Thanks
Curtis Cartier’s Fanime convention piece (“Wild Anime,” Cover Story, May 26) was absolutely wizard. Textbook, if not better. Engaging, personal, good use of quotes, a good sense of time and place, good narrative flow, good structure, nicely researched, good use of the language and concise. An example of the excellence that I’ve come to expect from Metro.
Terry Whittier | San Jose
No Thanks
I found Ms. Clark’s article (“Get a Life!” Cover Story, July 7) to be short-sighted and borer-line offensive. She writes as though it is news that a 21-hour workweek would improve our lives and make us all more “sane and healthy.” I don’t think anyone’s going to disagree that it would be nice to spend more time with our families, riding our bikes and growing our own food—except maybe those of us for whom Ms. Clark’s personal lifestyle choices are (1) uninteresting or (2) unattainable due to our immigration status, education level or disability.
I’m pleased to see that the author remembered issues of health care and age. Perhaps the next article she writes will enlighten me on how my husband and I (collectively we work more than 90 hours per week), can move out of our shitty apartment and afford cable television.
Sarah Legg | Petaluma
Splitting Hairs
So basically there’s little difference between Vietnamese “play by its own rules” news media and U.S. mainstream “fake but accurate” news media (“Blogging in Vietnamese,” The Fly, July 7).
Novice
R.I.P.
On Monday, author and sometime Metro contributor Harvey Pekar was found dead at his home by his wife of 27 years, cartoonist Joyce Brabner. He was 70. The autobiographical comics written by this Cleveland resident put his city on the map; in his best work, including Our Cancer Year (co-written by Brabner), American Splendor and The Quitter, Pekar expanded the boundaries of what graphic literature can do. For more about Pekar and links to his work for Metro, see metrosiliconvalley.com/harvey-pekar.
