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January 12:
More mini-reviews.

Thanks to Arn's brother Jing, we got to see Two Towers Friday evening, hassle and pila-free at Louies THX. And it rocked, oh yes it did. Peter Jackson & co. managed to make the longest, most boring part of the book trilogy an audio-visual treat worth missing suppertime for. On a side note -- that utterly annoying Gollum looks so freakingly real and hateful it's hard to imagine he's computer-generated, no?

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More stuff keeping us entertained in between deadlines:

Forlorn Funnies 2: Mother, Come Home by Paul Hornschemeier (Ramon's Christmas gift to us). It tells about a man and his son coping with loss. Very moving, somewhat surreal, the intro unravels in a way I've never seen before -- the points-of-view shift from father to son, leaving the reader with a wholistic view of what they're both going through. I love the way the characters speak like they're not speaking for an audience, like you're really reading their thoughts. And the art... the gorgeous drawings and carefully-chosen subdued hues complement the mood perfectly. Just beautiful.

Good news, there's a preview right here.

Una and Miguel by Liledeshan Bose. Adarna House gave us this book for Christmas, back to back with their other SLAM title All The Right Moves (which I already wrote about before). Arn figured that he's not the target market so he left them with me. (Ganun!) Anyway, if I was 15, I'd be able to relate to artsy kid Una with her who-cares-about-what's-uso-I-live-in-my-own-world mentality. Truly! Hehe. Fun read.