2023 was a year..... I've certainly been getting my ass kicked but here's some stuff I found rather satisfying throughout the year. don't forget to tune in to end, if you're interested in the future of the channel. happy holidays 🖤
So happy to see this man. BLAME! is so intriguing to me, I tried it and realized it was something that would need a lot of attention. I’m excited to try it again soon. Also, I feel the idea of searching for a spot and wanting to evolve. I’m sorry things have been hard, and I’m so appreciative you gave us an hour of your time to do this. I was thrilled to see this in my feed. Anything you do here or on another channel I will support and watch all of. You have a great personality and I love hearing your thoughts. Much love brother!
Im going to be honest man, you do you. You can keep the channel but you can still post out things like your tattoos and art, I have no problems with that. I honestly think it will make you stand out, tattoo artist who reviews books here and there and makes art out of description from books or symbols. That is hella unique and I pity anyone who spits at that. I am completely new to this channel so don't think I know it all lol but I genuinely think that keeping this channel and focusing more on art for YOUR health is just as phenomenal as your book reviews. Take your time and live life as it dude like you said, you only get one and you gotta make the most of it. Enough my my talking now.
The goats back! Also I wanna thank you for recommending so many books, ESPECIALLY The Second Apocalypse series by R.Scott Bakker, just finished warrior prophet and i can carefully say its one of my favorite books of all time!
@@slowlyred2082 absolutely bro. Since you already did me a favor, I gotta pay it forward. Read this manga called Berserk. This is the only other story I can safely say is on par with Bakker's writing and im some instances, OUTPACES compared to Bakker. If you already know it though, ignore my yapping lol
@@isaacbaez8618 i love berserk. But I have to admit it was the anime that I discovered first. I've only managed to get through 6 volumes of the manga so far. But Guts is awesome and characters like Zodd and Skull Knight intrigue the shit out of me
Just do you my man!! I have gotten some awesome book recommendations from you. Fam comes first life and shit happens when ever you pop up I’ll watch . Take care of ur self brother.
Mark, I'm just glad to see you. This corner of the Internet hasn't been as fun without you, you black hearted demented Sarl impersonating bastard 🖤 You can't get rid of me that easily, you got me into Broken Empire and Second Apocalypse so i owe you. All that said, I missed you brother.
I love your channel and you are the one who introduced me to grim dark fantasy and of ALL the booktubers I have watched, you have always been my favorite. I don't really watch review videos except for yours. But that is because of your passion and your wording. You make me feel excited about checking books out. But if books won't spark that passion anymore but tattoo and fantasy art will then I will happily watch that content. Hope things gets easier! I wish you and your family a prosperous and happy new year.
It's great to see you again! I agree about the end of Manifest Delusions and how seamless it was. Also agree with you about manga and anime, I can't get into the stuff with whiny kids. Gonna check out the ones you recommended. Blame! Looks badass. I've been reading more comics recently, too. We read and discuss manga and comics all the time on the podcast if you'd ever like to join us. I hear you about RU-vid becoming a job for sure, I'm enjoying podcasting a lot more. Less of a time investment. Post what you want on this channel and just have fun with it, running two channels is such a pain in the ass. If you ever need to talk or vent I'm here bro, not sure if you're on our forums but we're always there planning whacky shit. Excited to see what you have planned for the future
Man, you can talk about anything or do anything and I'll still watch every one of your videos, not only because we kinda have similar tastes in media but also I think you're just a charismatic guy, like you said - it's art to make people care for dirtbags haha. Also, as a family man myself who had had a lot of hobbies I understand that sometimes you have to choose and improve something that benefits you the most rather than just have a bunch of distractions. Also, tattoos are cool af, I have a bunch 😀 Cheers
Great to see you back man! Completely understand about burnout, and focusing more on your tattoo work sounds like a lot of fun, especially if you're doing some cool fantasy and sci-fi shit so I'll be here! If you try it and it's still too much, no shame on stepping back completely for your mental health and focusing on your family and your craft.
Glad to know you loved Blame! I love the world of Blame!, it's simply amazing. I watched the anime first (I still re-watch it once in a while, mainly because Killy is a man of few words). Do check out his other works as well - Knights of Sidonia, Biomega and Wolverine: Snikt (Basically, Wolverine in the Blame! world - I wish this one was longer). Anyways, thank you for taking the time to put up a video, I used to check once in a while if anything new was posted. I don't know about the others - but I am interested in wherever your journey goes, if you let us tag along. ^__^ Regardless of the what the future holds, I wanna say Thank you and All the very best.
