Writers: Stop Getting This Wrong.

Crappy media portrayals of delusion, hallucinations, and psychosis.

Money quote: They’re portrayals based in stigma and really bad information. And people think this is what it is actually like because they don’t know anyone who will talk about what it’s like for them; these portrayals are all the information they have.

Edited to add, because coincidentally it just showed up on my flist: Don't be like pisces_sock and don't be like Skins. Comments here explain why.

And now for happy links!

HELL YES 18 DAYS!!!!!

FUCK YEAH!!!

From the PR: 18 Days takes one of the most enduring tales of the East and places it in the capable hands of Grant Morrison, one of the greatest storytellers of the West.

A HA HA HA HA HA HA no. But Mukesh Singh is doing all of the artwork, so no matter what Morrison does to the story it is utterly impossible for this project NOT to rock. Thus is the awesome power of Mukesh Singh.

From the Beat writeup: The original — a classic Indian myth telling of three great warriors and their cataclysmic battles — is the world’s longest epic poem at more than 1.8 millions words, so there was certainly a lot of source material.

...Three? Only three? Is it going to be Krishna, Arjuna, and Karna? But what about Bhima?! What about Drona and Bhisma?!?! What about the Original Woobie, Ashwatthama?!?! What about Abhimanyu?!?! Inquiring minds want to know!

Pretty pictures are preeeeeeeeetty.