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X-MEN Vol. 1, No. 1. October 1991

June 4th, 2011 2 comments

I am so relieved that this is one of the “salvage survivors” in my comic book collection.

I mourn the ones lost, such as X-MEN #30 (The Wedding of Scott Summers and Jean Grey), The Uncanny X-MEN #300, and the gate-fold cover issue/version of X-MEN #1. FML.

X-MEN Vol 1 No 1 October 1991

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Jessica Zafra on Umberto Eco on “The Lost Art of Handwriting”

September 25th, 2009 No comments
The lost art of handwriting (in pencil)

The lost art of handwriting (in pencil)

The lost art of handwriting (in ink pen)

The lost art of handwriting (in ink pen)

Would these sentences above have passed the inspection of Jessica Zafra’s second grade teacher? Would Umberto Eco gauge my cursive handwriting to still have “soul, style or personality”? I also write in all-caps, which I attribute to my being a Gemini and being born in the Year of the Horse (notwithstanding my three years of studying Architecture at University).

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