re:mote voices

Icaro 1 by Moebius, Jiro Taniguchi - looks interesting, first of a 2 part story collaboration between comic legend moebius and japanese artist jiro taniguchi. book one comes out in december from simon and schuster print ibooks - 160 pages for £9.99.







his voice has been a constant, there has been no escaping it, she can't even plug her ears, occupied as they already are by earphones that broadcast his giddy whisperings stereophonically in either ear. theres no microphone on her headset, only on his. the tactics of brainwashing.
the savage girl - alex shakar -i've decided to take a week off quicksilver, its too much bulk to carry around, and this week i would rather use that space for my CD folder. so i finished NP last night, started the savage girl this morning. i saw this book on the shelves when it first came out and i was kind of curious, but never got round to following it up. that is of course, until as usual, i saw it for a couple of quid, and thought 'aye, go on then.'

when ursula's sister, an aspiring model, has a breakdown, she comes to visit her in the city. soon she finds herself with a job as newbie cool hunter, a trend spotter who spots a savage girl with home made clothes and eating rats. seems interesting so far, especially when put into the picture of gibson's pattern recognition, going further into the whole trend spotting/branding thing, and how that fits into our modern culture ('s downfall?).