tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12083480.post111522161163994447..comments2023-08-29T10:44:45.769-05:00Comments on Sequential Heart: Game LogicMatthew Jenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056568940094648387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12083480.post-1115239974052996362005-05-04T15:52:00.000-05:002005-05-04T15:52:00.000-05:00I read his blog everyday, it's true his griping is...I read his blog everyday, it's true his griping is justified but dam he gripes about his ass a lot. Which we all do.<BR/>Anyway, I've check out Sharkknife, at least the preview, and yeah the art is just fucking out of this world as is the story telling. Is has manga like structure, but now given any breath ability in an American printing format and so it comes at you like a train.<BR/>Do you dive right in?<BR/>I did I dug the comic and the story and the characters. Did I dive right like say, Watchmen or Top Ten, where there is build up and a bit explanation, not just this, wham! Here a story process. Hmm.<BR/>It's hard to say because almost all stories have that, look at fucking Garfield; for some reason you suspended belief, and really think a cat has all these complexities, for the sake of jokes and getting along the story. Because he's also drawn funny, then yeah it's fucked up and we don’t understand, but what if Garfield was a novel and you had to sit there and explain how he walked across the table to kick the dog, over all with words? Every would have a different version of this cat in their mind and it would make for an odd thing and it would be "Sci-fi"<BR/>Now As the whole Game Logic thing, I can understand where he's coming form and if anything it sheds light into my own project. You do at times want to do away with any and everything going on and just throw every into the bookend story. I did that with VIGIL. In the first 2 chapters I never introduced a thought bubble or a narration block bigger than "Meanwhile" or "Over here". I let the reader observe and get to what is going on, and see what they want. I don't think I'm that successful, but it is a good exercise.<BR/>This of course is a mechanic I think works good in comics and even suffers in other mediums. But that a whole other motherfucker...<BR/>Would be cool to have Warren here by the way....Juan Navarrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162417287125897071noreply@blogger.com