1. Written by Guest, on 22-12-2004 14:05
I'm reading it right now. And I must say, I find it VERY inspiring. The best graphic novel I have read so far. Better than Seth, better than Ware, better than Spiegelman, I think. 
 
This is exactly the kind of drawing and writing that I have been searching for, in a graphic novel. 
 
-- patricia 
 
http://storms.typepad.com/booklust/2004/12/graphic_indiffe.html

2. Written by admin, on 22-12-2004 16:07
Beautiful work Patricia, and It's good to hear about your experience with it. I stand corrected because I assume if one person comments, it's inspired thousands who won't. Damn. Another supposed pearl of insight down the drain, in the best way possible though. 
 
My wife enjoyed Blankets immensely but isn't moved to explore graphic novels more widely by it. She considers it the exception and lets me pick out the gems for her. So far she's enjoyed Bone, Castle Waiting, Maus, Persepolis, Blankets, Goodbye Chunky Rice, and even Nausicca. Heck, I even got her to watch the Nausicca movie I found posing as a He-Man knock-off in a video cast-off bin. It's interesting to see how she reads them - plows through in one or two sittings. I waited more than ten years to get through it. She finished it in a two sittings. Stephanie may admire my patience with periodicals, but she has no intention of aping it. 
 
Oh, and I almost forgot: The only webcomic other than my own I've ever convinced her to read is Same Difference by Derick Kirk Kim. Who knew she had such great taste in comics? 
 
-Bob Stevenson

3. Written by Guest, on 22-12-2004 16:03
I also just recently discovered 'Same Difference', too. Absolutely stunning. Gradually my narrow negative perspective on web comics is beginning to change. If your wife hasn't read Copper yet, I think she'd like that, too. Another blessed joy on the web. 
 
http://www.boltcity.com/copper_home.htm

1 - and away we go 2 - episode the second 3 - on greener pastures 4 - on politics and comic strips 5 - on debates, morality and action 6 - of quarter bins and finer things 7 - of webs and cob 8 - of critics and comics 9 - of franks and beans 10 - in which god and splendor meet but briefly 11 - for turning and pay 12 - on reviewing and ribbing 13 - in flames 14 - of fires and walls 15 - for the love of snarks 16 - of mice and men 17 - of freaks and geeks 18 - at bay with ebay 19 - on polity 20 - of sands, castles and the tides 21 - of the ten thousand habit 22 - on getting with the program 23 - on the feminine mystique 24 - on commotion 25 - of ink or math 26 - for dollars and sense 27 - of months and the weak 28 - in which a date inspires an orgy 29 - for fun and prophet 30 - in which strips are stripped 31 - in which robots super-size 32 - in which a rock is used to roll 33 - not keen on keen 34 - in which a picture is worth about ten words 35 - for five hundred years 36 - for the love of linux 37 - of sound effects 38 - for crises on infinite childhoods 39 - on desperation You are here -- [40 - on the danger of hiding under blankets] 41 - on eating Christmas fishes 42 - for the clashing 43 - of web-shooters 44 - on ends and beginnings and the paying for them one way or the other 45 - on opus number two 46 - yaw rehto eht gnidaer no 47 - in which we learn cheese bleeds 48 - in which the ghost is almost gave up 49 - on tarts, and I'm not talkin' the cookie variety 50 - on consumerism and getting me some 51 - on drunken revelry 52 - on rolling in it 53 - on the import of Manga 54 - for the love of Manga 55 - on class 56 - for the rank and phile 57 - on gagging to death 58 - on pecks and glats 59 - of testing the testy 60 - from the basement 61 - for the love of insanity 62 - on slashdotting 63 - of slash-dote 64 - to catch a geek 65 - for the hatred of muffit 66 - for Picasso rolling over 67 - on a meeting of words and pictures 68 - on sticking to stick figures 69 - on ghost goggles 70 - on breaking out of the Citadel 71 - of grey matter 72 - for the want of Backpack Man 73 - on the color blue 74 - on the prospect of PETA welcoming rabbit season 75 - on some pretty funny tripe 76 - on the several benefits of head injuries 77 - on testing vehement populism 78 - on Harry Potter's safety school 79 - of talking webcomics 80 - on roasting Stan the Man and we're not talking Hembeck here 81 - on grates 82 - on beating a dead cat 83 - on courting the mad hipsters 84 - on the wearing down 85 - of red sparrows and green clovers 86 - in which it is not about girls 87 - on kneeling before nielsen 88 - on calling out the space pirates 89 - on furries 90 - on good looking filth 91 - on existential angst 92 - of comic-lag 93 - on greener past-ers 94 - in which anything can happen 95 - in which slackware is not for slackers 96 - in a house-full 97 - in the very long shadow of shadow-hawk 98 - on watching the watchmen watch 99 - on searching for the special sauce recipe 100 - of ten squared 101 - on angst 102 - in search of closure 103 - for the hi-a-tus killed the web-comic star 104 - on looking a gift in the Coke machine 105 - of weenies 106 - on mambo, not the dance 107 - in which five bucks gets you quite a bit 108 - in which two might be a crowd 109 - in which are discovered - words funnier than 1000 panels 110 - in which the eyes really are bigger than the stomach 111 - in which everyone's a critic 112 - in which HB finds entertainment 113 - of republican virtues 114 - for Fin Fang Foom Fans 115 - on gardens full of bugs 116 - for sending in the clowns 117 - on counting ship 118 - for some kingdom of ends 119 - in which season one ends one strip too late 120 - Year two wants to start 121 - Guaranteed unemployment 122 - Existence is Futile 123 - The Art of Peace 124 - On His Soapbox 125 - Shocking 126 - phony 127 - myphone 128 - liberal arts 129 - fine, how are you 130 - august arrives 131 - Capped 132 - Moore on health 133 - Comics 2.0 134 - A Fool and His Yuan 135 - How Wonderful 136 - back? 137 138 139 140 141