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fredericks) wrote2007-11-02 02:12 am
fredericks) wrote2007-11-02 02:12 am
I should be sleeping
Gaiman talks about how time changes authors and their works in his blog, quoting G.K. Chesterton , and adds "...which is, I think, the problem that many readers have with Cerebus (a narrative created over nearly 30 years), and would have certainly been the problem with Sandman if I'd kept writing it -- that I was no longer the person who had started it a decade before."
I had no clue Cerebus was laid out over such a long time. Makes sense, though. I don't think my issue with the series necessarily traces back to changes in the author's state of mind, but with the way in which Sim decided to show it on the page. I'm pretty sure I recall pages of Church and State that consist of Cerebus standing still while huge bubbles of dialogue condemning organized religion hang around him. At that point you've left the venue of comic/graphic novel and should just start with the novelization. Don't get me wrong, I *liked* that our favorite anthropomorphized aardvark wasn't just swinging his sword and rescuing maidens, but the line between work of fiction and author's mouthpiece/soapbox got blurred beyond all recognition.
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Wait...Dumbledore:Grindelwald::Roku:Sozin...??? Fandom is funny.
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This NaNo thing, you can't really pretend it's schoolwork and stay up late the night before the "due date" drinking coffee and cursing the world while slaving over a keyboard, can you?
I had no clue Cerebus was laid out over such a long time. Makes sense, though. I don't think my issue with the series necessarily traces back to changes in the author's state of mind, but with the way in which Sim decided to show it on the page. I'm pretty sure I recall pages of Church and State that consist of Cerebus standing still while huge bubbles of dialogue condemning organized religion hang around him. At that point you've left the venue of comic/graphic novel and should just start with the novelization. Don't get me wrong, I *liked* that our favorite anthropomorphized aardvark wasn't just swinging his sword and rescuing maidens, but the line between work of fiction and author's mouthpiece/soapbox got blurred beyond all recognition.
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Wait...Dumbledore:Grindelwald::Roku:Sozin...??? Fandom is funny.
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This NaNo thing, you can't really pretend it's schoolwork and stay up late the night before the "due date" drinking coffee and cursing the world while slaving over a keyboard, can you?
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And the first thing I think? "That must be *adorable*". Tell me he has the broadsword strapped on as well.
Funny enough, Cerebus's misogynistic tendencies I could brush off as in-character. He certainly got his heart stomped on enough. If there was a page and a half of ranting against women I would have thrown the book against the wall sooner than I did (I think I made it a little more than 3/4 through the series; maybe I missed all the really offensive stuff).
This NaNo thing and I are already falling out. Not good.