Showing posts with label ultraman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ultraman. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

They are the real ultramen


...or ultrawomen.




I pay my highest respect to the workers in Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, the fire fighters, the Japanese Self Defense Force and all who risked their health and life for their responsibility in the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Incident.

They are..the real Ultramen of Japan.

You defined the meaning of responsibility.
You defined the meaning of courage.
You defined the meaning of selfless.

Bless you and your family
Bless Japan.



Quote: [source: Pocono Record]

The Japanese government ordered anyone within 20 miles — 20 miles — of the Fukushima plant to stay indoors if they were unable to evacuate. Yet hardy souls continued battling the disaster there, risking what might be lethal doses of radiation for themselves. They are incredibly brave. By Monday, they had stabilized three reactors.

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This is a comics strip of "On the news series: Japan Earthquake 2011" . Stay tuned for the next "Flat Sharing Series".

Sunday, March 20, 2011

My 1st Comicsblog: Flat Sharing Series & How Comics Inspires

Always wanted to try this, although my drawing is pretty mediocre.(Laugh =D)

I love drawing =) I drew on small pieces of paper when I am bored/sad/disappointed/[fill in the blank with negative feelings]...mostly because when I draw I thought of my childhood: I love drawing on small pieces of paper when I was really really young.

Also, I love comics in particular. If you don't know, my family operates a comics/manga rental shop back in penang =)

I think comics is a very strong medium to express oneself. It can deliver a very layman message in a very compact way yet the audience will not be stressed out by the amount of information. Many times it inspired people to think more about the topic; it is so powerful, it once caused tension and even assaults between two religions, remembering the Prophet Comics Series a few years back.

Lately, a berita harian comics depicting Ultraman ran away from the tsunami, of cause this is referencing to the Japanese Earthquake.

Many regard this as nonsensitive.
I disagree. I think without understand the message the author wanted to deliver and judge is not very fair.

What message do you see from this comic?
What I saw is a disaster that is so massive, even the mighty Japan, represented by Ultraman, cannot handle.

There is nothing about being not sensitive.

But I admit he could have drawn it a different way, that would avoid being slammed they way he was.

And don't get me wrong, I hated Berita Harian to the bone, for 2 reasons:
1. It is controlled
2.And I was forced to write summary report from this paper when I was in my secondary school.

Nevertheless, I have to repeat, the ultraman comic, is really nothing compare to the attempt to relate the earthquake to "Green Technology" and "Climate Change", especially from a person who seems to use 5 bottles of aerosol on her hair everyday.

Hey, I didn't say who.