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Postby ****** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:50 am

Spicy Dick wrote:Also, where have all the British people gone with their oily selves?


Robert Green induced national state of mourning, IMO.
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Postby Windom URL » Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:01 am

amlah6 wrote:Robert Green induced national state of mourning, IMO.


Well, how am I supposed to cast my re-make of The Young Ones with actual British people and guest appearances by Alexei Sayle, Dexy's Midnight Runners, and Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve??
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Postby Amoebas » Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:09 am

Spicy Dick wrote:Also, where have all the British people gone with their oily selves?


http://www.theouthousers.com/forum/view ... 22#1872722
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Postby thefourthman » Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:57 am

Eli Katz wrote:Yeah, it's nothing like regular superhero comics. But it has many similarities with post modern novels. The dialogue page is right out of William S. Burroughs, who used this technique 50 years ago to disrupt his novels.

I don't think it's an especially effective storytelling device. It draws attention to itself and diminishes the overall story.

But I'd love to see why some of you guys think the dialogue page is so effective.

I don't think he employs it that way though.

Certainly it was Burroughs did, and with him it also added to the keep you guessing style of his storytelling. You are right though, used in that manner it is ineffective.

This was not Hickman's best use of it. This could have easily been a black panel with the words back and forth in balloons. Only problem then is who is saying what?

In Pax Romana, it was its most effective. Seriously, those pages would have been entire issues by themselves of committee meetings that would have been near impossible to read in balloons.

Here, it does both. It is a break from the story in a certain manner, but given the way Weaver is playing with design (again I think Hickman is heavily influencing the layout and the design of the Celestial beings below Rome - this may even be part of what people are noting in the difference in the art for those sequences - although I suspect the cold static feeling of those panels is supposed to give you an otherworldly feel for the guys with the crazy hats).. it almost fits. Almost. This is certainly the one time he has employed the technique where it would not have been an overly drawn out sequence in standard comic narrative. From a purely postmodern stance though, it works as it calls attention to the words. There are as important if not more important in this book than a standard Marvel book.
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Postby Eli Katz » Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:54 am

thefourthman wrote:I don't think he employs it that way though.

Certainly it was Burroughs did, and with him it also added to the keep you guessing style of his storytelling. You are right though, used in that manner it is ineffective.

This was not Hickman's best use of it. This could have easily been a black panel with the words back and forth in balloons. Only problem then is who is saying what?

In Pax Romana, it was its most effective. Seriously, those pages would have been entire issues by themselves of committee meetings that would have been near impossible to read in balloons.

Here, it does both. It is a break from the story in a certain manner, but given the way Weaver is playing with design (again I think Hickman is heavily influencing the layout and the design of the Celestial beings below Rome - this may even be part of what people are noting in the difference in the art for those sequences - although I suspect the cold static feeling of those panels is supposed to give you an otherworldly feel for the guys with the crazy hats).. it almost fits. Almost. This is certainly the one time he has employed the technique where it would not have been an overly drawn out sequence in standard comic narrative. From a purely postmodern stance though, it works as it calls attention to the words. There are as important if not more important in this book than a standard Marvel book.

Interesting. Thanks.
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Eli Katz

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Postby Eli Katz » Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:06 pm

No Fourthy review? :(
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thefourthman

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Postby thefourthman » Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:13 pm

Tonight or tomorrow. I reread #1 saturday and then my cold kicked back in hardcore, i was okay sunday morning, but had an interesting day, to say the least and then yesterday I woke up with a swollen black tongue. No ickiness today though, so hopefully I have recovered? If not, I might actually have to break down and see a doctor.
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Eli Katz

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Postby Eli Katz » Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:22 pm

Here's hoping for a speedy recovery!
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Postby Windom URL » Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:28 pm

Swollen black tongue?

Feel better.
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thefourthman

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Postby thefourthman » Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:31 pm

Spicy Dick wrote:Swollen black tongue?

Feel better.

it's gone now, but yeah... Morgan took a picture maybe I will post it on facebook.
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Postby Windom URL » Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:36 pm

thefourthman wrote:it's gone now, but yeah... Morgan took a picture maybe I will post it on facebook.


I think you should stop bandaging lepers and such.
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thefourthman

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Postby thefourthman » Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:39 pm

Spicy Dick wrote:I think you should stop bandaging lepers and such.

Well my psoriasis makes me look like a leper if I don't maintain a strict cleaning regimen.
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Postby Windom URL » Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:43 pm

thefourthman wrote:Well my psoriasis makes me look like a leper if I don't maintain a strict cleaning regimen.


Yeah, that's what killed off the Psoriasaurus. Somewhat lax cleaning regimen.
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thefourthman

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Postby thefourthman » Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:54 pm

Spicy Dick wrote:Yeah, that's what killed off the Psoriasaurus. Somewhat lax cleaning regimen.

well if they were cleaning themselves on the runways in Los Angeles, they were asking for it!
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Postby Windom URL » Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:51 pm

I'm back!

This thing is so much faster than Windows Vista.

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