Tag Archive | "Self Made Hero"

The Man In Black – in perfect black and white….

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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what have I become? my sweetest friend everyone I know goes away in the end and you could have it all my empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt (Hurt by Trent Reznor, but made perfect by Johnny Cash) I’ve just finished Reinhard Kleist’s wonderful graphic biography of Johnny Cash – I See A Darkness and have to [...]

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Manga Shakespeare Twelth Night – If music be the food of love…..

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Manga Shakespeare: Twelfth Night By William Shakespeare, adapted by Richard Appignanesi, illustrated by Nana Li Self Made Hero Another entertaining exploration of the world of Shakespeare using Manga stylings from Self Made Hero’s Manga Shakespeare line – but I knew what to expect this time, having only recently reviewed The Merchant Of Venice and really a lot of [...]

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“Hello, I’m Johnny Cash”

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Cash: I See a Darkness Reinhard Kleist Self Made Hero “If you wanna save your soul from hell, cowboy, then change your ways today. Or you’ll ride with us through these endless skies, forever on the hunt for the Devil’s herd...” Ghost Riders in the Sky To say award-winning German comics creator Reinhard Kleist’s graphic biography of the late, [...]

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The Man In Black

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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“Well, you wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colours on my back, And why does my appearance seem to have a sombre tone. Well, there’s a reason for the things that I have on. I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear [...]

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