tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post6267785275515550943..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Comics.. idk, i can't be clever right now - Graded BlogAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-69311496577477895462007-11-02T06:53:00.000-04:002007-11-02T06:53:00.000-04:00It would be interesting to compare your response t...It would be interesting to compare your response to the web comic to Charie's response (which is more focused on JC itself), to work at greater length with the ups and downs of web comics.<BR/><BR/>Amusingly, I can give a critique of Meadow of the Damned (which I was really enjoying...) the third screen with the background somehow managed to lock up my computer! So one negative of web comics, of course, is that your hardware and software need to be configured properly, which seems like a more trivial problem than it is...<BR/><BR/>I liked the discussion of how the reader can't see ahead. Of course, we could scroll to the end and then click on "next," but it's not the same as just flipping a page, and I can't imagine many people will do it. I would have liked to hear more about whether this is a good thing or a bad thing at the end of the day, that the reader is more restricted, in a way, by the purity of the "strip."<BR/><BR/>Good post, Poison Ivy.Adam Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588769281227456640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-51110753224307587892007-11-01T10:23:00.000-04:002007-11-01T10:23:00.000-04:00(I'm going to preface this by saying that yours wa...(I'm going to preface this by saying that yours was the first I read, it is quite possible that my comment will apply to a numerous amount of the posts, but I can't say yet.)<BR/><BR/>Alright, Em. First off, mad props for being able to admit you read comics. Not that it's embarrassing, I just don't think I know a single girl that has ever admitted it. Anyways, coming from the same position as you... being used to reading tradition styled comics... I, too, had some difficulty starting off with Corrigan. In my opinion, Ware made it pretty flat out apparent that reading this comic was going to be a feat. After starring at his cat/mouse single frame page for about thirty minutes when we were first assigned the book I said to myself, "Oh shit... this won't be a walk in the park."<BR/><BR/>After a while though, I personally feel that I have learned Ware's techniques and am able to read the text in a somewhat timely fashion. But, that is something I wanted to comment on. (Again, I have only read yours so far so I don't know if someone else has addressed this) So, you touched on the fact that Ware went against the tradition techniques of comic making, but you didn't say anything. It would have been interesting to see what reasons you thought Ware did it. He's OCD right? So maybe he does it because it makes everything fit perfectly on one page. Or does he do it deliberately to draw our attention to certain aspects of the storyline? Those are the only reasons I have come up with... it'd be interesting to see if anyone else came up with any particularly odd ideas.<BR/><BR/>As for Meadow of the Damned... I tried to read the whole thing but it is ten in the morning and my brain is barely at the level where I can watch television let alone read something as taxing as a comic strip. Ha. But, it looks interesting and when I get a chance I definitely am going to check it out!<BR/><BR/>Holy long comment, Batman. Anyways, I enjoyed reading your post...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550754950300584345noreply@blogger.com