Seriously though, kids and business people....Technology isn't the only Answer...

Yes, I may or may not be a Technology God and Master of the Universe, but it's given me the opportunity to realize COMPUTERS CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. There is still the human element of the equation.

Case in point: I used to LOVE reading Blade of the Immortal and Neon Genesis Evangelion in printed format, from Dark Horse and Viz. I went to the comic book store EVERY week, excited by buy and devour the next issues.

But NOW. That magic is gone.

"Why"?

BECAUSE

It's gotten so tough to find legit new manga without "stealing everything" that you're left with only a very few, very bad options. NONE of which are actually cool.

To read actual NEW material for Evangelion or Blade of the Immortal (two of the greatest manga EVER), Borders closed, so no more of that option.

You have to:

A: "Pirate" new pages unwillingly, search 1,001 teenage pirate run scanlation sites, which kind of suck ass and distract from the manga itself.

B: Shell out $10 you don't actually have, through Amazon.

C: "Move onto new comics" (shit), and "be happy with what publishers and broadcasters throw at you like an empty beer bottle on a comedy stage. BAD!

All these options kind of suck compared to the old option, the only one I like, being:

D: Simply visit a local comic book shop which sells the floppy issues, in a comic book store that WASN'T stuck in the ghetto, the latter situation, which is essentially what you're dealing with.

I used to LOVE the manga direct market, before it went extinct where I live.

I have to go through so-called "scanlation" sites to read this issues "for free". EVERY FUCKING page is COVERED in ads. I never had to deal with that when those were comic books I could just thumb through at my leisure. Now just to find good art or good comics I have to dig through 5 million websites. One or two banner ads, like youtube I don't mind and I understand, because it DOESN'T GET IN THE WAY OF THE FUN AND ENJOYMENT.  But when it's polluting and confusing the composition and continuation or comic, book, or video footage or whatever, I suddenly realize I'm not living in the same world anymore.

Print comics have an intimacy and escapism to them that websites don't offer. But the new generation of young comics artist doesn't appreciate, respect, or honor any of this. It saddens me...

And computers are responsible for that disillusionment of the current generations. WE want computers to give us all the solutions and answers, but when those computers fail on us and don't offer the RIGHT answers or worse yet, dive into left field, people FLIP OUT. And with good reason. The ROBOTS....LIED TO US!!!!