tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post4737860906777529768..comments2024-03-28T05:23:01.707-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Comic Art Metaphysics II: The Double Helix PrismA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-16670291537592488982014-02-23T22:14:04.221-06:002014-02-23T22:14:04.221-06:00I can barely figure out this format, let alone tha...I can barely figure out this format, let alone that petition. As someone even more Luddite than I, Mr. Sim should be more understanding of that. <br />I mentioned there that acquiescing to bimbocratic and bigot-baiting insistence to prove lack of Thoughtcrime usually gets a reaction like "Goooood testosterone-poisoned non-human; and since you've shown sufficient fealty in doing that, here's a dozen more hoops to jump through. Now sit in that corner and don't think about a white bare female." ...<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851094639640311241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-73735915592667820722014-02-23T20:11:43.493-06:002014-02-23T20:11:43.493-06:00Keith: Hah, small world. Good to know I'm not ...Keith: Hah, small world. Good to know I'm not just spinning my wheels here.<br /><br />-Wesley Smith<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-22206215275687428602014-02-23T07:29:46.689-06:002014-02-23T07:29:46.689-06:00I really enjoyed this. The entire concept of prima...I really enjoyed this. The entire concept of primary binary systems brought me back to Robert Anton Wilson and the Illuminatus trilogy. RAW repeatedly made the point that fighting against your opposite number (strand) only strengthens your connection to them, so the thing you're trying to eliminate/escape always becomes stronger/closer.<br /><br />Wesley: I just made the same point regarding the petition in the comments for Weekly Update #19, about three hours after you posted this. Your experience parallels mine almost exactly.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04045561259667835648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-55897245010777354282014-02-23T03:28:14.132-06:002014-02-23T03:28:14.132-06:00Oh Dave, you can never wash the internet away comp...Oh Dave, you can never wash the internet away completely. Never. <br /><br />Really enjoyed this- both the links that this references (hadn't read the Man's World article before now) and the commentary thereof. <br /><br />It's a bit unfair, I think, to assume that Alan Moore hasn't signed the petition because he thinks ill of you. Partially because Alan thinks ill of a lot of people unreasonably (reading Grant Morrison and Steve Bissette's rejoinders to Alan's bizarre shunning of same is interesting, to say the least), and because he shuns the internet. It's likely that he doesn't know about it (and if he does, doesn't sign it because he doesn't care to sully himself with glistening, stringy shots of internet hitting him in the face and gumming up his magnificent hermit beard).<br /><br />It's fair to assume that a lot of Dave's fans just don't know about it, or haven't bothered to sign it since any jerk 13 year old with a smartphone can throw together an online petition. Speaking from personal experience I found the petition maybe a few months before I actually signed it (since initially I didn't know if it was actually connected to Dave, and then figuring 'what does it matter' since it's not like some comics-reading doofus in Oklahoma who has no expectation of interacting with Dave on a personal level should mean anything). It had even been up for a few years before I found it- and I've been using the internet almost daily for over a decade/reading Cerebus for over 15 years. <br /><br />Or hell, maybe he hasn't signed it because he thinks Dave's a misogynist but doesn't think that matters (sort of like how everyone's got a grandparent or uncle who says racist things but is otherwise a decent person and harmless in that they're not acting upon their distrust of different races outside of saying things that get eye-rolls from guests at Thanksgiving every year). <br /><br />-Wesley SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-26967157549966567182014-02-22T00:09:23.479-06:002014-02-22T00:09:23.479-06:00This wasn't as good as the fumetti, but still ...This wasn't as good as the fumetti, but still had a couple of laughs. "The cover date for <i>Amazing Fantasy</i> 15 is August 1962, the same month that Marilyn Monroe died," -- that cracks me up, even more so when I suspect that Dave wants to be taken seriously. I've commented previously that I get a kick out of this stuff, but I fear that Dave's time is less well-spent on essays (logical thinking is not exactly his strong suit) than on cartooning. I think he makes a greater contribution to the world with fewer 10,000 word commentaries, and more <i>Strange Death</i> pages!