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Game of Thrones Character Recap

OK guys so Game of Thrones season 6 is premiering tonight and before the big kick off I would like to do a little recap for anyone who forgot what was going on in Westeros. Basically who is alive and what they are doing. Tyrion Lannister: After being smuggled out of Westeros after the poisoning of the former King Joffery, Tyrion makes his way East to help advise the Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen. Buut he gets kidnapped by Ser Jorah, though he is really just taking him to where he was already going. No sooner does he arrive in Meereen than everything goes to heck; the sons of the harpy start slaughtering people and there is chaos. Tyrion is left on his own to try and fix the damage when Daenerys takes off on Drogon. Jaime Lannister: After Lannisters start dropping like flies Jaime heads out with his brother Tyrion's loyal-ish sell sword Bronn to Dorne to try and rescue his niece/daughter Myrcella from the hands of the Dornish. But of course their plans are foiled when Pr...

Comics: Not Just for Kids

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Hello faithful readers! I know it has been a good long while since the last post and for that I am sorry, but fear not because I am here to write you a glorious post about the world of comic books. Now most people when they hear the term "comic" usually think of things like the D.C. or Marvel Universes, some others may think of the Japanese comics known as "manga." Both of these subgenres have their own techniques that make them both unique. But the comics that I want to talk about in this post are the French versions of comics called "bande dessinée," these comics range just as much as their American counterparts everything from children's stories to graphic novels with more adult themes. This quarter at Central I am taking part in a course that is studying several of these bande dessinée and their history within France. French comics have recently been receiving more and more attention as a real art form and are celebrated in France with schools an...