Comics!

[dhampyresa]

This evening I patronised my local comic book store. It's been ages since I went and I want to buy ALL OF THE THINGS. I have (so far) restricted myself to one comic for me and one as a gift for someone else. (I'm going to go back and buy more stuff for me -- as long as I'm also buying people gifts, it's not being selfish.)

I did however get my headcold germs aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall over the shop. Sorry to anyone who catches it.

Okay, usually I don't buy books in translation when I can avoid it, but HOLY SHIT the intégrales of Locke & Key are ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. Seriously. This is literally the first time I've wanted to own books not because of the content but because the physical objects themselves are so beautiful.

Comments

[yuuago]

Ew, germs. Hope you'll feel better soon. :V

[dhampyresa]

*rubs germs all over computer screen* for yuu!

(Thank you <3)

[bunn.livejournal.com]

It's odd : I don't remember anyone predicting that the rise of the internet would result in physical books becoming more beautiful, but it has. I remember lots of 'end of books' predictions but that hasn't happened at all : people still want stuff, not just bytes, but they want it to be more gorgeous to explain its retro stuffness, I suppose!

[dhampyresa.livejournal.com]

I had an inkling that it might -- pretty soon almost all I was buying was comics and/or illustrated books, ie stuff with a value added by something other that the text -- but I am very pleasantly surprised by it!