Hello!

So, I've been asked the reason behind the name of this blog, and I thought for my first post, I should explain. It's a bit of a play on words, I'm afraid. "Head in the Clouds" usually refers to someone who's a dreamer, and I must admit, my mind frequently runs away from me . . .
But then there's also the literal meaning. Head in the clouds. It's a tall person joke. ;) Fun fact: the average American woman is 5 feet, 4.6 inches. I am quite a few inches over that.
Today I began my journey into the world of graphic storytelling. Okay, I admit, I've been here before, and have moved quite a ways down this path, but this is the first time I've ever taken a class on it. It's exciting. :D It's also the reason behind me getting a blog - I mean, what would I have to say otherwise? But, yeah. Moving on. My professor emailed me a list with various comic books she recommended reading for one of our future assignments. I got curious - I've always read manga, but never a comic book. Well, "graphic novel", I suppose, but if I call it a graphic novel, I've read an Anita Blake graphic novel before, and can't say that I've never read one. Either way, though, I'm completely clueless.
Today, my roommate took pity on me and deigned to look over my list and point out the comics she liked, and the ones she could offer me to read, and even went so far as to escort me down to the local comic book store. And sent me in.
Well, I must point out that that is not a very well-advised thing to do. Never send me into a book store and let me browse. Period. I ended up being rather good (for me) - I walked away with the first volume of Alias, which is on my list, and was also, thankfully, on sale. But then I branched out, and got a random volume of Cinderella, "From Fabletown With Love", because it made me laugh when I opened it, (Oh, come on, it opens with: "It started out a textbook operation. I was deep-cover in enemy territory." while showing a picture of Cinderella at the ball. How could I not?"), and also a random volume of Spider-Woman, mostly because I fell in love with the cover. It was beautiful. Seriously.

It's really beautiful, right? And it was fun to read, too, because all the illustrations were that beautiful. (That's how I pick out which manga I feel like reading, by chosing the ones with the prettiest drawings. I used to chose based on the storyline, like a normal person, but now I just chose based on how easy it is on the eyes :) ) Although, it was high contrast, very dark, probably to amp up the emotion and drama. The angles were certainly dramatic. I'm currently part way through Alias, and that's rather darkly-lit, too, depending on the mood the main character's in. It's interesting. I'm kinda excited to see where it goes.