Comments on: SPX Minicomics Round-up Part 4 http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752 Do Something Better than the Better Something You Should Be Doing Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Apoth http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752&cpage=1#comment-794 Apoth Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:43:14 +0000 http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752#comment-794 I let that one by. I normally mark all the spam as spam, but I figured for a bit of comedic relief I'd give Timur Alhimenkov a pass. He has a sweet name and lost more money on the fraction of a sent worth of bandwidth it cost to send this message then he will ever make back from traffic via our blog. I let that one by. I normally mark all the spam as spam, but I figured for a bit of comedic relief I’d give Timur Alhimenkov a pass. He has a sweet name and lost more money on the fraction of a sent worth of bandwidth it cost to send this message then he will ever make back from traffic via our blog.

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]]> By: Timur I. Alhimenkov http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752&cpage=1#comment-779 Timur I. Alhimenkov Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:23:19 +0000 http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752#comment-779 Great! Thank you very much! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can I take part of your post to my site? Of course, I will add backlink? Sincerely, Reader Great! Thank you very much!
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]]> By: Scratch Corwood http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752&cpage=1#comment-258 Scratch Corwood Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:46:53 +0000 http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752#comment-258 They convey the impression of sound, but sound(besides pages flipping), isn't made. Maybe conveyed was the wrong word. Comics don't make sound is better. That Chris Ware comment is pretty interesting, I like that. Thanks for the honest appraisals of the reviews. They convey the impression of sound, but sound(besides pages flipping), isn’t made. Maybe conveyed was the wrong word. Comics don’t make sound is better. That Chris Ware comment is pretty interesting, I like that. Thanks for the honest appraisals of the reviews.

]]> By: Daniel http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752&cpage=1#comment-256 Daniel Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:35:53 +0000 http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752#comment-256 This only holds true for Sound Effects - where you don't need anything more complicated than a BLAM! or a POP! or a SPLAT! to get an idea of what's going on. These sounds are simple enough that you can just say them out loud, or accept them as a somewhat comic-trope and keep reading, wasting no thought on it. The difference with music comes from the complexity of music - if there are lyrics, and a few notes (which typically don't follow the song's sheet music in comics) there are many, many different ways to sing them. So many that the only sure way to know how it should sound is to know the song they come from, so for those that do not know the song - and know the song well enough to hear it in their minds just from seeing a few lyrics - full relation is simply impossible. It's not that comics cannot convey sounds, it's that comics cannot convey sounds well. This only holds true for Sound Effects - where you don’t need anything more complicated than a BLAM! or a POP! or a SPLAT! to get an idea of what’s going on. These sounds are simple enough that you can just say them out loud, or accept them as a somewhat comic-trope and keep reading, wasting no thought on it.

The difference with music comes from the complexity of music - if there are lyrics, and a few notes (which typically don’t follow the song’s sheet music in comics) there are many, many different ways to sing them. So many that the only sure way to know how it should sound is to know the song they come from, so for those that do not know the song - and know the song well enough to hear it in their minds just from seeing a few lyrics - full relation is simply impossible.

It’s not that comics cannot convey sounds, it’s that comics cannot convey sounds well.

]]> By: Lauren O http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752&cpage=1#comment-247 Lauren O Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:34:07 +0000 http://procrast-nation.com/?p=752#comment-247 in regards to your critique of Dead Air, i'm suprised you would say that comics cannot convey sound. that is complete and total bullshit. Um, even mainstream superhero comics there are sound effects like "BLAM" "SPLAT" that are completely effective in creating sound in the story. Furthermore, I once heard Chris Ware talk about how comics are the equivalent of sheet music for our brains. While you are reading a comic, your mind makes all the sound happen. I find "the fact that comics cannot convey sound" a very bizzare base for a critique of a comic. in regards to your critique of Dead Air, i’m suprised you would say that comics cannot convey sound. that is complete and total bullshit. Um, even mainstream superhero comics there are sound effects like “BLAM” “SPLAT” that are completely effective in creating sound in the story. Furthermore, I once heard Chris Ware talk about how comics are the equivalent of sheet music for our brains. While you are reading a comic, your mind makes all the sound happen. I find “the fact that comics cannot convey sound” a very bizzare base for a critique of a comic.

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