Tori Miki
Author of Anywhere But Here
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- Birthdate
- 1958-02-23
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Country (for map)
- Japan
- Birthplace
- Kumamoto, Japan
- Organizations
- 日本SF作家クラブ
路上観察学会
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- Works
- 24
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 75
- Popularity
- #235,804
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 28
- Languages
- 2
On the other hand, some of them I just plain don't understand. ...I'm not sure I want to begrudge it that or not. On top of that are others which give a '...I think I do understand. And it is neither that funny or that entertainingly weird.' reaction. What really bothered me, though, was how repetitive some of the strips felt. Nothing picture or occurrence-wise happens twice, but often it feels like concepts are being re-used. If the author had something new to “say” about it this time around, that would be on thing, but I can only read so many comics about a door/hole/etc leading to another dimension/location isn'tthatfunny/weird?! before getting a little tired.
In the end, I appreciated being able to try out its weird sense of humor, but I'm very glad I didn't pay full price for it. With all the repetition of concepts, I'd likely have finished feeling I hadn't gotten my money's worth. As it is there are only a handful of strips I truly like, and honestly I'd rather just have a copy of those than own the entire book.… (more)