Got into your channel cause of Bakker stuff, stuck around cause of your oratorial style and humor. Definitely do what you're passionate about, speaking for myself I'd be down to check out whatever type of shit you wanna put our. The one thing I do wanna see is you talking about The Unholy Consult with Madness though, lol!
Guess who's back! Yess both Dorohedoro and BLAME! are amazing and BLAME! is probably my favorite manga just cuz the uniqueness of the storytelling format, the atmosphere/vibe has nothing like it. Now that third Manifest Delusions is out I guess no better time for me to start right
Awesome to have you back dude! You were the one who pulled me over the line and convinced me to start the Prince of Nothing and ooooooooh boy, didn't think after Malazan anything could amaze me on that level. Dropping everyone the fuck down right meow and starting on Manifest Delusions. Man seeing that dot in youtube with some new shit from you after a long day of work, really appreciate what you do. Cheers from Holland.
Mark! Good to see u back! I fucking loved the conclusion to the manifest delusions series. The convos between the horse and Doubt was fucking amazing. Loved every about the series. Just in the beginning of this vid, but will be watching thru. Truly good to see u brother 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼
@@slowlyred2082 hahahaha me too, the turn to fake cardboard ending was too fucking good. This was my best read this year as well. I’m already excited to reread all 3!
Glad to see you! Dude, make content YOU will enjoy, and the audience will find you! A Grimdark fantasy loving tattoo artist sounds like a nice little niche for ya 🤘 Wish you all the best and look forward to the next one!
Blame and Dorohedoro are two of my favorite mangas. I'm glad you like them too! Newer to the channel and enjoy your blunt book reviews but honestly do what makes you happy. Tattoos are sick and could always use more fantasy/sci fi inspired tattoos in the world. I liked this format of video where it wasn't really a review but more of a "hey this shit is cool and heres why". Post what you want and the right audience will find you. Hope things get better for you man!
Mark! Im also newish to the channel, discovered you because of Mike. I would love to see your tattoo work/ideas in addition to the occasional book reviews. In addition, much of booktube, I feel, doesn't dive very deep into the darker corners of fantasy and sci-fi like you do. Which makes you very unique. I hope the future treats you and your family better than the present. "If you're going through Hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
Yaassssssss!! This notification made my Hanukkah man. I'm down for the rabbit hole. Do whatever you like...I'll be tuning in. Shit, more than half of us buy books for the cover art alone. Art is Art. Just glad to see ya back man 💪🤙
Hi Mark‼️ Anything you do will be fuckin' awesome. People relate to you and your crazy personality. The artwork you shared today reminded me of your Questing for Comics series. I loved it and it helped me get back into comics again. I also read Broken Empire and am on Book 2 of Prince of Nothing, all because of your enthusiasm. (Not necessarily the book reviews, per se. It was your various casual chats and book discussions that hooked me, in case you want to keep doing that kind of thing.) Hope this helps. I know it's kind of rambly 😅. Keep on keeping on man.
Holy fuck, Mark! Glad you're back, man! I love Blame 🖤 and I have Dorohedoro sitting here waiting for a rainy day ;D watched the first few episodes of the anime and knew it was going to be for me. As to the channel... just do what you're into. I watch your videos cause you're the guy 🤌 reviews are wasted on me, though, so don't worry. I just want to know in 3 sentences if something is good, what kinda vibe, what are the themes, just vague stuff, so sth like a wrap-up / reading update is sufficient. What I enjoy most are deep dives, discussions, stuff like that. Those discussions with Madness or with Jimmy and Amanda on Second Apocalypse come to mind. I don't know if that's what you meant. I really liked those
It's great to see you back! Sorry if it ends up being a duplicate. I thought I commented last night. If it is and you are screening comments, feel free to delete this or the other comment if you want. I'd be happy to see more of your content, on whatever schedule is good for you. Since you only want to maintain one channel, I say go ahead and shift gears and keep it on this channel. And I wouldn't mind seeing more of your art if you want to share it. Might be good promo for you if you can (or want to) mention where you work. I can't remember if you have mentioned watching or reading these, but I recommend: 1. Castlevania: medieval setting, monstrous vampires, vampire hunters, violent action and great animation. It's Western-made. I haven't seen the spin-off series (Castlevania: Nocturne). 2. Arcane: also Western animation, gorgeous CGI, lots of action, music, excellent character development. One of the best shows I've watched in the last couple of years. It's futuristic fantasy with class wars, politics, action, relationship drama, and revenge. 3. Monster: I love both the anime and the manga on which it is based. A surgeon saves a child's life and then upends his whole life to chase after that patient who has grown up to be a master manipulator responsible for a string of murders. Excellent character work. I think all 3 are still on Netflix.
