tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post9078116100942311311..comments2024-03-28T18:31:29.116-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Carson Grubaugh's Reread Challenge: WomenA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-25626663332479446962016-09-24T17:38:51.754-05:002016-09-24T17:38:51.754-05:00Hi Tony - It was a guessing game every step of the...Hi Tony - It was a guessing game every step of the way. <br /><br />Not everyone has the same reading speed or capacity for text-in-comics. <br /><br />At the same time a lot of folks just find comics too "text light" to be a valid reading experience. <br /><br />"Why would I read a ketchup label when I can read a book?"<br /><br />The Internet is definitely taking MOST people in the ketchup label direction, though, I think. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-30678885478960432682016-09-24T12:21:14.040-05:002016-09-24T12:21:14.040-05:00So I've finally had time to read Carson's ...So I've finally had time to read Carson's comments on "Women," and one thing he said stood out. He writes about how it cumbersome the prose parts can be to wade through, when reading through multiple issues in one sitting, but that it was probably easier to absorb in the original monthly installments. I can attest to the fact that, at least for me, the excerpts from Astoria's and Cirin's (and others'? I don't recall) memoirs were just the right length for a <i>monthly</i> dose. I suspect that Dave, master of comic arts in <i>all</i> its aspects, was aware of this. After all, the time gap between issues was one of the media (along with ink, paper, various sticky stuff such as ziptone) of which <i>Cerebus</i> was composed. It seems plausible that, as with the other pieces of the work, Dave was using "real-world" time as an effective artistic device. It certainly seems that way to me, in retrospect.Tony Dunlopnoreply@blogger.com