September 27th, 2008
Wrote American Gods…Friends with Alan Moore
Sorry this comic is a day late…but the mini comics are printed! Now I just have to finish folding and stapling them.
Bera has been asking for a comic featuring the mod (specifically him). Finally I have done one. It looks weird because I was rushed, using dip ink for the first time since summer, and then there was architecture involved. (Damn staircases.)
The debate last night was pretty aggressive. I liked Jim Lehrer. 10:00 on a Friday night, and Hampshire’s Main Lecture Hall was packed with students who wanted to watch. I can only imagine what the vice presidential debate will bring.
As for Paul Newman: what is one to say? Hollywood will never know a nicer or prettier man.
September 28th, 2008 at 12:14 am
I loved American Gods when I read it five years ago, but if Gaiman’s other works are any indication, I probably wouldn’t like it as much today. He’s a great writer – and he seems to have become lazy because of this. Anansi Boys seems like it was written in his sleep – sure, the writings fun, but the characters are all archetypes and it’s ridiculously predictable. Also, he seems to have trouble intergrating mature themes into his stories without going “LOOK I HAVE SEX AND VIOLENCE”.
Alan Moore, on the other hand, fully deserves his reputation – I don’t love everything he’s done, but Watchmen is of course awesome, and Top 10 is crazy fun.
September 28th, 2008 at 12:14 am
P.S. You’ve just opened a can of worms. Now that Bera gets a comic, EVERYONE will want a comic (including me!)
September 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Well, then everyone will just have to do very funny things. Preferably ones that include lots of sex and violence.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:50 am
I totally knew he was British. Well, I was pretty sure. Mostly. And it IS awesome that he’s Jewish. That I really should have known.
October 1st, 2008 at 11:58 am
I’d like to point out that I also argued that he was a Brit. And, Bera’s expression in the second-to-last panel makes the whole comic.
October 1st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Haha! I definitely wanted him to be an American. The Jewish part is good, though.
Yeah, when Bera saw the last two panels, he was like, “Hey, I got pupils this time!!!”