G. Willow Wilson's AIR

Air is a comic book series created by writer G. Willow Wilson, published by Vertigo Comics. I don't know how Vertigo does it, but they continually produce riveting titles. It's rare that I've been disappointed by this company, and Air, thankfully, continues the winning streak.

Air tells the story of an acrophobic flight attendant named Blythe who is whisked away on a grand adventure. On a routine trip, she is tricked by a group called the Etesian Front into transporting terrorist plans as she flies from country to country. She meets a mysterious man on a flight named Zayn, an Interpol agent in disguise, and together they discover that the Etesians are the real terrorist. As the story continues, Blythe and her friends traverse across different lands trying to stop the Etesians and their nefarious plans.

Sounds normal right? It's not so simple though as I'm trying to keep the spoilerish things out of this review.

The story is wonderfully put together with the ending of each issue gripping you as you anxiously anticipate the next issue. But what I really like is how Wilson unfolds the story. The first 3 issues starts off as just a straight up dramatic story, nothing too spectacular and then *BAM*... in issue 4 they throw in some sci-fi/supernatural elements at you. It really spins the whole story but in a good way. As the story progresses more fantasy elements are explored and well, let's put it this way, *SPOILER* Amelia Earhart joins Blythe's party. They even create this fictional backstory to explain what happened to her.

This is the first work by Wilson that I've read and the first art by M.K. Perker that I've seen. The story, like I said, I was amazed with, the art though I'd say is good, but it just doesn't grab me as great. There's something about Perker's style in drawing characters that make them look too long and it just doesn't look right all the time. But that's just being nitpicky, it's still good.

It's definitely worth a read if you can find it in trade paperback. It's received outstanding reviews from the critical community with writing legend Neil Gaiman describing it as a story that starts off like [Salmon] Rushdie and "parachutes off" into [Thomas] Pynchon. I've read the first twenty issues so far and I can't wait for the next. Til next time, later geeks!

R.I.P. Evan Tanner

The body of the professional fighter and former UFC champion, Evan Tanner, 37, was found in the Palo Verde mountain area of California on September 8th, 2008. He was found a few miles away from his campsite on foot, with no water, where the temperatures were around 110 degrees fahrenheit. The coroner's report listed the cause of death as from heat exposure.

Tanner left Oceanside, California on September 2nd. On September 4th, he sent a text message to a friend telling him that his motorcycle was out of gas, that he was out of water, and if his friend didn't hear from him the next day, to call the authorities. Unfortunately, Evan never returned home.

I'm not the hugest MMA fan, I consider myself a casual fan, and a n00b at best. I was listening to Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer Radio, and the story of Tanner's life sounded intriguing.

As fantastic as it sounds, Tanner ventured into the deserts in search of treasure and adventure. I kid you …

The Science of God

Not too long ago, two of my friends had posted their thoughts on evolution and creationism. Both friends shared similar sentiments on the topic (you can view Skylar's here and Keith's here). Coincidence or not, shortly before they made their postings, I purchased a book called The Science of God by Dr. Gerald Schroeder, which was based on the same topic. Unfortunately, at the time of my friend's postings, I had not finished the book, but now I have.

In The Science of God, Schroeder attempts to debunk the dichotomy that exists between science/evolution and creationism. He tries to show that there can exist a duality between the two and that discoveries in science actually prove the story of creation in the bible.

The book can be roughly divided into three categories that being the concepts of time, the second with the biology of evolution, and lastly the concept of free will.

In describing time, he focuses on the 6 days that are explained in the beginning of Genesis. Duri…

Strange.

My layout decided to fuck up, trying to fix it at the moment.

Edit: mushblue was being bitchtarded. I checked other bloggers using the layout and they were having the same problem apparently. I'm trying this new layout, so things might seem funky for a bit.

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