tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post7562649577673868337..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Online Comics: The End of a Nerd's Dream?Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-4070767876705414742007-11-02T07:01:00.000-04:002007-11-02T07:01:00.000-04:00There are many thing to respond to here. I'm rush...There are many thing to respond to here. I'm rushing, so I'll focus on one in particular, something which I actually talked about (or rather, I talked about a similar idea) the last time I taught JC.<BR/><BR/>"I would like to argue that the true, perhaps truer (if I may be so bold) creativity lies in one's ability to invent within a frame that tends to be rather rigid and confining--just as Ware does in his work."<BR/><BR/>I'm with you on this, and on your later critique of where the culture is heading. Yes, we get a "big choice" (<I>Clerks</I> reference) when we shop at an online music store (I've discovered Indian classical music in online stores), but as far as new music emerging from the internet, we mostly get variations on the same commercial schlock that the record companies love. Choice is a good, but it's not the same as innovation, and many choices is not the same as good choices.<BR/><BR/>Which takes me back to your point. The idea of comics as a restrictive medium is obviously engaging with what Ware is doing, especially by choosing small pages rather than expansive ones. It's the rough equivalent of <I>The Faerie Queene</I>, which is hundreds of pages of interconnected sonnets. A changing literary and print culture has made is pretty inconceivable for anyone to actually <I>do</I> something like <I>The Faerie Queene</I>. I fear that McCloud's leap to the internet will lead to watered-down, streamlined work with a mass appeal, and no space for a Chris Ware.Adam Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588769281227456640noreply@blogger.com