<br /><br /> -- Damian T. Lloyd, mocAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-3886248132632463662014-02-21T21:20:45.567-06:002014-02-21T21:20:45.567-06:00Makes me miss the blogandmail. Thanks for posting...Makes me miss the blogandmail. Thanks for posting this, and thanks to Dave for writing it.Michael Grabowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-47741273091933230382014-02-21T20:53:08.559-06:002014-02-21T20:53:08.559-06:00FANTASTIC. Since first discovering Cerebus twenty ...FANTASTIC. Since first discovering Cerebus twenty years ago, Dave's writing has been a constant companion in my life and to wake up to this was a very nice surprise. I wish he would comment on life and culture like this on a regular basis, but I'm more convinced now than ever that The Strange Death Of Alex Raymond is going to be well worth the wait. Anyway, this was just an initital reaction that I thought needed to be voiced if only to confirm (along with those that already have) that yes, there are people who read/like this stuff. A lot of insights that I will be dwelling on for a while (why, I do believe I inhabit the literature/visual strand! Things are starting to make sense! I think...).<br /><br />-Ryan Royce WilliamsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-66090966395193068582014-02-21T14:39:45.154-06:002014-02-21T14:39:45.154-06:00I REALLY hate reading large amounts of text on a c...I REALLY hate reading large amounts of text on a computer screen, but (unlike...ahem...some subjects) I could happily read Dave Sim "on comics/comix/funny books" for hours on end, forgetting to eat and everything...so I guess I'll be printing this one out. Thanks for your time, Dave.Tony Dunlopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-1848505627686880922014-02-21T10:43:18.025-06:002014-02-21T10:43:18.025-06:00Always great to hear from Dave. Interestingly, tod...Always great to hear from Dave. Interestingly, today is the 49th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. Here's a picture Dave did for me (destroyed in the fire, but he did another similar one for me):<br /><br />http://i.imgur.com/GECRb.jpgSandeep Atwalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573022107868770512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-45551496126728302612014-02-21T09:35:36.120-06:002014-02-21T09:35:36.120-06:00Dave has a way of making you see things that can n...Dave has a way of making you see things that can never be unseen. I never thought of Spider-Man's costume as anything close to a "font of blood". Thinking of it now makes me remember why I quit reading Marvel comics in the 1980s. In 1984 the horribly bad Secret Wars was thrust upon the world. Spider-Man got a new black costume. The body finally died and began to rot. I could look at that time and assign meaning to any number events of the late 20th Century, but for me it was the beginning of the multiple-cross-over, new-beginnings, let's-have-a-new-number * 1 * every-few-years and while-we're-at-let's-sell-toys crap that killed the comics I loved as a young man.<br /><br />I didn't expect to see such an in depth explanation of Astoria's character today so wow, bonus. I always saw her in the way Dave describes here. She knew what was likely to happen and the consequences were worth it to her. I never really liked her, but in the end when she walked away and gave up her mad quest (righteous or not) in the midst of a roomful of mad quests I saw her differently. She is one of the few characters in Cerebus that may have achieved some sort of peace. We weren't privy to how it went for her when she walked away so I like to imagine that she went on to a quiet and uneventful life. (Of course she did end up in "The Light" with almost everyone else.)<br /><br />I never saw The Killing Joke as anything more than just another notch in the dark turn mainstream comics took in the 1980s. You can throw a very small pebble at the back issue bins in most comic book stores and find much worse. I found it a bit unlikely that a father seeing pictures of his raped and injured daughter would go insane. Angry and vengeful? Oh yes, but incurably insane? No. I see The Killing Joke as a really good Joker origin story and proof that he is a sadistic creep with no conscience and that seemed to be the only reason he did what he did to the Gordon family in that story. In 1988 it could finally be shown in very graphic terms instead of just hinted at. As dark as it is a lot of the more horrible actions take place between the panels.<br /><br />it's a mans world, and it always will be. Yup.Birdsonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829558355806670311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-25910766715723293422014-02-21T06:33:06.856-06:002014-02-21T06:33:06.856-06:00Just wanted to say that I love Dave's essays (...Just wanted to say that I love Dave's essays (yeah, I actually like READS too). As long as he can fit them in his schedule, keep them coming!Jim Moorenoreply@blogger.com