European Graphic Novels+

*phew* It's been a pretty overwhelming last month for me, what with vital paperwork I needed to fill out exactingly on a deadline in order to retain my Medicare, plus doctor followups, plus snap inspections upon my apartment, necessary to qualify for another rent-contract.

Just, lordy... as a middle-aged dude with ME, I must say it's been rather overwhelming at times.

Ah, but still-- things seem to be successfully winding down at this point, and I hope to get back to this sublemmy in more normal terms, what with my usual *Jenny-says-quack* gusto, sometime next week. Altho truth to be told, my hope is still that a mix of others will one day (hopefully sooner rather than later) be able to do the majority of posting here, thankfully & graciously taking over for this tired, irritable old man.

* "je ne sais quoi," haha

Along those lines then, big thanks to Nacky and "Wolfie" @[email protected] for vitally pitching in recently with some fascinating topics and art. 💖

The honorary Vitalstatistix award is yours, mateys! ^^
speech, speech!

Right, in terms of sub-business, the last thing I have to say is that I apologise for sharing such a shoddy, half-finished post about the cool FreakAngels series, some days back.

I went back today and fleshed it out with helpful reviews and info, then added my notes. Please give it another look, kind readers? (it's a really fine series IMO, free to read)

FreakAngels:
https://lemm.ee/post/59557234

Aha, and as for the lead image, that's a bit of an inspiration. It begins with the fact that I used to have this game as a kid: D&D Computer Labyrinth game.

I'd say it was a pretty solid little game for the time, with nice atmosphere via the various 'authentic dungeon' sounds. Probably more aesthetically enjoyable than Dark Tower, if only because DT had some of the most plodding elements and annoying sounds ever (altho I still liked it). Meanwhile, other games like "Stop, Thief!" were just so simple, genius, and well-executed! (i.e., plainly superior electronic games of that class)

Hmm, why am I babbling about all that, though?

Oh, it's just that I ADORE the artist's work to death in the lead, multi-colored dragon image, above. Sadly, even on the typically know-it-all BGG page there's just nothing dang listed. Every once in a few years I try to put on my serious-hat so as to figure out the dang-ol-artist, yet still have never been able to!

Bah.. bah-ram-ewe.