tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post3590951748467819551..comments2023-04-26T17:44:44.750+03:00Comments on Asides-Bsides: Memorybot Part 1Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-81740975408267484862013-03-12T08:07:07.652+02:002013-03-12T08:07:07.652+02:00enjoying the orange tree street bleed. color shift...enjoying the orange tree street bleed. color shift to sepia top right panel, also. like finding interest builders in this work. the poster patches, the distant aqueduct ruins, bank like building exterior. strange yet comfortable relationships to my mind. yeah, the arrows are kind. i liked noticing the b/w version's panel underlap and alignments subtleties. to my imagination, it says little shifts are beautiful to the source and perhaps others. <br /><br />thanks for your thoughts on pacing. knifetoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626123032500629329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-26236487075666721742008-12-02T15:33:00.000+02:002008-12-02T15:33:00.000+02:00much love for the colourist..this is one of my fav...much love for the colourist..<BR/>this is one of my favourite comics of yours, and the one that made me realise some things about storytelling.. <BR/>also i think reading this one coincided with your critic on a comics of mine, so it helped make your thesis more solid.<BR/><BR/>upload the rest soon, it's a very beautiful story.pan panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062589862656818117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-50422498238306355702008-12-02T01:41:00.000+02:002008-12-02T01:41:00.000+02:00ZX is a self-aware robot so he's pretty much a hum...ZX is a self-aware robot so he's pretty much a human being... I write him in a middle state because it's just interesting, it brings up useful examples of behavior. I do not believe that humans are free to do anything 'not instinctual' as per your definition above, but I think it's pretty tragic that they are observing themselves being themselves with some sort of strange delusion that they can override their instinctual programming and still be happy. This hybris is a about the comic I'm making now, by the way :DHelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-87003199026278044332008-12-02T01:35:00.000+02:002008-12-02T01:35:00.000+02:00I appreciate the ambiguity of lines on paper that ...<I>I appreciate the ambiguity of lines on paper that seem to suggest shapes, planes, volumes, but not tyrannically so, the reader has to do their part pro-actively, interpreting what things might be.</I><BR/>Enough said on this topic, certainly.<BR/><BR/>Now what is so wrong with being a robot as you stated? Human, as you are now, you have emotion, desire, an image of a life or future you wish to live and live for. You could not live as a robot, doing only certain tasks and no more, enslaved to your duty, no. <BR/><BR/>But if you were a robot, you likely wouldn't think about it that way. It would all come down to 'instinct'. An unavoidable way of life, that is in no way questioned, and therefore only subconscious and not fully 'lived' as one might say, but never negative.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720951284620654052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-67544300674278994722008-12-01T12:27:00.000+02:002008-12-01T12:27:00.000+02:00I totally have this thing when I go to meet people...<I>I totally have this thing when I go to meet people that I arrive there early because I am neurotic and then when 'the time' is arrived I just fidget like hell until they show up, sometimes upset that they stood me up.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm like this too. This is also why I am always early for lectures, doctors appointments, trains etc, and always frustrated when they are late.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263563200109770557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-22464643498616892352008-12-01T04:55:00.000+02:002008-12-01T04:55:00.000+02:00yes yes colors and emotional communication. Ptoing...yes yes colors and emotional communication. Ptoing will explain about these things in a future post. I'm really glad it gets conveyed.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the complements. Yes the 1408 is a reference to be lost on everyone but just a few people who'd probably never chance to read this comic anyway (and I wonder if they'd notice even if they did. It's just a number. You could put 0405 in a comic somewhere and I wouldn't immediately go 'OH THAT'S MY BIRTH DATE!' although I was born on may fourth). A personal language made out of small things like these is in any case, a thing I find gives otherwise clear stories a bit more spirit even if it just gets the artist more involved in things. When you invest something personal in something that might seem to 'not need it' you do it better because you're in it too!Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-61786898676694602722008-12-01T04:47:00.000+02:002008-12-01T04:47:00.000+02:00I really like the colours in the last two panels. ...I really like the colours in the last two panels. They are like two photos taken with an old camera where the light changes slightly for some inexplicable reason. And the warmth of the embrace. Here the colour is adding something that would have been very difficult to show with lines alone. <BR/>The wrist watch and the robot arm are superb also.<BR/>I cannot figure out the 1408 reference. Perhaps it was meant for somebody else.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044751129166803487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-42684164209495704062008-12-01T00:25:00.000+02:002008-12-01T00:25:00.000+02:00Memorybot remembers in spite of itself. You shall ...Memorybot remembers in spite of itself. You shall see what I mean soon enough. A theory on digital memory and why I wouldn't really like to be a robot (though being made out of metal would be nice sometimes).<BR/><BR/>She wasn't early because who agrees on a date at 14:10? That's insane!!!!! Also 1408 means something, everything means something although sometimes we don't bother to remind ourselves that they do.<BR/><BR/>I totally have this thing when I go to meet people that I arrive there early because I am neurotic and then when 'the time' is arrived I just fidget like hell until they show up, sometimes upset that they stood me up. I'm horrible at this, I even stopped wearing a watch (I don't even have a cellphone) to not be a victim to it as much. <BR/><BR/>continuity and coincidence: emphasis on coincidence. I really like self-reference when it's just an esoteric thing that rewards combining disparate threads of inspiration with a semblance of an overarching world view, but I do not like treating onself as some sort of pop culture reference, so I try not to. Again a blurry line here, I'll place myself on the righteous side and pretend I've adequately explained why.<BR/><BR/>Most people prefer comics with colors. I personally am very very partial to black and white work. I appreciate the ambiguity of lines on paper that seem to suggest shapes, planes, volumes, but not tyrannically so, the reader has to do their part pro-actively, interpreting what things might be. Color comics sometimes are too literal, too much like dreaded 'movie comics' for me.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-48545803622766009982008-12-01T00:17:00.000+02:002008-12-01T00:17:00.000+02:00She was late? She could have been early. I'm n...She was late? She could have been early. <BR/><BR/>I'm not up with the ZX history yet. Is a memorybot designed to remember important moments or creating memorable ones (or both)? It strikes me that either sort of memorybot would be a little neurotic, making sure he got to date early whilst checking his watch regularly despite having lots more time to wait.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the nod to the 'yus' comic. Any level of continuity and coincidence is a rewarding part of reading anyones work. Made me smile too.<BR/><BR/>Colour always adds more life to drawings. Perhaps I'm lazy but I find it so much easier to absorb comics in colour (particularly when it's done so well it's hard to imagine the art without it ptoing ;). When I think of the contrast between black and white film and their colour counterparts I don't think content is ever really suffered. I love some of the old B&W stuff, it has a charm for reasons I can't really put a finger on. But if asked I always liked opt for colour... it must be the extra information tied up the visual spectrum, it's like a cake without icing; the cake is still nice but well... <BR/><BR/>Looking forward to the next instalments.Solarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572173459598439129noreply@blogger.com