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one year again

Journal Entry: Thu May 27, 2010, 7:47 PM
yes a year again ^^ and a new beginning^^~ it's exciting hope everything is fine everyone is happy~

  • Mood: Joy

oh

Journal Entry: Tue May 25, 2010, 9:15 AM
greetings!
i didn't realize i haven't post for nearly a month already!!!!!

i'll do some new stuff and post asap!!!
:blush::blush::blush::blush::blush::blush:

  • Mood: Fear

;3

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 6, 2010, 5:54 AM
waiting for the good news, please come please come!! oh god or anything, bless me :please: :please: :please: :please: :please: :please: :please: :please: :please:

  • Mood: Speechless

art thief on pet soceity forum

Journal Entry: Thu Mar 4, 2010, 11:34 PM
thanks for :icondearmarch: letting me know there was an art thief on pet society forum who stole my arts who edited my draiwngs and trying to use it as a lure to "make his business",  some people had paid him and didn't get anything back it's really awful, the worse is he hurt people's trust in a society ;(((
[link]

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waooow

Journal Entry: Wed Feb 17, 2010, 11:29 PM
woaoowowowowoow I got a DD woaowowowwowo and so stupid i just known that by reading the msg on my front page~ XD
thank you for the lady who suggest mine ^.^

  • Mood: Joy

Reviews for " A Second Chance at Sarah"

Journal Entry: Tue Dec 29, 2009, 8:09 PM



I collect the article about me and neil's up coming comic project "A second chance at Sarah" I know here:

Project Fan Boy:
A Second Chance at Sarah Graphic Novel
[link]

Pullbox:
A Second Chance at Sarah – Something Ape to Pound it’s Chest About
[link]

Ain't it cool:
A SECOND CHANCE AT SARAH #1
[link]


Kotaku:
Uncharted 2 Writer Pens Graphic Novel
[link]

indy comic reivew:
(since the site doesn't allow direct link, I'll the full article here that I got the permission of the reviewer :iconrunicen: *thanksss!*)
[link]

Year: 2009
Writer: Neil Druckmann
Artist: Joysuke Wong
Pencils: Joysuke Wong
Inker: Joysuke Wong
Colorist: Joysuke Wong
Letterer: Michael Thomas
Publisher: Ape Entertainment
Website: [link]
Genre: Fiction
Description of book: A newborn son, a dying wife, and an arcane talisman, that’s what Johnny stares at when he considers the demon’s deal – Johnny’s soul in exchange for a chance to save his wife (whose soul has just been collected.)  Johnny nods and instantly, he’s a teenager again, a child of the 90’s, and now he must relive a day from his youth.  Johnny has the next twenty-four hours to befriend his future wife, uncover her secret past, and stop her from selling her soul to the demon.  

As Johnny gets pulled into his wife’s hidden history, he starts questioning whether he can, or even should, put a stop to her supernatural deal.

From writer Neil Druckmann (co-writer of the award winning videogames: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves) and acclaimed digital painter Joysuke Wong comes this gripping supernatural adventure about love, loss, and time-travel.
Price: $12.95

A Second Chance at Sarah - 350.jpg

Review:  Alright, it's been almost half a year (really?) since I last did one of these, so I'll see if I can't shake off the dust and cobwebs a bit.

First, I have to confess, I was giving serious thought to giving up the reviewer gig indefinitely until I read the premise of this comic in a review request.  At that point, I figured I could page through the PDF and then decide if I actually wanted to do a write-up or not.  Well, after I was drug face-first through the entirety of the book, I realized there was only one thing to do.  So much for "I can quit any time I want to..."

On to the book itself...  It must be stated that this premise is both interesting and unpredictable.  It doesn't begin, play out, or end in the way you'd expect it to.  In fact, somehow Druckmann manages to create the expectation of the exact opposite of what ends up happening at just about every turn...  And yet, somehow the outcome is completely plausible every time.

From the beginning, there's a sense of sympathy that's established for these characters, particularly Johnny.  There's something so directly human and endearing about the guy that you can't help but feel his plight.  You know how badly he wants his family to come out of this ordeal in one piece, even if you've never been in that situation yourself.

Even when you finally meet Sarah, you're given both the image of her as the teenager Johnny first met and as the woman he later married.  There are more than a few twists and revelations that you wonder how she manages to absorb but, at every step, the reactions are believable.  Again, that sympathy built up towards the characters does a lot to make some of these scenes heart-rending.

There are a few points where the level of trust Sarah places in Johnny does seem a bit of a stretch given that they had "just" met in the story, but it's never enough to prevent the suspension of disbelief.  In fairness, there was probably more to the story that was cut simply due to constraints on the story length.

