A while ago I would have mentioned that I was taking part in a Fantasy Cross Stitch Exchange organised for members of the Rotation Stitchers forum. I mailed my exchange off on the 20th of July, and as yet still have not received word from the recipient that she has indeed received. This is frustrating because it would be nice to know that all the hard work and effort I put into it hasn’t been lost! I’ve decided to go ahead and share it anyway… I chose to stitch the design ‘You Were Hatched…’ by Teresa Wentzler. The design is a wee little mother dragon and baby...

As a fan of the Japanese artist Masamune Shirow, I have been following his work for almost 12 years. When Seishinsha announced the release of a new artbook by Shirow, I was of course excited. I already knew that most of the art in the book contained re-prints of work, this didn’t bother me so much as I was glad to see something coming out of the Shirow arena, after almost 4 years of nothing. Around A5 in size, it comes as a hardcover with thick glossy pages amd a sturdy dust jacket; the start and end pages are a thick textured red card. 87 pages of art in total, some with full page spread, and...

What do the Death Note “Death Box” and the Ghost In The Shell Man-Machine Interface: Solid Box have in common? They’re both so frikkin HUGE and a bloody pain in the neck to store! *flails in frustration* I’ve been thinking about re-organising my anime & manga collection to allow more space for all my other books & comics, that have spent the last five years languishing away in storage boxes. I’ve sold off quite a bit of my anime & manga collection in the last two years… well, some… ^_^; It has proven to be quite difficult to part with a lot of this...