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Writer of Penny and Aggie, Fans (also called Faans), Rip & Teri, Search Engine Funnies and A History of Webcomics. Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Catching Up!
My Web access was spotty for a few days there, hence the long gap in posts. Let's start with the least important things and work our way up...
From CBR:
AP Comics is publishing THE HISTORY OF WEBCOMICS. Sure, it's a relatively short history, but there are enough colorful characters and stories prospective comic artists can learn from that I don't think it's too soon. The thing that made me chuckle was the reference to the author, "world-renowned web comic historian T. Campbell." I'm not sure if the concept is overblown, or if having a historian for something less then a decade old is weird, or what. But it made me laugh.
I hope that in a while, I can look back on the "world-renowned" thing and laugh too. It's actually thirteen years old now, but that's why I wrote the book, so people find these things out. And hey, you spelled my name wrong. ;-)
From CBR:
AP Comics is publishing THE HISTORY OF WEBCOMICS. Sure, it's a relatively short history, but there are enough colorful characters and stories prospective comic artists can learn from that I don't think it's too soon. The thing that made me chuckle was the reference to the author, "world-renowned web comic historian T. Campbell." I'm not sure if the concept is overblown, or if having a historian for something less then a decade old is weird, or what. But it made me laugh.
I hope that in a while, I can look back on the "world-renowned" thing and laugh too. It's actually thirteen years old now, but that's why I wrote the book, so people find these things out. And hey, you spelled my name wrong. ;-)
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You most likely will end up laughing at it.
Because, well, its funny. Except when you take it seriously.
But if taken seriously, it tends to be ridiculous... which also has strong ties with funny.
I wonder how you could turn that into a joke. For real.
Like a world renowned underground artist is funny. (Mr Straub brushed on the subject rather funnily lately).
World famous in a world of one.
Maybe there's too many people taking you too seriously to be able to really make an joke out of it.
Maybe I should make myself a world-renowned something and give you my own world-renowned prize which would officially make you a world-renowned web comic historian.
Heh. One could brainstorm a bit with such an idea.
Because, well, its funny. Except when you take it seriously.
But if taken seriously, it tends to be ridiculous... which also has strong ties with funny.
I wonder how you could turn that into a joke. For real.
Like a world renowned underground artist is funny. (Mr Straub brushed on the subject rather funnily lately).
World famous in a world of one.
Maybe there's too many people taking you too seriously to be able to really make an joke out of it.
Maybe I should make myself a world-renowned something and give you my own world-renowned prize which would officially make you a world-renowned web comic historian.
Heh. One could brainstorm a bit with such an idea.
*shrug* I personally don't see what the problem is with taking things seriously. Sure, it might anger some of my contemporaries, but there's also the fact some people just don't "get" jokes and the like. Or they don't understand what's going on behind the scenes.
The thing is... you can take things seriously without taking things personally. It's a hard lesson to learn sometimes... but it's doable.
Have fun brainstorming the castle!
Rob H.
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The thing is... you can take things seriously without taking things personally. It's a hard lesson to learn sometimes... but it's doable.
Have fun brainstorming the castle!
Rob H.
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