The JOJOLands - Volume 1 (2023)
Jojo always has these moments where they show you a character for the first time and you have to basically just guess at their powers. Here we have the two new protagonists melting a cop’s face and burying another in heavy rain.
Comic Haul week of July 23rd, 2024
New comics!
Harley Quinn #42
Nightwing #116
Hate Revisited #2
Action Comics #23.1 Cyborg Superman
So I went to Japan, as I said before, and the next few weeks will probably feature some of that content. Another Sick Panels staple, regional sandwiches. We went to Nihonbashi Philly in Tokyo. The chef there has traveled to Philly multiple times to research how to make the bread, cheese, and steak all from scratch. Surely the best cheesesteak I’ve ever had. There are a few things that I ate in Japan that I feel like I can never eat again because it was so good there. Takoyaki for example, so much better when it’s fresh. Cheesesteaks are always going to be unfairly compared to this one.
People have asked me what I felt about Japan, and the answer I’ve been giving them is that it’s everything you’d expect but also gives these Chick-Fil-A vibes. Everyone is nice to you but in a way where it feels more like training than genuine thought. Everyone says “thank you” the same way, it’s offputtingly fake. Lovely people, but living on the East Coast makes me expect more rawness from strangers. The chef at this cheesesteak place as well as his partner were the opposite of that. We talked about cheesesteaks, our favorite bakeries, which American beer is worth importing, real topics. This was the only conversation I had that felt genuine to me, like he was really listening to what I was saying. Obviously this isn’t a judgement on the Japanese, I don’t even know how to speak Japanese, just a fun and loving interaction that stood out from other interactions I had as a foreigner. To be clear, every single person I met in Japan was helpful, which is a lot better than simply polite.
Comic Haul week of July 16th, 2024
New comics!
The Night Driver - I just got this pb on a sale because it looks self contained, I have a long flight
This is a special post because I’m in Tokyo!
The JOJOLands Vol. 1
The Invincible Iron Man #20
Undiscovered Country #30 - I forget if I liked or hated Undiscovered Country #29…
Mugshots #2
Muk’s Artworks: Sleepovers - Haven’t decided if I can show anything from this but I already shared it with the poor man at airport security
I am back from Tokyo. I’m still going through my pictures but there will be some SickPanels staples, such as Sandwiches and Wrestling.
Speaking of, check out this documentary about Japanese Joshi Wrestlers, I saw the successor to this promotion do a show at the same venue as in the documentary, Korakuen Hall. It was a great show. The Japanese don’t yell the same way though, they just go “ooOOooh!”.
