Positive Scrolling

Grzegorz Wróbel

 I’m continuing in my efforts to NOT doomscroll. I don’t want to spend a penny’s worth of my head space on the spewings of the seemingly infinite horde of power-mad, tinsel brained, icicle hearted piles of sewer rat excrement…not to diss sewer rats who are just trying to live their lives in peace. Filthy peace but they hope for tranquility nonetheless. Ya know, just like a lot of us earthbound misfits.

Anyway…where were we? Oh yeah, in my more positive, enlightened wanderings, I found Grzegorz Wróbel. He’s a Polish watercolorist and, now, one of my new favorite painters.

Plus, I’ve realized that I’m behind on all things Martin Millar. How can this be? I LOVE his books!

I haven’t read Supercute Futures yet.

Mox and Mitsu are Supercute. They founded the global business Supercute Enterprises as teenagers, armed only with a phone, a collection of their favourite cuddly toys and a love of all things kawaii. Thanks to them, the Supercute aesthetic is now a way of life.

In a world dominated by massive conglomerates, Supercute has continued to grow bigger and more powerful, morphing from an entertainment company to a ruthless organisation fighting for their right to the world's water.

Now Mox and Mitsu face a choice. In a world that is tearing itself apart, who will win in the battle for ultimate control - and where will Supercute draw the line . .  (source)

Now he has a sequel out: Supercute Second Future.

Mox and Mitsu, owners of Supercute, have millions of dedicated fans all over the world. Supercute has grown into one of the world's largest and most powerful conglomerates. They now own their own weapons company and their London headquarters is protected by an advanced array of drones and missiles.

Despite this, they're in danger again. An international force of hostile consortiums, armed mercenaries and artificial intelligences is conspiring to bring them down. Mox and Mitsu would much rather concentrate on their cute clothes and toys but once more they're obliged to fight to survive in their ruined, flooded, irradiated future. (source)

Also, I also seem to have missed Love & Peace with Melody Paradise. I don't remember this being promoted at all. Hmmph.

My favorite books by Millar, so far, are:

• The Good Fairies of New York—Two Scottish thistle fairies want to start the first radical fairy punk rock band but first they’ve got to clear a few massive hurdles. There should be a big screen movie or a teevee series of this.
  

• His trilogy about Kalix MacRinnalch, a troubled, Scottish werewolf teen and her clan.

Lonely Werewolf Girl
Curse of the Wolf Girl
The Anxiety of Kalix 

• The Goddess of Buttercups and Daisies—A tale of capricious gods, playwrights, philosophers, Greek heroes and regular joes in 421 BC.
  

‘scuze me, I’m off to find more interesting art, books AND gingerbread.