The Kininaruu blog is enthusiastic about Manga no Shinbun ('Manga Newspaper'), a new Japanese website that publishes news stories as manga illustrations. Boo-hee thinks it's a good medium in a world overflowing with information [ja]. Hiroshi Hara posted an image of a similar attempt in his high school years.
Martin J Frid from Kurashi reports on a discussion on the projected peak oil crisis and the example of Ogawa organic farming project in prepare for the future.
Photographer Damoncoulter presents some pictures of the Secondhand Book Fair in Shimbashi (Tokyo).
In the heart of the Tokyo business district, the fair (held in middle November) was mostly attended by “salarymen” looking for rare pieces of literature to read on the way home.
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This sure looks awesome :)
I think you can do a lot with it; often more than with only words, since you can also put information into the images etc. However, there’s probably also very often a point-of-view and own opinion involved, isn’t it?