This piece of crap is so racist as to be beyond belief.... Did you know the iconic Cleopatra was a white women in real life OH YES she was a Greek!! So why Angelina Jolie's being criticized for her skin color is beyond me. And the severe and apparent lack of knowledge is astounding and simply stupid. Come on people get over your self grown up shut up and give credit were it is due.. Guess what being white does not mean being bad and Fuck all the people who think its ok to be a racist piece of trash. GUESS 
WHAT I'M WHITE AND PROUD!!
Piece of crap racist article
The Real Cleopatra
The Egyptians were not black and up until the Greeks where not white. The Egyptians looked something more like the Chinese or Japanese and probably closer to the Mongolians or Native Americans , just look at the Nefertiti bust for this example. I'm sick of the race war over this time of history. Black and white can not win because the Egyptians until the
If it is true Egyptians were black then it is also true they were slave owners of the Jewish who are very pail in comparison. So this means I can scream racism? Steal other peoples history? Pretend im better than everyone else? Like im entitled to payment and more rights? The ability to put other races down and pretend im not a racist? Anyone who gets offended by my statement is a racist. Racism is not just against one skin color it can happen to anyone, just because a person is black does not make them exempt from being a racist.
Friday 25 February 2011
The real Cleopatra
Friday 4 February 2011
Elfquest
Elfquest
Not a comic a lot of people have heard of, I know this for a fact because when I'm ask about things I like and bring this up I am looked at as if I have grown 4 heads suddenly. None the less this comic series is very close to my heart. When I was an unloved unwanted 15 year old kid in foster homes where I was tormented, belittled and abused, I found this wonderful series. By then it had been wrote into a book. On a trip to the library one day I wondered threw the place poking and picking at the books. I liked reading but I was just glad I was not still at the foster house lonely and board again when I stumbled upon this book. The drawing on the cover was really excellent and drew me right in I turned the book over and read the back and I was in love right then. I went back to the dismal house and went into my room where I lay in my bunk bed and started my escape. I didn't stop reading the book for days and even after I finished the book it stayed with me. I hated returning the book because it had been the only real escape I had ever gotten, I got to forget at least for a few days that the life I was in was hell. I found the book again after much searching around 19 and met the writer of the book Richard Pini thought at first I had forgotten the name of the book and did not know at the time I was speaking to my favorite author. I talked about the book a bit with him and he finally told me yes that sounds like our book and I agreed to purchase one. After it arrived I was delighted it was the same book! I was so happy I looked everywhere for more of the series and at another library I found The Blood of Ten Chiefs a series to the original I had fallen in love with. I read one of the books from the library so often the librarian finally just gave me the book. later when I was in my mid 20's my mother finished my Blood of Ten Chiefs collection as I had the first 2 already. These books were so very dear to me and got me threw many a hard time. I took them on an ill fated trip with me at one point and all of them were either stolen or destroyed. This hurt a great deal, I don't think I can convey how hurt I was not with a million words. Now I have found Elfquest again and am saddened beyond words that the books are almost all but out of print, there are only a few remaining one can buy. The worst part about all of it is I can not afford any of them so I will have to forever let go of one of my few escapes and happy memory's in my life, anyone else would think me silly but I really want to grieve over this.
Anyway I found someone with a blog saying just what I would want to as well and want to share her words.
Book of the Month: Elfquest
Today is my birthday. And to me, this has everything to do with this month’s choice, especially since Elfquest is (sadly) basically out of print at this point (you can still find it around, sure, if you look). It’s really just a self-indulgent one. You can read all of it online here so you don’t have to spend any money to do so.I know Elfquest is kind of a punchline for a lot of people, but as a 12-year-old, it was really the coolest thing ever. It had an epic story with a well-conceived mythology as well as a good mix of non-threatening sex and violence. You want to make fun of it now, sure, but that’s because you haven’t read it. It’s much better than you think it is. Trust me.
Wendy Pini was really one of the first women I was aware of who was making comics (this was back in the early ’90s, before the Internet, before things are now, and I didn’t get out much) and I don’t think she gets enough credit. I think I’ve said it before, but Wendy Pini was drawing anime-inspired comics before you even knew what anime was. Everyone who’s doing “American manga” now? I think you have Wendy to thank for paving the way, personally.
No, maybe Elfquest isn’t high art, but it’s smart, escapist fantasy and so much fun. I loved it as a kid and I still love it now. I remain impressed by the depth of storytelling.
So fine, this month’s choice isn’t exactly a book, but I still think you need to read it. If you do, consider that a great birthday present to me.
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