Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Tsuge vs Tatsumi

Drawn and Quarterly in recent years has been releasing hardcover translations of manga by Yoshihiro Tatsumi ("The Pushman and other stories", "Abandon the Old in Tokyo") . Everytime I see a Tatsumi book though I can't help wondering why no one has done the  same for Yoshiharu Tsuge's works.



The stories that I've managed to find by Tsuge ("Screw Style" and "Oba's Electroplate Factory") were amazing, certainly for me much more engaging than the Tatsumi stories I've read. So it's a shame his works are so hard to find in English. The man doesn't even seem to have a proper entry in wikipedia! :-o

Perhaps one day soon. Maybe I should be talking to people to get it off the ground :p

For more on Tsuge:

http://www.tcj.com/sp2005/tsuge.html

http://lambiek.net/artists/t/tsuge_yoshiharu.htm

http://www.indyworld.com/indy/spring_2004/review_homme/index.html

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

more orphan works

New York Times op-ed piece by  Lawrence Lessig, a law professor at Stanford:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/opinion/20lessig.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

From the sounds of this, I wasn't far off in my understanding of the problem :p ... as Lessig puts it:

"The solution before Congress, however, is both unfair and unwise. The bill would excuse copyright infringers from significant damages if they can prove that they made a “diligent effort” to find the copyright owner. A “diligent effort” is defined as one that is “reasonable and appropriate,” as determined by a set of “best practices” maintained by the government.

But precisely what must be done by either the “infringer” or the copyright owner seeking to avoid infringement is not specified upfront. The bill instead would have us rely on a class of copyright experts who would advise or be employed by libraries. These experts would encourage copyright infringement by assuring that the costs of infringement are not too great. The bill makes no distinction between old and new works, or between foreign and domestic works. All work, whether old or new, whether created in America or Ukraine, is governed by the same slippery standard."

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

podcasted

eh... my first podcast, with the usual ahh and ummms and non-sequiters :p much thanks to Chris from cIndyCenter.com for putting up with it all :p

http://www.cindycenter.com/

http://www.cindycenter.com/SonnyLiewFinal.mp3

Saturday, May 10, 2008

new robot painting



WIP of my first robot painting... since risd i think :p