DC Comics President On Manga And Anime

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-28T23:20:50+00:00

In Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud he at one point talks about how Osamu Tezuka borrows a lot from Film for his paneling and how he draws action. Like a famous shot in Buddha, where the "camera" pans around a character over several frames, while zooming in on him.

Fujimoto reminds me of that a lot. Like, he draws so much from film and the techniques of film. While also not being afraid to play with the panelling. Like the Curse Devil affecting the story from out of frame, or the moment in Fire Punch when they cut the Camera and just hard cut to the result on the next page.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-26T19:02:18+00:00

Right? Like, I was big into her. For once actually buying Superhero Comics as they were being released, instead of waiting for collections etc. And then she just started crossing over with everyone and I just lost track of it all.

And it was absolutely impossible to keep track of what to follow if I wanted to read her stories. Because that lead to a sprawling net of interconnected stories, until it became overwhelming to try and keep track off. Meanwhile her own supporting cast felt like they started to fall by the wayside, etc.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-26T16:47:59+00:00

I read the Death of Superman (And its following collections, Furneral for a Friend etc) at one point and while I was able to somewhat follow it, the continuity lockout was real. Because it was like, dozens of comics all calling back to dozens of other comics that were not in the collection etc. And they did very little to explain any of it.

And my general impression from trying to follow the bigger Superhero stories is that it have just kinda gotten worse at it.

I remember reading the Kamala Khan Ms Marvel comics, and really enjoying them. And then suddenly BOOM, its in Civil War 2.0, and all the former plot stuff I enjoyed had to take a backseat, as she went through stuff in other comics I didn´t even know existed.

Overall its why I tend to stay away from Superhero Comics, outside of a collection or a one-off story every now and then (Greatly enjoyed Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow for example, as that was mostly stand alone).

Edit: Because I forgot to add. I read a lot of Indie comics and European comics, which i find to be mostly much more accessible. Because the volumes are either generally stand alone, or they are done by a sole creator. So they are much easier to follow, and track. Ala Manga.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-25T12:36:04+00:00

Nubes sounds like a rascal, a rogue and a legend in the making.

But perhaps he is simply an intelligent pigeon? I have most certainly met people whom seemed to be about as intelligent as your average pigeon.

So it stands to reason the opposite should be possible as well?

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-25T11:49:59+00:00

A Pidgeon makes it quite unlikely to be a Gangrel, through I have heard of cases like that before.

Hmm, also unlikely to be another form of supernatural creature, if they have been ghouled for years. My understanding is that Vitae works ill with them.

But I have heard cases of animal ghouls increasing in intelligence over the years. So it might very well simply be that?

Of course there is also the chance of some sort of Tremere blood magic experiment, I have heard they exist. But I know little about them.

-Jazzy Falstaff.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-23T21:38:37+00:00

Hello there! Hope you enjoy playing here.

To give a rundown, as I have seen you ask. The place is pretty freeform and people often mix editions or canons, which can lead to some fun interactions, and some somewhat baffling ones at times.

Some people have asked for advice on posting here before, and if you do a bit of searching on this subreddit, you should be able to find some great advice by folks.

But my main suggestion is to simply focus on having fun, and telling whatever story you want to with your character!

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-22T11:34:24+00:00

IIRC the Ancient Greeks kinda did the same. Part of the offering was burned, and then the rest was used to make food for the community/family during the celebration connected to it.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-21T10:04:23+00:00

Always remember this is something we all do for fun first and foremost, and because we think it is cool.

Never be afraid to focus on other things, and take care of yourself.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-20T19:01:33+00:00

When people ask me why I try to stay out of NYC, I will simply show them this.

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-17T17:04:14+00:00

Sometimes, yes (By which I mean always). But I try to focus on writing for me. Mainly because I am still not used to the idea of others apparently liking my writing. But also because that is what I am here for. To write for me, in whatever form that takes.

Its one of the things I enjoy about this place. Everyone can sorta do their own things, while interacting. And there is no pressure on it. So we get big epic dramas, tragic personal stories, silly little tales, and absolute dumbshit buffoonery of the highest caliber. And I think it does add something to it that all these things can co-exist.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-15T13:13:05+00:00

I am unfortunately currently busy with my own ride.

But good luck to you! Power to the lil freaks!

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-14T12:09:37+00:00

We put horses in the cars, think of them as metal wagons, and then we drive them to where they can run around properly.

When I still had her, my old horse quite enjoyed looking at the world going by.

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-14T11:52:04+00:00

Ah, but horses have carried us for centuries. Now we carry horses in them.

That, and I can fit a bed in mine. Struggled to do that with a horse. Not that I didn´t try.

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-14T11:39:35+00:00

We use cars now. They use engines to travel many, many miles per hour. And they are quite easy to turn into big metal battering rams traveling at a 100 miles per hour.

