Tag back at you Niffer...

Okay, this whole tagged thing by The Magnificent Niffer on books and what not got me thinking, realizing that I can not remember the last time I read "a book". I have read magazine articles from Wired and Comics Journal, I read the newspaper whenever someone in our house picks one up, I'll read a blog that would keep my interest, and people who know me knows that I read comics. So, I am going try these seven questions, and try my best and not to use comics.


1. What book would I like to be?
Either an instuction manual for some dead tech or "Art Tech" like Laser Disc Players or Video DIsc Players, or one of those test books for kids who have learning disabilities.


2. Have I ever had a crush on a fictional character?
This feels like a bad Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. I gotta say no on this one because, well the characters that I dig were too young like Alice from Alice in Wonderland, or married like Odysseus' Wife in The Odyssey of Homer. Wait, I'll say I have a crush on the Marlin in Hemingway's Old Man in the Sea because that's one bitchin fish.

3. What is the last book I bought?
Alexei Sayle's Over Taken. I got the book because I saw a comic in the magazine section and I didn't want to spend just $3 on my credit card for a comic.

4. What is the last book I read?
I know Text Books don't count... Parker's Astrology by Julia and Derek Parker would the last book, but it wasn't a narrative... I think the last narrative book I read was Waterland, and I can't remember who wrote that.

5. What book am I currently reading?
Comic Books - I bought some runs and sets in the past few months and I am slowly going through them. I only have one tenth done on the series The Omega Men from DC Comics.


6. What 5 books would I take with me if I were stranded on a desert island?

I don't think I would choose to be stranded on a desert island, I think I would be put there against my will and I would probably have literature that I don't want near my presence and therefore use for the purpose of burning to keep warm. These would be books I would take to burn for my survival, not for my pleasure.

1. The Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary: it's a pretty big book, it would keep me warm.
2. A major city Phonebook with Yellow Pages: well it's not like I'm going to be ordering a pizza on a desert island.
3. Anything written by a money grabbing tele-evangelist: well, I'm going to need toilet paper.
4. A carpet book: I'll need a pillow of some sort.
5. The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels, I'll use it as a guideline to my madness.

However, if it was comics (graphic novels) and it was my choice it would be
1. Watchmen - Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
2. Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
3. Crisis on Infinite Earths - Marv Wolfman & George Perez
4. Sandman: Seasons of Mist - Neil Gaiman and some artist
5. Starman: Sins of the Father - James Robinson and Tony Harris


7. What 3 people am I going to tag with these questions and why?

Johnny #16, the A/V MacGuyver - His birthday is coming up and he knows that he has to prepare for the firey ritual of carousel, and he can do it through research.

Chemical Aimee - It's her week off in Japan, and I already know she's reading books from a "The Smiths" Fan.

I'm stopping it there because If Johnny replies, he'd put under two or three different identities, and Aim's will reply to it where no one would see it.

She would.