tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post4276446250881323676..comments2024-03-28T05:23:01.707-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: How High Society? Odds and Ends and Audience ParticipationA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-51983160927528970422015-01-15T09:28:33.605-06:002015-01-15T09:28:33.605-06:00I wonder if there will ever be an attempt to marke...I wonder if there will ever be an attempt to market High Society to a new audience? If there is even a thought of trying that approach at some future date, I think it really makes sense to get rid of the "continueds" and anything else that served only for the monthly issues.<br /><br />2016 will be the 30th anniversary of the first printing of the High Society Phonebook, a milestone worth noting for marketing purposes. <br /><br />If SDOAR is completed in 2016, some sort of simultaneous marketing of a deluxe reissue of High Society to a new audience and SDOAR would make sense. I think from the perspective of getting media attention, High Society would be a nice reminder of both Dave's glory days and his longevity in the industry, and reviewers could contrast the two books. <br /><br />- Reginald P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-13439994861646225722015-01-15T07:10:59.499-06:002015-01-15T07:10:59.499-06:00I would say remove the continueds.
In a book you ...I would say remove the continueds.<br /><br />In a book you normally have chapter headings - which is how I see the banners, but you don't get next chapter summaries.iestynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13451525711033030181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-84564993223679163012015-01-14T23:03:52.773-06:002015-01-14T23:03:52.773-06:00I vote to keep the "Continueds" in place...I vote to keep the "Continueds" in place. Hell, my ideal version would have the covers inserted in the appropriate spots, so I'm not averse to maintaining the original split-up nature of the story.Damin J. Toell, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09477061491768406236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-60959166550702897052015-01-14T20:07:37.757-06:002015-01-14T20:07:37.757-06:00My choice would be page 207 (or part thereof), in ...My choice would be page 207 (or part thereof), in which Cerebus changes from his robe into his suit ending with Cerebus looking impressed with himself. I would remove the word balloon at the top left corner.<br /><br />Another idea would be to use page 248 with the artist walking away in frustration from Cerebus. It would be a cute touch if Dave signed these bookplates with a picture of a bunny or a tree.<br /><br />- Reginald P.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-56622974801751680472015-01-14T13:49:01.570-06:002015-01-14T13:49:01.570-06:00Hey Damian,
It's all a compromise though, any...Hey Damian,<br /><br />It's all a compromise though, anything short of going back in time and not making it a double page spread. Print out and take a look at the minimal first page that's added-- it would mean the new additional page is the starkest page in the whole book, very different from the surrounding material. I'd be worried about replacing one visual abnormality with a newer one. <br /><br />And yes, the banners are staying. Though once again, it's a little different when you actually encounter it in print. The continueds are like big STOP signs, which immediately pick up with START signs (banners, chapter headings etc). Fine when separated by covers, jarring when taken together, in the same spread. My take, anyway...<br /><br />Sean Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794186823194520775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-46175817545131033042015-01-14T13:28:34.137-06:002015-01-14T13:28:34.137-06:00I think Dave made the wrong decision here, and eve...I think Dave made the wrong decision here, and even he admits that "Tom's version is the better in a pure story-telling sense". I think Dave is letting his sense of himself as history get the better of himself as a storyteller. But hey -- it's his comic book!<br /><br />If Dave is concerned primarily with the book as artefact, then the "Continued"s should stay in. The "Cerebus the Aardvark" banners on the splash pages are staying, correct? At this point, the comic was still a larger continued story told in individual issues, not one story told in 500 pages.<br /><br /> -- Damian T. Lloyd, pbj<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com