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Someone sent this to me. Honest.

ELLEgirl Magazine Hello, Kitty Promotion:

ELLEgirl salutes Hello Kitty, the global style icon and pop culture phenomenon. Since her debut in 1974, Hello Kitty has traveled from toy store to couture, crowning her the most fashionable kitty around today. To celebrate her eternal youth, ELLEgirl has hidden the face of Hello Kitty along with a few chic Hello Kitty items throughout the pages of the June/July issue. You don't have to be Nancy Drew to find them-just look for the face that launched a million "awwws."

No, I'm not going to pick up the magazine to look for them. But thank you for asking.

Other than the ongoing 30th Anniversary festivities, the mention of Nancy Drew is worth noting. So I note. Because I'm wondering if their target demographic is familiar with the character. . .

And if not, well. . .

nbm has also announced the launch of a new line of kid books for 2005 called papercutz that'll begin with new versions of the hardy boys and nancy drew. a comic book serial of the latter will start this november courtesy of creators scott lobdell and lea hernandez.

e.e. cummings style in the original, from artblog. And Lea Hernandez? Always good.

As you could tell from the Manga Secrets wallpaper I'm currently using on the computer, if you could see it. Or I remembered where I got it -- possibly her LiveJournal. I was using an image from Tristan's, but decided it may not have been WiFi-cafe safe. For that brief instant when I the background is actually visible, before I open a zillion windows. But I digress.

And have, in fact, forgotten what the original point was.

So, changing the subject, brief review of Birth of a Nation in Time, seen at Thought Balloons.

Management apologizes for the poor quality of this entry. As always. And the backlog of email. And book reviews. And. . . Management apologizes for being of poor quality, basically.

Update: Want to know more? See also: Lea Hernandez's Comics for Girls, from last November, over at Bookslut. And if you didn't guess that it's by Karin Kross from the site and subject, you're just not paying attention.

Also, "the most fashionable kitty around today" is my new nickname for Rachel.

That is all.