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Welcome to the weekend! There are a few things I wanted to mention before they pass me by.
First, I would like to show you the above--the second instalment in author Rawle Nyanzi's Sasha Reed series of futuristic sun and adventure. For those unware, The Perils of Sasha Reed is a series of interconnected short stories about the titular character as she stumbles from situation to situation. They don't really make 'em like this anymore. I would talk more about this one, but it just came out! Suffice to say, if you enjoyed the first volume, and you should have, this is what you've been waiting for. It's a good time.
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THE REVOLUTIONARY INVENTION!
Sasha Reed fears what her Compact Containment Device, or “Cocodee” could do. It’s so powerful that it could make world-ending weapons the size of smartphones. The worst scum on Earth will stop at nothing to get one for themselves, and that means Sasha’s their #1 target. Can she escape their clutches, or is the planet itself doomed to destruction by her own invention?
You can find the second volume of Sasha Reed here. The paperback should be out next week.
The next thing I wanted to bring up was this video on the history of the legendary Fleischer Bros. animated studio. It's quite an interesting story, and well worth looking into, about how innovation truly comes from building on tradition.
Once you lose it, it's only a matter of time before it all crumbles. You can see it for yourself in the documentary below:
That's all for this week! Hopefully you're having a relaxing break after the chaos just left behind. It was quite a strange October.
Only two months left of 2022 remain. Let's make them count.
Ha, I watched that documentary a couple of weeks ago. I've been watching a lot of classic animation recently, plugging up holes in my cartoon knowledge and after watching just about everything made up through 1930 (so far), my conclusion is that the Fleischers were the best thing in the business BY FAR. The Inkwell/Koko series was incredibly well-drawn and funny compared to Felix the Cat (funny but very cheaply made) and Disney's crude, early works. It's like everyone else was making Pong clones and they were doing Ultima VII.
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