Happy Manga Overkill
Buchmesse Leipzig.
Jedes Jahr wieder ein Vergnügen.
Und dieses Mal wieder: Buchpremiere. Und zwar um 16:30 Uhr.
Um das Ganze etwas spannender zu gestalten, trinken wir bis 16:00 Uhr in einem entlegenen Teil Leipzigs Kaffee. Hier testen wir auch den Videobeamer, der uns bei der Vorstellung unseres Buches unterstützen soll. Alles funktioniert einwandfrei. Wir embark on the wrong highway and we moved to 16:10 clock as hopeless as possible.
Following telephone contact with Leipzig helpless natives. Then
correction.
little later put contacts on an exhibition about the picture, that may take place without an idea book and author.
Following road traffic regulations designed creatively.
allowed 80 km / h generously rounded.
clock 16:20 Insichtkommung of the fairgrounds.
acceleration.
parking, charge start running. This motivated terrorists such as acting, on the back of photo roll, stand, here is a pocket as a pocket. Somewhere even a pocket.
Map Yet.
hub happen. be irritated. Because Everything is dominated by bizarre costumes. Young people with rabbit ears, Ninja, Vampire and schoolgirl outfit stored in the aisles. My meager knowledge of Japanese comic culture, at least enough to identify the phenomenon: Manga. Manga changes people. Especially in Hall 2 and not always for the better.
16:25: Hasten to young people with pre-painted stubble and plastic sword. Passing of fantasy group. Dwarf with a hammer. Beard down to his feet, swaying next cleavage of about 1 square meter.
ago everything was different.
Would you then as an adolescent in a bee Maja or Heidi costume (possibly Pittiplatsch and Lolek or Bolek) at any fair accumulated, you would probably be kicked out octagonal again.
Today people get it in free.
16:28: hasty construction, microphone over. Charmingly incoherent babble. Technology collapse. Projector malfunction. Improvisation. Book read. Images omitted.
16:45: read book ready. Beamer repaired. Triumph of the absurd. So now show pictures. For this text omitted. Audience endure all this with equanimity. Illustrator is amused in the background.
17:00: reading done. Applause. Even without the silly costume. With it would probably have been more. Notification. Perhaps Captain Future.
The audience rises a young girl seated on his 1.00m long bunny ears and I'm kinda jealous.
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