Ayla in this alternative universe is the famous villain (or antihero, as she likes to call it) Doctor Octopus, a scientist who became obsessed with the idea of revenge on those who transformed her into a cephalopod hybrid and harmed many lives in the process. Before suffering the radiation incident, she was a marine biologist and best friend of Miguel O'hara, the current Spider-Man.
Pages from Yayalalar by the French cartoonist Alain Corbel, first published in 2000 by the Portuguese publisher Polvo and subsequently translated into French and published by Amok as Yaylalar in 2001.
Hay cosas tan pequeñas y diminutas, como polvo en el aire, que alguien puede hacer por ti, sin implicar esfuerzo, sin costo alguno y a la mano, que simplemente alegran tu día. ¿Por qué no hacer cosas así más seguido?
I was perusing Austin Town Hall, and I listened to Still Ruins - an Oakland band that, according to Nathan, sounds "like a track just waiting to be used for a rainy scene in a John Hughes film". Still Ruins has an EP available on Smoking Room Records.
When I went to the Smoking Room website to check out the release, I saw this LP from Hotline TNT up for order. This is their debut LP reissued in a limited release (including a Grimace purple...yum).
And while I was late to the Third Man release of "Cartwheel", I thought I'd better post this so anyone who wants a physical copy can land one. The debut album has a shoegazy feel - I still like the My Bloody Valentine and Hum comparisons - but the wobbly guitar also sounds a bit like Polvo.
Hotline TNT (former members of Weed) are based in Brooklyn, New York.