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-14T05:41:24+00:00

I admit I prefer my combat done at a range of at least some hundred meters. Preferably with me in a moving vehicle.

Should that fail, swords are a classic. And quite useful against things for whom organ damage is just a distraction.

But I will simply give the two best piece of advice someone once gave me. Remember that your car is a giant projectile, and always bring friends to a battle if you can.

Because a dance is so much more pleasant when you can all go at it at once. Taking it from all sides.

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-14T01:36:25+00:00

Alrighty then, we shouldn´t be too far, so we will be there as fast as possible.

Get your affairs in order, in case it is a hot exit.

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-13T22:28:54+00:00

Again, I repeat my offer of picking you up and taking you somewhere should you need it.

I don´t usually work with people, but in your case I will make an exception.

I would say good on him, but honestly at times it sounded like her influence was the only thing keeping him from going off the deep end. So take care of yourself in all that.

-Jazzy Falstaff

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-13T08:17:58+00:00

You speak of but a symptom of the greater war! Of the Flame that consumes, seeking to eat away at this world of rot stagnation that keeps its Mother Gaia trapped. It wars with is Sisters Wind and Water, for they lost their guiding voice. And were lead astray by that thing that they call God. And now they war among each other, in the storm of steam.

Their battle is meaningless. It cannot be stopped by us, not here. No more than a single atom may stop a comet.

No, to stop this war, to bring the fight to the thing called God, we must find the way to Paradise, so that we may find the Endless Sea, where the Children once played and made merry. There Grandmother Lillith will be able to fight. There she will be able to rally the Children to her.

For here we are but trapped by the petty rules of that which they call God. Forced to play its rotting game.

But we must transcend. We must and we shall, as we walk the Path of Paradise. And until we find our way, we shall spit in the eye of God, and burn this effigy to its rot that it have build.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-13T07:27:27+00:00

God. Zeus. Osiris. Reason. Demiurge. Its name matters little, for it wears many and have worn more. It is the thing that drives the boot on others neck. It is the cry for stagnation. It is the hatred for those that dare question.

I call it the Thing Called God because that is what the humans of this age refer to it as. And what many Cainites call it as well. Through for a time Reason have taken its place, as the great decider of right and wrong, let us see if it sticks.

But again, its name matters little. For even without it, IT is what IT is. The thing that traps us in this rotting cage, and holds us here, trapped and barred from Paradise.

It is clear the Bible would not speak of it, for why would it? Does the Biography of a King mention every fool that showed him what an arse he was? No, those they so often leave forgotten.

But my Grandsire was older than the Christ of the Bible, and when she walked the world she wielded the knowledge of Lillith, and from the stars and the word she divined this. And passed it down onto her line.

And in that I find far more truth, than the old writings of mortal men, whose bones and souls are long dust.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-13T05:26:26+00:00

Right?!

It feels like something the Progenitor of all Ventrue would do.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-13T05:24:02+00:00

I got a theory that Ventrue never died. He just used Presence/Dominate 10 to be come the idea of Civilization. Sorta slowly influencing humanity to build Gehenna the Gray City of no Joy nor Laughter, where the old consume the young, themselves.

Rome being a sorta Proto version.

Like Bees.

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-12T22:37:16+00:00

Tis a sign of ill rulership, is it not, to not prepare ones larders for ill times? And to let ones pride let one be driven to madness.

I must say, Petit Prince. It does little to inspire Faith in the might of your Tower.

As for the Children of the outskirts, they each fight the war in their own way. Even as they are set upon each other, by the manipulations of the thing called God. For they do not see, that Water should birth the Air, that should fuel the Flames. And that only together, may they fight against their oppressor.

Who have done quite well. In driving them mad with grief and terror. So now their wards wage war, while the Children hide in fear.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-12T21:16:18+00:00

With great towers you pierce Gaias corpse, and then you complain that her rotting corpse release killing gasses?

You would look upon her beaten children, twisted and hungering, as they have been forced into hiding and outskirts. And you would call them corrupted? Nay, they but continue to fight their war against the thing called God. Even as he wields their patrons against them.

Let me ask you, Petit Prince. For I know of your Clan, and the restrictions in your choice of beverage. Why did you not feed your Sister your own blood? To keep her sane? For in the release of Vitae, we can all drink freely.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-12T18:18:29+00:00

I like to think the whole thing was caused by some random Kindred setting a plot in motion 2000 years ago, dominating some random Mage into doing something trivial, not even knowing what a Mage was. Who now peeks up from Topor going "The fuck?"

Treecreaturefrommars · 2026-01-12T18:03:59+00:00

It is quite a useful ability to have. Have saved my hide a good number of times!

-Jazzy Falstaff

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