Greetings, earthlings! Welcome back to The Book Report.

Semantink’s got all sorts of things going on right now. If you haven’t taken a look around the site in a while, do yourself a favor and check it all out. Season 2 of The Undergrounds has begun, and updates every Monday. Issue 4 of Mythoi is out, and you can expect to see those start to pop up on a more monthly basis as well. Sim-I is building up some steam as well. You can also expect Semantink to release some new books this year as well.

Also, Free Comic Book Day is Saturday! You can go to a comic book store near you and check out some free material. If you’re up to a drive to the Inland Empire, head over to 4 Color Fantasies. A few of the Semantink folk’ll be there handing out goodies and signing issues. A few other industry names will be there as well, so do the right thing and go.

Finally, with some sadness, I must tell you that this will be the last Book Report for a while. Your pal Akatzen has got a full plate this summer and won’t be reading as much as he’d like to (plus his sadness makes him talk in the third person). But as I get books done I’ll be coming back to tell you all about em, never fear.

Currently I’m reading Eyewitness to History, edited by John Carey (pub 1987). The book is a compilation of firsthand accounts of events in history going back to ancient Greece. The first account was written by Thucydides about Plague In Athens in 430 BCE. There are personal writings by Julius Caesar, Marco Polo, Pliny the Younger, and other famous and not-so-famous figures from history writing about events in their day. It’s a pretty fascinating read: 200 stories spanning almost two and a half thousand years. Check it out.

Until next time,
Still paddlin’ the old knew…
_-Akatzen-_