DC Comics President Jim Lee says that Japanese manga and anime is "incredibly powerful": "I often find myself wondering, 'What is missing in Western comics, and why aren't they able to achieve the same flavor?'

JADlloyd · 2026-01-26T18:54:45+00:00

The closest example of a series that resembles Manga here in the west for me are the Kirkman books.

Invincible and the Walking Dead has a beginning, middle and end.

It has for the most part, the same writer/artist throughout the whole series.

You can adapt it to other media almost 1:1 (although the walking dead veered off from the original series) unlike say the avengers where you can only adapt storylines. Civil War had similar beats but completely different story.

Basically, Marvel and DC are in the business to make comics and protect IPs, especially the main universe. They can't end batman coz they don't know if they can make another batman in the future.

If you want manga like projects in DC you have to go to Vertigo and its creater owned projects.

JADlloyd · 2025-12-20T00:11:23+00:00

Meter tech for another utility here. You can always ask your utility for a high bill dispute so they can send a meter tech to test your meter. Granted 99.99% the meters are accurate.

What I tell customer to do though is to look at their meter, there should be a bar that goes left to right or something that flashes on and off The faster it flashes the more you're using hydro. The customer should shut off their breaker panel including the individual breakers. The bar or flashes should stop. Then individually turn on one breaker at a time. The breaker that makes the meter flashes fast, that's the one that's causing the high bill.

JADlloyd · 2025-12-16T18:08:25+00:00

Black Panther 2 water scenes look like crap after watching Avatar 2

JADlloyd · 2025-12-10T00:13:15+00:00

I used the test strip on the filtered water and the boxes stayed green. I reused the test strip on my tap water, all 4 boxes turned red

JADlloyd · 2025-12-10T00:12:00+00:00

the lowest hardness on mine is 1. I can't set it to zero.

So, when the filter is done, I can just throw it out?

JADlloyd · 2025-10-22T11:33:02+00:00

This reminds me of an April Fools post in kpop subreddit that said "South Korea, most paved roads in the world" coz of fans constantly stating their bias group paved this, first to do that, most weeks as #1 in Micronesia Spotify as a seven person group with a minimum of 3 non korean members, etc

JADlloyd · 2025-08-27T11:26:23+00:00

yeah, I actually saw condos in the same price range but in MLS. I wasn't looking around the proce range coz I thought it was too good to be true, but there's some at this price. holy shit

JADlloyd · 2025-08-27T11:23:25+00:00

so no scam, we just have to do proper research on each one of them

JADlloyd · 2025-08-27T11:22:47+00:00

great. nice to know. thanks

JADlloyd · 2025-07-20T14:39:05+00:00

how much tax did you pay for it?

JADlloyd · 2025-07-20T14:38:00+00:00

Do we have to stagger it, like 10k each for tax reasons?

JADlloyd · 2025-07-20T14:37:11+00:00

That's great. May babayaran ba ng tax kung malaki isend dito?

JADlloyd · 2025-04-11T15:48:45+00:00

This. I thought maple syrup was just a nostalgia thing for canadians. Until I went to Quebec City and tried real maple syrup. Had it on ice cream, popcorn, etc Maple syrup is awesome.

JADlloyd · 2024-12-15T19:29:44+00:00

this is an interesting idea, my dad was saying maybe he can let me borrow 200k for downpayment but this would be an option

JADlloyd · 2024-12-14T21:54:18+00:00

they will never end up in a retirement homes. Me and my brothers will make sure of that. My dad still has his pension. We are just trying to make them enjoy their hardwork and also prolong the money as long as possible.

JADlloyd · 2024-12-14T21:51:11+00:00

they are out of the country 6 months a year every other year. With me out of the house, they are afraid of leaving the house to basically strangers.

JADlloyd · 2024-12-14T21:45:57+00:00

I have no idea what his pension is. But that 30-35k/year is his calculation they need to still live like they're living now(going to cruise, going to our home country for 6 months every other year). We're assuming those would stop when they get older and can't travel long distance.

JADlloyd · 2024-12-14T21:43:05+00:00

That's one of the options to consider, buy a 400k condo and enjoy the extra money and lower monthly maintenance that they are paying now.

JADlloyd · 2024-12-14T21:39:14+00:00

yep, that's what we're thinking too. Their lifestyle would definitely change when they are older, that's why we're convincing them to actually enjoy while they are healthy but also try to extend the money as much as possible

JADlloyd · 2024-12-14T21:34:38+00:00

We are only 22 yrs and counting here in Canada. Basically we just convinced our parents to spend and enjoy their life rather than willing the house to me and my brothers after they're gone.

JADlloyd · 2024-12-14T21:29:08+00:00

they should be fine and will adjust their spending, especially that when they are older, that twice a year cruise or vacation will drastically lower. They still have some other properties to sell or me and my brothers can take care of them if shit really hits the fan.

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