Wong's artwork contributes a great deal, making the characters expressive and distinctive in appearance.  However, don't let the cover art fool you.  While there is a touch of anime style to the artwork, it's more widely applied in the characters as teenagers.  The visuals take on a very different, almost gritty tone, when the story is in its "present" day.  That versatility not only provides an excellent complement to the writing, but also offers a fluid quality that isn't present in many titles I've read.

In essence, the supernatural elements are kind of a smoke screen for what this really is: a love story.  Now, this isn't the kind of "feel good" love story that depicts two characters who have no flaws.  No, both Johnny and Sarah have flaws - even in the sense of "could I have been better?"  That alone goes a long way to make the characters both completely human and completely endearing and serves the story better than any gimmick or plot twist could have.

All told, this is a triumph and it was enough to drag me out of early retirement.  May we see many more from this team!

Overall: 5 stars.

Alex Haas





Read the 24pages preview:
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Preorder here:
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Will update when I get more news.

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early merry xmas

Mon Dec 7, 2009, 12:06 PM
dunno when will i come again, so it's my early merry xmas :)

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thanks for everyone's concern and warm words, i was really really sad by the thing happen yesterday but that's ok now, I try to solve the problem by action, so now I put the sad feeling down and do what I need to do step by step. dun worry i will be ok :)
  • Mood: Neutral
what should i do to leave this family it wants me to leave?why everything is not in control? how long should i wait? die or homeless?
  • Mood: Anger
have been in Thailand bangkok for a week,a very funny,sunny sometime rainny city ;D
everything is cool and cheap, i really suggest everyone should go once at least
if you dun have much money but want a good vacation ;)))
will be back to HongKong on saturday!!
happi ;)
  • Mood: Joy
but in a good way, very busy create something for my portfolio still some way to go ^^

hope i will turn and post more stuff later >.<!
  • Mood: Joy
yohooo hahaha
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just thinking about if i dun work relate to drawing what else can I do... i still can't figure it out seems i dun have other skills....umumumum...
  • Mood: Confused
crazy, only little thing can make my day, hopefully it had happened today ^^
  • Mood: Joy
need some AA glue to glue the pieces......
pity it won't go better, c'est la vie...
  • Mood: Sadness
just started and finished the anime seris and quickly checked the manga in 2 days, it was really amazing, normally the style shouldn't attract me but I can't fall asleep ,I  want to relax and find something to watch,plus i used to like vampire story so i gave it a try it really surprise me ;D!

the flow , the relationship and the secrets between the characters are very nice ,there are some actions scene in the anime,compare with real actions anime it isn't very enough but this is shojo anime, the story still focus on the relationship and the drama, so that shouldn't be a problem.
likes most of the shojo story, sometimes the love part is a little sticky and boring but it's still romantic, it's somewhat hidden(or it's obvious actually?) sexual stuff between the characters , because it isn't too obvious so it's more exciting and make me curious to know how far would they go? but no, it's not a H anime XD.

I guess so many many many girls would prefer kaname he did a lots for yuuki ,he is handsome, he's the king and very gentle, but I personally prefer zero, I dunno why maybe the beginning of the story they were together a lots,they tease each other they took actions together and I didn't know the secret about yuuki yet so I think they supposed to be together. yuuki has a problem she can't make the choice between 2 guys , she should be forgiven bcos both of them are so attractive it's really difficult to choose...lol...
I think zero is yuuki's knight and kaname is her king (or prince), should the princess only live happily ever with the prince eventually? likes i said above i prefer the knight:P! but the manga hasn't finished yet we dunno the ending yet ~.~! and the shojo manga often makes the lead character choose the prince i can predict :( ....
  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: hkreporter
  • Reading: long hair
  • Watching: long hair
  • Drinking: coffee
just finish the ep 12 of shangari-la still not figure out what digma is~.~

while waiting the new episode coming I started watching K-ON!, it's really cute and the animation
draw so well, it's about a girlband so I was in a girlband too it brings lot of memories to me, just
we didn't form the band in hi-school. another band anime I watched was Beck, it actually more realistic
and closer to our past(I mean the begining part of cos, we totally not related to "become famous thing"),
while seeing it I really want to play again, but I can't I realized I can't do
focus in more than one thing, the days are very much full filled and fun,but I can't do them all well.
K-on is a kind of very casual relax and funny anime now it's around the end( i heard it 's only 13 ep whole anime), hope they will do the '2' to surprise fans :D
  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: hkreporter
  • Reading: long hair
  • Watching: long hair
  • Drinking: coffee
finally i ordered a new cheap monitor, later will buy a huey something now I am waiting the day I dun have to watch the monitor likes without my glasses XD yay
  • Mood: Fear
  • Listening to: hkreporter
anyone watching it ? i am very into it and can't wait every week to watch the new episode!  
anyone also read the novel version to know the whole story already, what is that "digma" thing is?
super curious XD
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  • Listening to: hkreporter
super many things to do ZzzZzzzz i need some coffee...
  • Mood: Fear
  • Listening to: hkreporter