I went to see my dad at the nursing home today, and the nurse and several other employees, all of whom are from other countries, were clustered around the TV. “World Cup?” I asked. They were delighted that I actually knew what it was.
I stopped talking before I admitted that the only reason I knew was because I listened to Ed’s soccer MangaCast and linked to the ComiPress item about Captain Tsubasa endorsing Kirin Nuda. But, you know, a year ago I would have been completely oblivious, rather than slightly aware. So I guess I learned something.
About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started
MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for
School Library Journal,
Publishers Weekly Comics Week,
Comic Book Resources, the
Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and
Robot 6. She also edits the
Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
That’s exactly what Manga is about. Broadening one’s palette with entertainment.
Today’s flavor Ecuadorian GOALS!!
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