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abe Guest
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:27 am Post subject: The End of Dreams |
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I'm not sure if this is a comic or a monologue, or both. At any rate, I hope it works (I've never tried anything like this before). Also, it is not a 24-hour comic, even though it weighs in at 25 panels. It was first conceived near the time of the beheading of Nicholas Berg (which is the comic's subject), and has just recently been completed, so simple math will show that a 24-hour timeframe was not even in the picture.
http://gravityland.bounceme.net/end-of-dreams/
I'd be grateful to know what you think. Thanks, abe |
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Teahouse Keeper Forum Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 5
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Uh, it's interesting. I haven't seen anything quite like it before. Perhaps I'm not looking at it the right way...could you explain what it means? |
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abe Guest
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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:14 am Post subject: |
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I guess explaining my motivation might help. I was greatly affected by seeing the video of Mr. Berg's beheading, and wanted to capture what I was feeling and thinking at that time. So I sat down and essentially wrote a monologue detailing my reaction. Then I got the idea that I could break it up into a series of frames, and present it graphically as a sort of monologue comic that puts as much emphasis on the words as it does the pictures. Like I said, this is the first time I've tried anything like this, so what I was trying to do and what I ended up with might not have been the same thing. |
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Kris Lachowski Consistant Poster
Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Posts: 192 Location: Earth
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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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I read it, understood it, and well... I did't really like it because it's weird to say I like something about decapitation, but I thought it was pretty good and it expressed your thought's and feelings on the subject very well. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, I see, abe. Thanks for explaining  |
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abe Guest
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:11 am Post subject: |
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Kris Lachowski wrote: | I did't really like it because it's weird to say I like something about decapitation, but I thought it was pretty good and it expressed your thought's and feelings on the subject very well. |
Understood. But I guess that was partly the point--the inspiration for the subject was horrific, so it stands to reason that my expression of it be somewhat horrific too. |
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