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ebookporn · 2 years

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Longest single-volume book in the world goes on sale – and is impossible to read

The 21,450-page volume of manga series One Piece is physically unreadable, to highlight how comics now exist as commodities

by David Barnett

A limited edition single volume of the long-running manga One Piece is being billed as the longest book in existence.

At 21,450 pages, it is physically impossible to read, making it less of a book and more of a sculpture.

Priced at €1,900 (£1,640), the book isn’t credited to Eiichiro Oda, the writer and artist behind One Piece, which has been serialised in Japanese magazine Shōnen Jump every week since 1997. It is being sold instead as the work of Ilan Manouach, the multidisciplinary artist who has designed the limited edition volume, which is titled ONEPIECE.

Manouach printed out the Japanese digital edition of One Piece and bound it together, treating the comic not as a book but as “sculptural material”, according to the book/ artwork’s French publisher JBE.

A spokesperson for JBE told the Guardian that ONEPIECE is an “unreadable sculpture that takes the shape of a book – the largest one to date in page numbers and spine width – that materialises the ecosystem of online dissemination of comics.” Whatever it is classed as, there certainly seems to be a market for ONEPIECE – the limited edition run of 50 copies sold out within days of its release on 7 September.

Manouach’s piece came about because of the “profusion of available online content and the rampant digitisation of the comics industry” which “challenges the state-of-the-art of comics craftsmanship”, according to his publisher. “Ilan Manouach’s ONEPIECE proposes to shift the understanding of digital comics from a qualitative examination of the formal possibilities of digital comics to a quantitative reappraisal of ‘comics as Big Data’.”

JBE also described comics as “dual objects”, having a “use value” for readers and an “exchange value” for collectors. In creating a book you cannot read, Manouach apparently wanted to highlight the way comics exist as both commodity and literature.

#comics #manga #exchange value #graphic novel #librarians #booksellers #comic collector #one piece

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yngwrthr · 2 years

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The unique character of the commodity labor power, which as value simply represents its costs of production, but which as use value is itself the source of the creation of new value, makes it possible for the exchange between the worker and the capitalist to simultaneously correspond to, yet contradict, the laws of commodity exchange; that this, the most important of all the acts of exchange, amounts in fact to the appropriation of alien labor, without exchange, although “under the semblance of exchange”. It is clear, however, that this semblance is a “necessary semblance”, insofar as capitalist production itself is the production of commodities, and therefore presupposes the laws of commodity exchange… Capital’s mode of appropriation, which is based on the propertylessness and expropriation of the worker, is neither a complete negation nor a “falsification” of the laws of free exchange, but is rather “their highest development”.

Roman Rosdolsky, “The Making of Marx’s Capital”, Vol. I, trans. Pete Burgess, London: Pluto Press, 1980, pp. 263, 265.

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driftwork · 1 year

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[“The surprise that waits us, when we enter a room, the difference between going up through the floors to the room on the lift or walking up the stairs. When we reach the top of the climb. We do not have an idea of of the surprise at the difference in the rooms, We have a certainty of surprise. But its not easy to get there , for you have to travel as if you are on a camel or a horse. This place was a dark market before it became a hotel, where things were bought and sold that need not to be traced. Not the money that changes hands which will always be traceable, whether its transferred as cash, paypal, plastic or cypto, but the things themselves which being material objects vanish and are carried off by the purchasers, perhaps a book is by Mary Butts, imaginary letters, made in 1928, or one by Duras in the 1953 edition… in hands, paper bags, wheeled to lifts and carefully placed in vehicles. A painting carried off on the back of an electrical bicycle… Whilst the society only values the various forms of exchange value, the things themselves being unvalued in our consumer society vanish. Here then the empire of things used to exist. Where has it vanished to?”]

#everyday practices #exchange value #commodity #things #hotel story

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rotenotes · 5 months

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Χρήσιμη εργασία/αφηρημένη εργασία (Useful labour/abstract labour)

[Derek Sayer (1979), Marx’s Method: Ideology Science and Critique in Capital, pp. 17-24] Marx’s Method: Ideology, Science and Critique in Capital | Derek Sayer – Academia.edu [17] (γ) Χρήσιμη εργασία/αφηρημένη εργασία Αυτή η τρίτη διάκριση είναι κατά την εκτίμηση του ίδιου του Μαρξ «ο άξονας στονοποίο μιασαφής κατανόηση της Πολιτικής Οικονομίας στρέφεται» (ibid. 41, cf 1867f,1868d).^9 Ακριβώς…