See who came to play. My favourite booktuber is back! I haven't read a war to end all yet but I can't wait to read it. Despite your experience, I am still concerned about the collab but I am less worried. I loved Mirrors truth but not as much as Beyond Redemption because I missed the interaction between the main crew. It wasn't the greatest reading year for me either but I enjoyed some really good stories this year including rereading berserk, Fire punch and Jojo bizarre adventure. Do what ever makes you happy. I am certain that a lot of your core followers watch you for your personality and vibes. Whatever you decide to do, I would be here to watch it.
MAAAAAAAARRRRKKKKK!!!! I miss watching you nerd out on books. Happy to see this video even if you make disappearing acts a habit. Love ya man and I hope everything is going well
Awesome to see a brand new video from you appear in my feed, man!! I had a feeling that if anything might bring you back, it'd be Manifest Delusions 3 and I'm glad that inuition proved to be right! I want to go into the book blind, so I'll come back and watch this video after I've read it. I'm finishing up my re-read of the first two books and was pleasantly surprised to discover that they're even better the second time!
I'll watch this channel no matter what. Shame about the reviews because you are the best on here. I bought a lot of books off the back of your reviews and loved them all. Aside from that; have you ever drawn Witchtig or Stelehn? Your interpretation of fantasy characters would be great content Imho 🤘🏻
Finally glad to see you back man! Happy early Christmas man!!! Glad you are doing well can't wait for the channel to grow more!! If you're looking for good Manga look into Monster, Berserk Claymore, Wolfs Rain, Vinland saga, Vagabond, Battle Angel Alita some of the Best fucking series ever made!
Yessur you're drawings are badass man, love your channel!! Especially when you go live to interact with you're fans. 😌👍 Also instead of reviews promote you're work and add what you want to it's your channel man! Love from Iowa!
Awesome intro! 🔥:) Great to see you back! You know, you were my gateway into following the whole booktube thing couple of years back. I just enjoy the way you talk and your no bs enthusiam into whatever content youre making. Therefore, do what pleases you, if its books or whatnot, looking forward to it. Cheers and all the best!
I love this intro as well... but apparently RU-vid wants to spank me for it.. video got demonitized. Kinda lame, but the point of this video was to have fun. So they can keep the money 💰... but I'm gonna have to change the intro lol
Great to see you back! It's cool to hear you have been getting into manga. The first of your videos I saw was the Claymore one and it got me to finally try it after years of dragging my feet, and it ended up becoming one of my favorite series. I'll be sure to check out some of the stuff you mentioned in this video too.
I just finished Dorohedoro a couple days ago; I really liked listening to your thoughts on it! If you want other dark, crazy manga for adults, I’d recommend Fire Punch, Gantz, Eden: It’s an Endless World, and Bokurano.
It’s good to be watching again! Here are Some Messed up manga you should try , flowers of evil, no longer human, Alice in borderland,20th century boys is one of my all time favourites.
No longer human is more of a biography/ “found diary” story of a really fucked up life of a young guy living in Tokyo. I loved it but only because it was the first in a long time that made me feel sooooo much hate and disgust in a main character. Not for everyone and should probably come with every trigger warning know no man.
I’d love to see tattoo’s and art and discussions with a few reviews after you finish great books. That works for me…and if you just stop all together…cheer’s, it was a good run.
I understand your reasons for slowing the videos down. Do whatever you need to to keep the videos out. I agree that you do not fit in to booktube and that is why I enjoy this channel so much. Even though the big booktubers started my reading journey and got me into reading fantasy and scifi, those channels are not for me. Look at most of the booktubers they are young women or dwebs. Add more art to the channel. Find a way to sell your art through the channel. With both anime and fantasy growing so much more people are going to want more art. Keep putting out videos. Keep living life. Read the Last War Trilogy.
