tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post2933121926604745757..comments2023-04-26T17:44:44.750+03:00Comments on Asides-Bsides: MagicHelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-74310513993260807502008-10-09T19:36:00.000+03:002008-10-09T19:36:00.000+03:00Hey, Jad. Thank you for your kind words.Hey, Jad. Thank you for your kind words.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-43805301414037795362008-10-09T19:07:00.000+03:002008-10-09T19:07:00.000+03:00No no no no, reading comics is not necessarily abo...No no no no, reading comics is not necessarily about understanding, we all know that, and this has plenty to offer in terms of a strange kind of immersialization (this word surely doesn't exist). The steady progress of the imagery and the steady change from coherent to mad ramblings in the text provide a very emotional experience for me.<BR/><BR/>Also, the fluctuation when the text and imagery starts to lose their connection come to a very powerful end where everything just ends.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, the feeling of "I'm missing something" is there, but if you just turn of the desire to "get it", this is one of your more powerful comics IMO.<BR/><BR/>Oh, also, I really enjoy the way you draw his face. Which probably made it easier for me to immerse myself because I'm very superficial like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-47345551495749211752008-09-22T07:11:00.000+03:002008-09-22T07:11:00.000+03:00Thanos your concerns are the same as mine. Screams...Thanos your concerns are the same as mine. Screams to some that know me and whispers to others that don't, if at all, is a good analogy. Your comment is very astute.<BR/><BR/>But it is fine for something to not deliver on its promise of making sense, of feeling incomplete, of making the random reader think 'I must be missing something'. That feeling is useful, especially in a world where entertainment is shallow and meant for instant gratification. It may not be compeletely without sadistic sentiment, but let the reader worry, and let them ponder on what it could be they will never know. Art is not here to make anything easier on anyone.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-46950423310923705112008-09-22T04:11:00.000+03:002008-09-22T04:11:00.000+03:00This one makes me sad. It feels like a wall.I gues...This one makes me sad. It feels like a wall.<BR/>I guess it works the way it is(hastily drawn and all, a linear course from detailed solid images to lines and blurs and light to abstraction) but I can't be sure it would have the same impact if I wasn't who I am and I didn't know you. I don't know how much of it it would make sense.<BR/>You have a number of such comics, this is one of them, and even though they resonate in me, I don't know if they can speak half of what they scream to me to another audience. Maybe this shouldn't matter. I don't know. They are not user-friendly, they have sharp edges and cracks that tend to communicate the impossibility of communication instead of the non communicable in communication. Maybe this comic is not such a perfect example of this(or perhaps it is and I can't see beyond myself :-))but this really bugs me.slave to vertigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309156782532033162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-18302010465821375082008-09-20T20:58:00.000+03:002008-09-20T20:58:00.000+03:00Oh, I'm happy it reads even without the words, in ...Oh, I'm happy it reads even without the words, in fact hopefully the fairly linear sequence of events pictured helps gel together the exposition which jumps around quite a lot.<BR/><BR/>It'll always be a surprise to me whenever someone gets something out of this comic.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-75330734895039200622008-09-20T16:11:00.000+03:002008-09-20T16:11:00.000+03:00Hi Helm. Just wanted to add a small comment on thi...Hi Helm. Just wanted to add a small comment on this. I find it very interesting that the comic makes sense and is "readable" even without the text ( lack of Internet - have to view it on my phone - perspective ) and even though text is an important part of most (all?) of your comics, its design makes the process of reading it feel very natural.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315770008735469828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-26788193194561902852008-09-20T09:58:00.000+03:002008-09-20T09:58:00.000+03:00Thank you.Thank you.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-41935366895820563362008-09-19T02:21:00.000+03:002008-09-19T02:21:00.000+03:00it's very moving.it's very moving.pan panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062589862656818117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-56510117623684302992008-09-18T07:15:00.000+03:002008-09-18T07:15:00.000+03:00no harm done, no worries!no harm done, no worries!skwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448869152325650162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-9926947142590376182008-09-17T16:46:00.000+03:002008-09-17T16:46:00.000+03:00I'm sorry for wasting your time on this one, thoug...I'm sorry for wasting your time on this one, though.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-20848433348962209702008-09-17T16:27:00.000+03:002008-09-17T16:27:00.000+03:00Yes! I have both versions in front of me and serio...Yes! I have both versions in front of me and seriously, you did a great job with the lettering, Helm. It profits by being chaotic, just as the comic does. The fonts, on the other hand, hinder that kind of symbiosis which goes on between the quick, careless graphical style and a forceful character of the narration and word arrangement. The new, polished translation also, goes better with the general flow. I really like it.skwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448869152325650162noreply@blogger.com