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Default   #2   sylvanSpider sylvanSpider is offline
Weaver of Webs
I hate to say it, but I've actually never read it. I was introduced to the anime before the manga, so it's still on my to read. I'd be willing to bet that the manga is better, but the anime is pretty great too! Will be reading when I have more time!
All that is empty in the drawing should be filled in, the teacher said to us kids. First you sharpen the pencil to fill in the thin whiskers, then you use the thick crayon to fill in the wings with brown, meticulously and without letting the crayon leave the page. Six feet can be traced below the soft belly. Now, breathing is hard to detect on paper, the teacher said to me when I asked, but it is easier to feel it in real life.

Even insects breathe.

-Rawi Hage, Cockroach
Old Posted 03-26-2018, 11:20 PM Reply With Quote