comic books often employ multiple fonts, making the text part of the graphic narrative. It closes the distance between picture and word.

Proustian Zombies vs. Japan

LONDON.

I even felt relieved, though that was more to do with escaping the confines of a twelve hour flight. Most of me – the important parts at least – was still back in Japan.

Two years worth of memories were waiting to be dug up and flung across the web. Here’s hoping my Necronomicon is shipped over safely.

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They have come back from the dead!! Ahhhh!