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#abstract labour #commodity #commodity production #concrete labour #exchange #exchange value #Karl Marx #physiologically equal labour #private labour #social division of labour #social labour #use value #useful labour #value

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opstandelse · 8 months

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την εποχη του Μαρξ προοδευτικη οικονομια ήταν η Αμερικάνικη….οι λογοι: 1) η Αμερικη ηταν αποικια των Βρεττανων και ως αποικια η γη της ηταν ακομη ελευθερη, ετσι εχοντας ενα κομματι γης μπορουσες να γινεις αυτονομος αναμεσα σε αυτονομους…ακομη εαν επρεπε για καποιους λογους να εργαστεις ως μισθωτος εργατης γρηγορα με το μισθο σου θα μπορουσες να αγορασεις γη και να αυτονομηθεις. 2) στην Αμερικη…

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ryllen · 8 months

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[ cute raincoat ]

#nah that raincoat is way too expensive but i love how it looks #but imagine alex found something nice but it's a lil bit at the expensive side and alex be like ah no let me find another one #but george be the one who be like no we will give that one to the las; but he must value money a lot more for working so hard in the mine #but maybe one time he splurged on one nice clothing for evelyne and she wears it forever (maybe the pink poncho)#OR-- we can just pretend that raincoat has less expensive price from the very beginning. The End. fhsdhsh #sdv #stardew valley #Feast of the Winter Star #sdv alex #sdv farmer #sdv vincent #stardew alex #stardew farmer #stardew vincent #fanart #stardew valley alex #stardew valley farmer #stardew valley vincent #stardew dog #anyhow i just thought it would be cute if a bachelor/rette prepares present to exchange with the farmer personally despite the yearly lotto

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ginger-grimm · 1 month

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Hippidy-hoppidy, your OC is now my property...for this exchange, at least. While we may no longer be children and our Easter haul has been reduced to a chocolate bunny, that doesn't mean we can't use this platform and our OCs to exchange some little gifts.

So, if you will, enter one (or more) of your OCs into the basket, and let me give you some non-candied sweetness for the holiday. You won't even have to look for it! The poll was mostly positive so I hope you're ready and I look forward to doing this again.

The Rules and regulations are simple, but they exist nonetheless, so here they are:

The exchange, for now, is open until March 31st, though I may extend it who knows *Kevin James meme*

You may make 1-2 requests, but hey, I will probably reblog it saying you can make more once no one requests anything *Kevin James meme intensifies*

Please reblog this post to spread some awareness, please. You can like for remembrance but just a like doesn't count (you already know this, I know my 5 regulars who come here every time)!

As aforementioned, this is open to my regular drunks and new patrons alike, so please do not be shy. Think of me as I think of birds, I am more scared of you than you are of me.

Fill out the form linked below and find the password in the form!

Please only send me faceclaims with good quality and plenty of material to use. Also, no cartoon characters. Video game characters are all right if it's motion capture. I'm not trying to discriminate, it can just be really tough for me to find material for cartoons, animes, video games, etc. as I edit by making little video clips first blah blah blah. However, if you slide in my DMs we might be able to discuss some stuff.

Please, please, please fill out all the columns I need and choose at least two gift options. It makes it infinitely easier for me to make something for you. Just remember I can't read minds and it's worse when I can't find anything in your blogs.

Remember the pleases and thank you's, pleases and thank you's make my heart grow fond.

I don't do Harry Potter OCs or Stranger Things OCs and while I don't have a specific list of FCs I don't use, I ask that you do not request anything for overtly problematic actors, thank you!

I accept pretty much any gift in return, it can even be story reviews or playlists for people who don't/can't edit themselves.

I'm fine with gifts for any of my OCs - my master list as well as the link to my Pinterest is in my pinned post.

FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FEEL FREE TO SEND ME A MESSAGE AND I WILL TRY TO CLEAR EVERYTHING UP!

TAGLIST: @waterloou @eddysocs @ocs-supporting-ocs @foxesandmagic @veetlegeuse @decennia @hiddenqveendom @arrthurpendragon @luucypevensie @kentaroranda @noratilney @wordspin-shares @oneirataxia-girl @endless-oc-creations @lucys-chen @andromedalestrange @far-shores @daughter-of-melpomene @bibaybe

#anna's easter basket exchange #yes i reused the rules from last time i'm too lazy to rephrase everything #the core value is the same #love youuuu

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imminent-danger-came · 2 months

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#having a breakdown over this rn #*screams*#tdp #the dragon prince #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk meme #tdp meme #theme: exchange #you trade something of value for value!#lmk theme: exchange #tdp theme: exchange

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evilsanlang · 1 month

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americans who fearmonger about china's firewall are so funny because the more I witness my language being devalued in favor of propping up english, the way consumerism over here is aggressively american, the way our history is undermined while american history is presented as the One True History of the world, the more I wish brazil had a firewall too

#but alas it's probably too late for that #this is a nuanced topic because there are conservatives who twist it into Filthy Westerners Destroying Traditional Values #but on the other hand cultural exchange with an imperialist power isn't cultural exchange. it's neocolonialism #nar.txt

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philosophybits · 8 months

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The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.

Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man

#philosophy #quotes #Herbert Marcuse #One Dimensional Man #instrumentalism #materialism #exchange #value #trade #capitalism #reason #rationality

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ehj3 · 4 months

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HIDDEN MIDDEN

“Why then you’re as mad as me. No, madder. For I distrust ‘reality’ and its moron mother, the universe, while you fasten your innocence to fallible devices which pretend at happy endings.” ― Author Ray Bradbury “Tis the Season,” for anhedonia that is. DSM-5 defines it thusly, “…markedly decreased interest or pleasure in almost all activities.” This does not include getting bored with one thing…

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#anhedonia #big media #capitalism #christmas #cognitive dissonance #exchange value #flint knapping #Hierarchy of needs #ikigai #madness #meaning #midden #raison d’être #sadness #symbolism #tis the season #use value #video gaming #winter

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raayllum · 1 year

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Quick run down: 4 is the lowest typical score given, 10 the typical highest score given (although you can technically go up to 12). Making my post because I noticed Callum’s Justice ranking was at 6 (lower than I’d expected) and I always meant to do a lil more formal comparison between the trio so here it is I suppose.

Devotion: This is value is about duty, faith, and friendship. You’re motivated by the bonds of loyalty and your love for others.

Truth: This value is about fidelity, certainty, and authenticity. You’re motivated by finding strength in facts and by the principle and pursuit of knowledge

Glory: Have you ever wanted to be celebrated by history? This value is about legacy, fame, and fortune. You’re motivated by praise, acclaim, and your desire to be remembered.

Justice: Have you ever been compelled to fix what’s wrong? This value is about balance, virtue, and reward. You’re motivated by adherence to fairness and what you think is right.

Liberty: Have you ever resisted the control of others? This value is about freedom and autonomy. You’re motivated by a world without oppression or suppression.

Mastery: Have you ever needed to rise above your own limits? This value is about control, achievement, and skill. You’re motivated by power, growth, and progress.

Similarities:

Glory is a 4 for all of them. Utterly unsurprising I think - they’re all willing to do things regardless of recognition and aren’t motivated by any real self importance

Truth is a 6 for all of them. I find it interesting that Callum gets the “hide the truth to protect others” rather than Rayla, but we do see elements of that in TTM. For Ezran, it has less to do with a moral truth (Rayla) or how to handle the truth (Callum) but more to do with maturing to see the truth (“I ignored something that is true” —4x03)

For anything other than their Most Important Feature, everything else has roughly an 8. This makes sense as it is still a core value, i.e. Callum jumping off the mountain is very devotional, Rayla works very hard to find real justice, Ezran cares a great deal about placing autonomy in other people’s hands (S3), etc.

In Betweens:

Ezran and Rayla both have Mastery at a 6 with Callum having it at an 8; this makes sense as he is driven to look for knowledge and power (through magic) in ways they are not / are mostly settled and/or disinterested in

Ezran and Callum both have Devotion resting at 8 - high, but not their highest values. This makes sense as according to the game, Devotion is how obligated you feel to others. Ezran feels beholden to Katolis but that’s something he’s largely grown into, and he feels a wider responsibility to the world at large, moving in between them as he can. Callum is very devoted to his loved ones (mainly Ez and Rayla, but also Zym in a lot of ways) and his desire for freedom often interplays with a desire to have autonomy/capability to protect and/or provide for them in key ways.

Rayla and Ezran have Liberty at an 8, showing that they value freedom (Rayla’s bio includes her goal to free all people from terrible fates like the one she almost had with the binding ceremony, we’ve gone over Ez’s, etc) even if it’s not as high as Callum’s - but more on that later

Highest Values

Ezran’s is Justice at 10. This makes sense as he is the series’ embodiment of Justice thematically as well as the series’ Witness. This reflects his role as the peace maker for elves and humans and dragons, both politically and interpersonally with Callum and Rayla in S1 and S4 in particular. It is also embedded into the fact that his death itself would have been Justice and his survival is what allows true justice to actually continue, his decisions as king, and the fact he’s king at all, per Harrow’s words: “My father told me that about all, I must be a Just king.”

