Let's talk about comics! Did you know that today, on August 28, we celebrate International Read Comics in Public Day?

 In 2010, Brian Heater and Sarah Morean of the Daily Cross Hatch comic book website came up with the idea of International Read Comics in Public Day to promote this genre of art. The date chosen is that of Jack 'King' Kirby's birthday. 

Today we would like to tell you a bit about the history of comics.

 We can consider the work of Swiss author Rodolphe Töpffer as the first comic strip. He drew humorous stories about his characters and accompanied them with funny signatures. After publication his stories immediately became popular. The new genre began to spread rapidly around the world and found fans in different countries. Humor, often dark, remained the main trait of early comics. For a long time, they could not be purchased separately and were added to newspapers and magazines. But in the 1930s publications devoted exclusively to comic book stories began to appear in the United States. It was in 1938 that the first issue of Action Comics magazine came out with Superman on the cover - he was destined to become one of the most symbolic comic book heroes of all time. From there begins the "golden age" of comics. In the early 1950s with the massive spread of television the popularity of comics began to decline. In 1954, psychiatrist Fredrik Wertham declared that they seriously affect young people and lead to an increase in juvenile delinquency. Publishers were forced to publish the special Code, which clearly prescribed prohibited and permitted subjects. The emergence of the Code destroyed detective and horror comics and led to the closure of several publishers.

But thanks to it the superheroes regained their former glory: stories about how all crimes are punished and good always triumphs over evil, met the requirements of the Code. This period was notable for the appearance of new superheroes: Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, and for the leadership position of Marvel, which made superheroes more human with complex relationships. The following years became an era of waning interest in comics. TV series, movies, and cartoons have started to dominate the world of superheroes. The advent of the Internet has not improved their situation. But don't forget that comics, just like books, help us escape reality and travel to places and stories that never existed. Why do people keep reading comics? Most of us, about 65%, are "visuals", it is easier for us to digest information in the form of images than in the form of text. Comics are a great example of synthesized art. It has it all: a compelling story, rich dialogue, vivid illustrations, powerful heroes, and the ability to stick with your favorite comics for as long as possible, reading one episode after another. It doesn't matter if you are already an active comic fan or just want to try a new genre, we invite you to celebrate Read Comics in Public Day with us by discovering our selection of comics and related products: https://www.lafactory.com/comicshop/.

Today in the United States we celebrate "Be an angel day". But what exactly is it?
Jayne Howard Feldman created this celebration in 1993 by inspiring people to do acts of kindness. Since then, the day has become very popular, thanks in large part to social media.
The purpose of the day is to encourage people to do good deeds and help others. There is no limit to the type of help you can give. It can be physical, financial or emotional help.
Good deeds bring joy not only to the people you have helped, but to yourself. Looking at the smiles of others makes you feel good in your soul as well. You don't have to do something unique and grand.
The simplest actions can help fill someone's day in a positive way.
So let's open our generous hearts and get going!
We have a few ideas for you to do your small part in celebrating this day.

1. Bring clothes to the homeless shelter.
When was the last time you cleaned out your closet? Maybe it's time to make a real revolution and box up the things you no longer wear? After all, these things can have a different life, they can warm someone up or simply charm them. And at the same time it will free up space in your closet for new clothes, which you can choose on our website https://www.lafactory.com/

2. You can also participate in charity events for animals: volunteer at a shelter, donate equipment or food. And if you do not feel like moving from your couch, you can always make a donation, participate in crowdfunding campaigns or republish the posts of associations on social networks.

3. Good deeds can be done not only for people and animals, but also for the good of the environment and society as a whole. If trees distributed Wi-Fi, we would plant them all over the planet, but they only produce the oxygen we breathe. Paradoxical, isn't it? One tree can provide oxygen for three people. And how many people does your family have?

4. Give a handmade gift to a loved one or friend. It's always so joyful to receive gifts! And if you don't know how to make gifts yourself, you can always find interesting and creative ideas at LaFactory.com

5. Leave a nice comment on the post you liked.
People are often stingy with comments. So why not become a person who can respond positively to a really good and useful post? How about giving your opinion on our article? It won't be hard for you and will make us happy.
Allow yourself to do good things and the Universe will give it back to you.
Happy Be an Angel Day to all!

A Florida family was awarded $4 after deputy Christopher Newman killed Gregory Hill Jr through his garage door.

Christopher Newman killed Gregory Hill Jr., 30, in 2014. Newman and another deputy responded to Hill's home, Hill partially opened the garage door, closed it and Newman fired four times. he said Hill brandished a handgun. Hill's mother, Viola Bryant, filed a lawsuit against Newman and Sheriff Ken Mascara, alleging "wrongful death, negligence, excessive force and violations of Hill's 14th and 15th Amendment rights". A jury found that Newman was not liable in Hill's death and that Mascara was 1% liable. the jury awarded Bryant $1 for funeral expenses, and $1 for each child's "loss of parental companionship, instruction, and guidance and ... mental pain and suffering," verdict forms show. Hill's children are 7, 10 and 13. If Mascara found 100% liable, that would make $400 for Hill's life. The jury consisted of one black man, two white men and five white women.

