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E-mailMore Intelligent Life further discusses the uncanny legacy that the quintessential author of the social comedy left, which includes no less than a website for Mr. Darcy erotica. This slippery slope down the path of rom-com canonhood most likely started when Colin Firth was cast in the BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice". Kate Beaton offers a demonstration.
Vanguards of the Pinoy comic book scene are gearing up for the International Free Comic Book Day on May 2, 2009 at Robinson's Galeria from from 12 nn to 4 pm. Komikero Gerry Alanguilan provides this poster as a quick taste of the insanity that will surely happen. Andrew Drilon of Kare Kare Komiks fame is also providing fans online with his own contribution, a comic anthology called "The Ancient Age". Check out the link on May 2!
Ricky Lee's first novel Para Kay B (O Kung Paano Dinevastate ng Pag-Ibig ang 4 Out of 5 Sa Atin) has been making the rounds in the blogosphere, especially after Pinoy book club Flips Flipping Pages tackled it for their April book discussion. Two of their members, Islandhopper and Sumthinblue give their own takes.
The main talking point so far is Lee's use of Taglish in the narrative, with readers both lauding and condemning him for it.
The recently concluded UP National Writers Workshop in Baguio City has been given a Web 2.0 makeover! Not only did the event have an extensive blog coverage, participants Carljoe Javier and Mikael de lara Co liveblogged about some workshop discussions through Plurk.
The writer's workshop also has the dubious honor of being the birthplace of a meme, or fifty.
And finally, the reimagining of a Filipino classic through the eyes of anime fangirls. Young students are sublimating the tedium of reading Jose Rizal's novels by drawing fanart. For anyone else who has cast doubt on whether the Noli Me Tangere can ever be an effective shoujo title, take a load of this:
Is there anyone brave enough to take on such an endeavor? Seriously, folks. Japan has already taken a crack at Alexandre Dumas' "Count of Monte Cristo" (Revenge is a dish best served cold. In space!!!). The good writer most certainly wouldn't have minded. It was Dumas Pere, after all, who made the famous quip, "True, I have raped History, but it has produced some beautiful offspring." The keepers of Jose Rizal's memory should take note: if you continue to fail in capitalizing on the inherent hotness that is Elias, you will clearly lose the battle for the hearts and minds of our youth.
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