Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Finished watching this (short) anime series. It was pretty good! The manga version (also short - three books) is equally good. It was a nice play of the magical genre and motifs. Although, unlike a large chunk of the fandom, I really don't feel like it "broke" the magical girl genre. Since the genre tends to often have loads of drama and angst to go hand-in-hand with the fluffy costumes. It's why magical girls are so beloved - they kid ass, fall down, get back up, and learn to be more badass. But yeah, despite me disagreeing over this fact vis-à-vis the fandom (and getting quite a lot of tumblr messages over this), I still loved it. Badass.



I'm in a bit of an art block. It seems I can't draw anything but Namesake pages. when I try, my brain goes "should you not be drawing Namesake pages?" Block caused by feelings of responsibility, perhaps? I wonder how I can break it. I am pretty engaged into drawing the final part of chapter 10.

I started reading Kimi ni Todoke, a daily life shojo. It's mostly about a girl making friends and of course, slowly getting feelings for a pretty chill dude. It reminds me of Fruits Basket, minus the fantasy elements and evil family in deep need of therapy elements. It's pretty dang cute. I recommend it.

In other news, my life is nothing but drawing and reading comics, I really should get a life before summer is over *laughs* At least I read outside and bike a whole lot. Sorry for being so boring!

Anybody knows any good books explaining out to write a narrative story well? I'm think of educating myself more in the subtle arts of prose and plotting.

- Isa