I was reading during lunchtime as usual, when a colleague came by.
“Wah, what are you reading?”
It was clearly a rhetorical question, since he could clearly see what I was reading.
“Ermm… I’m reading a comic book…” I said a little defensively.
“You’re reading comics?!?!”
Everyone knows I read real books. I mean real books.
“This is a comic about comics!” I protested, “it’s serious stuff!”
“I’m sure…”
“It goes into art, history, psychology, philosophy…”
“Hmmm….”
“Take a look.”
10 minutes later.
“Tell me when you’re finished with it.”
This is no ordinary comic book. It explores how the medium actually works - how time is paced, how emotion is represented, and so on. Brilliant, erudite, and totally mind-blowing.
It blew my mind. Read it, even if you’re not a comic fan - you’ll never look at comics the same way ever again.
Totally agree with you. I just finished the same book. It’s like a “Theory of Comics” presented in comic-art form. Am going to post a review (as soon as I can get over my procrastination).
Comment by Ivan Chew — May 15, 2005 @ 1:57 am
BTW, have you seen this blog?
http://yetanothercomicsblog.blogspot.com/
Comment by Ivan Chew — May 18, 2005 @ 1:07 am
i’m not THAT into comics
Comment by Administrator — May 23, 2005 @ 5:25 pm
I finally posted notes on the book.
Comment by Ivan Chew — June 4, 2005 @ 10:42 pm