22nd Fest Comix

Caro leitor,
já inicio texto esclarecendo que a redução da taxa de postagem ocorreu em função do aumento de minhas obrigações acadêmicas nas últimas semanas. Na realidade, ainda estou em um período relativamente atribulado - inclusive nesse exato momento estou discutindo com um colega sobre metodologias estatísticas não paramétricas - mas consegui arrumar um tempinho e tomei fôlego pra escrever um pouco aqui.

Daily post

Well, in the last weeks I had exhausting days. I would not say my academic life is in the best moment right now. I am too worried about a lot of things concerning my Ph.D., project funds and the future research scenario in Brazil. But I do not want to talk about these boring things today.

In the last weekend, I went to the 22nd Fest Comix, which is an event mainly focused on the sale of comic books. In my city, São Paulo, there is a big store called Comix Book Shop that organizes this event every year. The idea is to gather all the stuff and promote a grand sale with good discounts. However, the event started to have a lot of attention with the rising of geek/nerd fad. Now besides comic sales, it is possible to see cosplayers, action figures exhibition, independent artists alley, speech with professionals, and a sort of other related things. Maybe we can say it is a mini Comic-Con.

Every year I go to Fest Comix and in 2016 is was not different. This time, I could buy some pretty nice comics, as the Brazilian manga Holy Avenger and the Marvel's Miracleman. But I wanna say some words about two indie comics I bought there:

Angela della Morte - volume 1

Created by an Argentine artist called Salvador. It is about a futuristic society that discovered a way to manipulate soul to free it from the material body and cheat death. The story made us think about what is the meaning of life and how people can be consumed by the idea of supreme power and immortality. The art is pretty beautiful and detailed capturing the essence of the story. Unfortunately only the first volume was printed in Brazil.

Drinking at the Movies (or "Entre umas e outras" in Brazil)

This comic is the autobiography of Julia Wertz, an indie artist that moved from California to New York trying to get success. The comic tells exactly this story showing how hard the transition to the 'adult' life can be. One could expect to see Julia overcoming each challenge and being successful, but that's not what it is about. Julia is a human being with a lot of faults, and inclined to make bad decisions! It is funny to go along with her, but depressing at the same time.

Post Scriptum

Bom, por hoje é isso. Espero conseguir publicar a próxima postagem mais rapidamente. Postando ao som de Brambles Symphony (uma bela homenagem à trilha de Donkey Kong Country!) e pensando até terça que vem ainda preciso terminar de preparar uma aula, terminar um trabalho, revisar a matéria de estatística e ainda terminar de corrigir um manuscrito que pretendo publicar como artigo científico um dia..