Read the lawsuit

Thirty witnesses were called during the trial, some of whom contested Newman's narrative that he saw a gun. Newman fired four times in less than 1.2 seconds, an expert said the final shot to Hill's head would have immediately disabled his motor capabilities. How did Hill get the gun in his back pocket after he was shot? Attorney Phillips said he would be filing his motion for a new trial in the coming weeks. Source: CNN

Seohyun portrays Anna in "Hello Dracula" drama, a lesbian school teacher. Korea is a highly conservative country, even with more and more acceptance for gay people. JTBC will air Hello Dracula: Anna is torn apart between her closet and her love, Mi Young: "Anna’s world, which she managed to hold together, is crumbling after she received a phone call after 8 years, from the person she loved most in Sojung. Right after, Anna wants to go to Mi Young and be accepted and acknowledged for everything, but at the same time, she wants to hide from Mi Young until the very end".

Lillian White was an art teacher at Great Hearts Western Hills, a public school in San Antonio. She began wearing a face mask "Black Lives Matter" and "Silence is Violence" this summer.

After nearly two weeks, Lilian White received a message asking her to stop.

"I immediately knew it was time for me to make a decision, and I didn't think twice about it. This is a human rights issue and I did it for my students who experience racial injustice in school. I refused to back down".

"If you're scared about what parents are going to say because a teacher is supporting equal rights, you need to reevaluate the kind of people you're catering to. By staying silent, Great Hearts is only supporting racist parents."

White does not contest her termination but has started a petition, demanding Great Hearts to implement an anti-racism action plan.

Source: CNN

Black lives matter. Less than other lives for a lot of people, including some from my very own network. When I told them about our statement, one of them said I was "offensive". Another one said I was "racist" because all lives matter, explaining that white people were the actual victims. Racism is everywhere. In my network, in my work environment. In some countries, 60% of the population has a racist bias. Black people are poor and violent. Jews own banks. Asians are introvert. Gay people are pedophiles. In our day and time, we can't build a business without fighting for what's right. Fighting for rights. When we say we are the only ethical world's marketplace, it's not only about sellers. It's not only about us. It's about ethics as a way of life.

After three years of hard work, our startup was ready to contact investors. And COVID has arrived, closing the borders and striking us. Since we pride ourselves on having ethics in our DNA, we had to act. 

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Hello, my name is Francis Rozange. I am the soul of this site. As you know, our marketplace is intended for artists and craftsmen, in particular those who know nothing about the Internet, these millions of people around the world who produce untraceable masterpieces that we will put online to them. place where appropriate, without being asked for any subscription or advertisement. It is that even a few cents with uncertain results represents a fortune for most of the inhabitants of this planet.

This ambitious, deeply human and ethical project was born from the conjunction of several factors. In 2013, when I visited Thailand with my wife, pregnant with our first child (Jasper, the most adorable of all children on earth) I realized that almost nothing of their huge production was available. online. It was a real surprise: As a good Western Amazon customer, I naively thought that almost the entire planet was available online, but nothing could be further from the truth. I then had a few small things imported, for a fairly modest amount, less than a thousand euros, through a Thai freight forwarder who theoretically took care of everything. The reality was a nightmare, with charges of two thousand euros.

This sad observation is valid everywhere. You will find a Moroccan tea set in a big city stall or online, but certainly not a camel bone pistol or dagger made by a local craftsman. As for asking them, lost in the middle of the desert, if they have a website on which to order their works? No one would dare, for fear of attracting mockery and total incomprehension.

The second factor is much more terrifying, it is a statistic: an American study estimates that 40% of jobs will have disappeared within thirty years, at all levels of society: if workers were the first affected by robotization, doctors and lawyers will not be spared either by the progress of artificial intelligence, which has already divided by fifty the number of traders in large companies.

This frightening development requires us to find solutions for our children upstream. Leave them at least something, after having almost destroyed the planet. We are moving towards a class of hyper-rich - already 1% of the population owns 82% of the wealth - and a class of hyper-poor. Between the two ? nothing more, almost total disappearance of the middle and upper classes. How to avoid this shameful fate? by returning to the fundamentals, by encouraging what is unique in human beings: their creativity. Go back to the 19 ^th century, when you ordered a work of art or a piece of furniture from a merchant in your town. We can, to a certain extent, find this lost paradise thanks to the Internet. By offering online, on a worldwide scale, a production as rare as it is local, we encourage artisanal work which will see its turnover increase considerably. They will need apprentices, pass on ancestral knowledge, and create jobs where robots can never replace them.

All over the internet you will find items that are falsely handcrafted or worse yet, in more than questionable conditions. You may have already ordered an item online from a "craftsman" that he will actually have made in Pakistan or China, sometimes even by children, and almost always under excruciating conditions. We will make sure that they cannot sell with us. I owe it to my children, and to yours.