Callum’s is Liberty at 10. This foreshadows his arc in season four in terms of a complete loss of control/freedom and why it screws with him so royally. While many of the characters agonize over making the right choice (or a choice at all), not having a choice at all is what torments him the most: “I can’t do anything!” (2x07) particularly when it comes to protecting or helping his loved ones. We see this especially in his quote under Liberty in which despite being crown prince and heir to the throne, he states that he is beholden to his inner circle rather than a sense of duty. In S4 he is concerned about Aaravos hurting his loved ones, and that fear of doing awful things to other people is what has him so especially worried over the situation, reaffirming his statement that “I value those close to me more than anyone or anything” certainly.

Rayla is Devotion at 10. At first glance it’s easy to take her “My only allegiance is to my heart and those that know it” as a similar kind of sentiment to Callum’s “I value those close to me” statement, but we know what Rayla’s heart is aligned with: “My heart for Xadia.” Her heart is given to whatever she feels her duty is, to what feels right, hence why she risks everything for Phyrrah, someone she doesn’t know at all, simply because leaving the dragon there results in “every fibre in my body is telling me this is wrong.” Bloodmoon Huntress also expands on this further, drawing comparisons to her and Runaan’s sense of duty and love for the whole world, as well as precisely what led her to take on the assassination mission in the first place. In S1-S3 Rayla gets better at listening to her heart rather than shutting it down, although this has changed in S4. She’s learning to prioritize her loved ones more and more, but at the cost of her actual heart.

Misc Notes:

For Callum, it’s worth noting that Devotion and Mastery (magic) are of equal value to Callum and are definitely two cornerstones of his more hands on arc. Thus, we can likely deduce that as much as Callum undeniably values Liberty, the fact it’s his highest value is also because it’s the value that informs and guides his arc the most Thematically. This means that his desire to learn magic and be there for his loved ones is of equal measure in terms of his decision making, but we also see him clearly prioritize his loved ones in ways he does not do with his own pursuit of magic.

[ Side note: And just as a comparison, Claudia - Claudia’s - devotion is also an 8, but Mastery is her 10, even though so much of her arc is driven directly by devotion to her family (although her bio makes it clear it is supporting her family and her father, not merely her valuing them, as the distinctions are important too). ]

Following this “Two Pillars holstered by One Theme” logic, we can break Ezran and Rayla down into a similar manner.

Rayla is defined by her initial quest of Justice and a growing sense of Liberty (cue: being literally freed from her binding, other symbolic cycles, etc) but this is bound together and streamlined through her Devotion to a cause to people and her family. We can see S4 bring this together directly in her devotion to Callum and her family and how they are both either already literally or becoming entangled / entrapped in forces beyond their control with Rayla wanting to free / protect all of them.

For Ezran, this means he is defined by his place as Justice thematically first and foremost, with Devotion and Liberty as his two tether-hooks: re a child king being put in chains to try and give his people a choice > forced conscription, as well as the work he’s doing to try to create peace and a Narrative of Love (devotion) in S4.

Thus, the highest value for each of the Trio is what informs them at their core and subsequent thematically, with their two respective pillars as how those things are motivated and manifest throughout, with of course a good dose of overlap beyond all three. But either way, I just thought it was Neat™

Closing Note

One thing I found interesting when actually going each beat of their bios is that Rayla and Ezran are inverses of each other and very closely aligned. They share the exact same 3 values, all in similar amounts (either 8 or 10) and just rotate one out for their respective highest: for Rayla, Justice is at an 8, and for Ez, it gets bumped up to a 10 and his devotion down to an 8. This closeness between them, and how Callum diverges, lines up with how I’ve thought of and how I’ve written each of the trio for a while now, re: meta dated September 2021 about this exact difference, well before TOX came out.

Because Callum, strangely enough, does not have Justice™ as a particularly high value. It’s actually on the lower end of his scale, with other heroic characters like Amaya, Janai, and Aanya having it as a 10, an 8, and 8. The only none villain adjacent character (Soren, Viren, Claudia) with a Justice as low as Callum’s is Lujanne, and Callum’s justice ranking is the lowest of the trio’s. This is interesting particularly because Justice is defined by fixing what’s wrong/broken, a sense of fairness and balance. And while Callum wants to have positive impacts on the world and make things better, it shows that his big heart is also equally if not more so tethered to pragmatism, perhaps, compared to his family, even in decisions made like leaving with the egg in the first place being what was also safest for the egg and particularly Ezran during the attack on the castle.

And well, if you know, you know ;)

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