tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781642913058207208.post1793391973864645296..comments2023-10-08T07:22:58.997-04:00Comments on Are You A Serious Comic Book Reader?: Beast Week: Stuff Around Your Toilet Bowlbrandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05331746353766612879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781642913058207208.post-80986343763043940582009-11-24T09:10:04.969-05:002009-11-24T09:10:04.969-05:00There's one part where she asks that old broad...There's one part where she asks that old broad at the house if the dog has a leash and it just cuts to the dog near Colette and her friend not on a leash--it's another cool way to move from one thing to another and cut out the unnecessary.brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331746353766612879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781642913058207208.post-9160099090197902712009-11-24T01:31:42.148-05:002009-11-24T01:31:42.148-05:00Brandon-
What's great here is that you've...Brandon-<br /><br />What's great here is that you've laid out two basic aspects of the book that excel, one of which is reliant on Churchland's skills with narrative, the other on her illustrations. In the first case, the sort of economical, yet emotionally real compression is something that I think is particularly difficult to pull off, if only because you see it done so rarely. The sort of master of this kind of bold move is Stendhal and of course here we're talking about one of the GREAT masters of narrative ever. With regards to her illustrations, especially as you describe the griminess of the surroundings as they are balanced by the scene's subtle eroticism, this sort of exemplifies how Churchland's soft and marker-y yet totally real illustration style allows her to explore these sorta two sides of the spectrum of comics art, without falling overboard from either end.david e. ford, jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530623430089464503noreply@blogger.com