Random links and questions

[oyceter]

• vom_marlowe is asking who's your favorite mangaka, strictly style-wise?



• TechKnitting -- Why did no one tell me about this? This blogger would be awesome if only for her 3-in-1 circular join that eliminates the jog and weaves in your ends at the same time. While a lot of technique articles tend to be things I already know (how to gauge, etc.), TechKnitter actually provides new tips and tricks on old techniques. I think my favorite may be the 3-in-1 join and the tips on long-tail cast-on.
  
  Now all I need to do is email her to ask about good ways to do tubular cast-on in circular, non 1x1 rib tubular cast-on, and the possibilities of using Kitcherner stitch to graft together things in patterns (ribbing and anything non-stockinette and non-garter).



• And I ask everyone what comics or manga you can think of that have stories-within-stories, or stories that comment on each other (aka, the text narrative is telling a different story than the graphic narrative, but they illuminate each other)?

Comments

[anenko.livejournal.com]

Hello! I found your post through octopedingenue's journal.

I'm not sure that this is what you're looking for, but Ouran High School Host Club puts their own spin on the Alice in Wonderland story in one chapter. For instance, the heroine, Haruhi, gets booted out of the Alice role because she's too disinterested to follow the white rabbit down the rabbit hole.

[anenko.livejournal.com]

There's also a bonus story in volume five of The Wallflower, a take on Red Riding Hood.

Like Ouran's Haruhi, Sunako makes a very bad fairytale heroine. She has no interest in being a princess, and in fact, "became twice as scary as she was before. Hooray for her."

[oyceter]

Hi!

OMG, I forgot that episode! It is so odd!

[anenko.livejournal.com]

I fell behind on downloading the anime, so I don't know how it compares. I adore the manga's version, though.