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WCDT: 2821-2825 (27 - 31 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
stinson6016:
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Um, then what is it about the comic that you like enough to read it and make an account to discuss it?
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Crazy to think about isn't it? It's almost like, to me, watching a TV drama, and reading the old comics are like the reruns.
But why do we spend so much of our lives obsessed over this? I've been reading it off and on over the years, then the past two years I got in to it really bad. Still took a year to notice the forum like and actually read the forum, and longer to post. I've read the archives so many times! I love going thru and watching how the art changes over time.
But what draws us back to this over and over again? That true store telling right there. There are people in the stories that we love, hate, want to see more of, want to see less of. It really does feel like you're there with the people of the stories. I'm sure we've all cried, or laughed, or even yelled at our monitors. I know I have.
I have to say I'm really wish I could tell stories like these. I'm like Penny, I want to write stories, but I don't want to do that hard work of writing stories till I get 'good' at it enough to sell any. Or learn to draw and tell me stories via comics. I don't want to put in the time to be able to do the job, I just want to do the job now.
Really trying to Clare-fy it :claireface:
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: stinson6016 on 28 Oct 2014, 15:47 ---I have to say I'm really wish I could tell stories like these. I'm like Penny, I want to write stories, but I don't want to do that hard work of writing stories till I get 'good' at it enough to sell any. Or learn to draw and tell me stories via comics. I don't want to put in the time to be able to do the job, I just want to do the job now.
Really trying to Clare-fy it :claireface:
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Go back and start reading QC from Comic 1.
Every 5 comics, hit the banner link to take you to the current comic, before going back to the archive.
Why?
Jeph didn't hit this level of art for 700+ strips. Even then, he wasn't satisfied. The art just keeps changing.
Jeph didn't hit this level of storytelling for nearly 400 strips. Even now, he's constantly fiddling with how he tells stories. His latest thing is less word = good.
The lesson, me thinks, is don't wait until you're "good." "Good enough" will do. What's good enough? Make something. show it someone else. Did they understand it? If yes, it's good enough.
Lesson two is, "You'll have time to be good at it when you're dead. Right now, it's time to be doing it."
stinson6016:
man that makes me think of when I was in the navy, when working on the boat (I was on a sub and they still call sub's boats) when we would finish working on maintenance or a major repair we say 'that's g.e.' or good enough for government work. The Chief would get so mad at us. It's good enough, not the job was done perfect and we are all going to live another day because this valve isn't going to fail and kill us all while we are below water in a sinkable ship, nope it's g.e.
My problem right now is I can only get my ideas out with 'help' in the form of Jack. Not the best solution I think, but it's the only way I can write on this board (sorry if I don't make sense some times).
stinson6016:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 28 Oct 2014, 15:58 ---Go back and start reading QC from Comic 1.
Every 5 comics, hit the banner link to take you to the current comic, before going back to the archive.
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man on my chromebook I'm going thru the archives AGAIN (like third time this year?), I love the art work at that time of the comic. It's around the time Dora moved in with Marten around when Angus and Faye are just getting together. I just want to shake his hand and say I love it! I love it all! I'm not going to say everything is perfect and pintsize or who ever doesn't get on my nerves but that's just like in real life too. I know people I'd go have a drink with and hang out with but they still get on my nerves some/a lot of times.
ReindeerFlotilla:
Where you get your ideas isn't that relevant, in the big picture. Stephen King used to do everything while either drunk, or high on coke. After he quit, he was pretty scared he wouldn't be able to write at all.
I'm not advocating drinking, but it seems to me that--as long as you aren't hurting yourself or others--if a drink helps you open the doors, have a drink. But you should also practice opening the doors sober. John Cleese would tell you creativity is a skill. You gots to practice skills.
Cleese would also tell you that creativity is work and play. You can't be creative while working, and you can't create while playing. Play is for having ideas. Bouncing the off of things, seeing how they stick together. Play can be serious, but it's not solemn. Cleese calls this "the open mode." That's when creativity happens. But in the open mode, you can't build anything. That's work. So you have to stop playing, and start working. That's "the closed mode." What people think of as creativity--art--is the skill of moving between the open and closed modes. Create ideas in the open mode, implement the ideas in the closed mode, check the implementation in the open mode, make improvements in the closed mode.
If a drink helps you get in the open mode, now. Use it. Unless you're a alcoholic. then don't do that.
Maybe we need a thread on being creative in CHATTER?
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