I was at Fully Booked yesterday to take advantage of the markdown on practically all items on display, including the generally prohibitively priced graphic novels. God does exist. Facing the considerably wide selection of graphic novels, ranging from the immensely popular to the somewhat obscure, I honestly had no idea which one to buy and to award the distinction of being the second ever graphic novel to be included in my rapidly growing pseudo-library to. So I turned to my trusty old friend Twitter and tweeted a question to the expert. Yep, that guy who looks like he just consumed a slew of pharmaceuticals is none other than @komikero himself, the man from San Pablo, famed comic book artist and writer Gerry Alanguilan.

Always a sucker for a good Batman story, I initially opted for either Batman: Year One or The Dark Knight Returns. Both of them though, I was informed, had just been sold out. Great. Then I saw what appeared to be the last remaining copy of V for Vendetta, which was highly recommended by @komikero. Stoked, I reached for my wallet to see if I was adequately equipped with cash. I wasn’t. Note to self: Books first, food later. And for Chrissakes recharge your credit card. As it was almost nine and I had to be in time for the last LRT trip, I went like lighting to the nearest ATM. “Hello,” said the ATM, “I’m an ATM, I operate 24 hours and I am temporarily unable to dispense cash.” Wow, just my luck.

I’m going back for it in a bit and it better still be there. Or a new set of potent expletives will be invented.