tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post6925353263910824863..comments2023-04-26T17:44:44.750+03:00Comments on Asides-Bsides: The CollectorHelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-76289388027100377382008-08-16T12:08:00.000+03:002008-08-16T12:08:00.000+03:00Eh, perhaps if that panel was better drawn :PEh, perhaps if that panel was better drawn :PHelmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-71464845945077055072008-08-16T04:12:00.000+03:002008-08-16T04:12:00.000+03:00Helm, as much as I love your comics sometimes I fi...Helm, as much as I love your comics sometimes I find them almost unbearably tragic!<BR/><BR/>It's endearing that Necatrios plays with his miniatures more like a child than a wargamer.<BR/><BR/>Lastly the image in the first frame of the last row is haunting.Lackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06148459093097482058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-72522214203899356452008-08-15T22:15:00.000+03:002008-08-15T22:15:00.000+03:00he used to have more knives, i'm sure... but he ke...he used to have more knives, i'm sure... but he kept leaving them with his victims, you know... in their bodies.. You can lose a lot that way..Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528983339812894674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-63780085775726986562008-08-15T15:32:00.000+03:002008-08-15T15:32:00.000+03:00hehe, I must have remembered wrongly then! ;]hehe, I must have remembered wrongly then! ;]skwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448869152325650162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-80882949784970471262008-08-15T13:56:00.000+03:002008-08-15T13:56:00.000+03:00I hardly call four knives a collection. Besides, t...I hardly call four knives a collection. Besides, they're for PROTECTION D:<BR/><BR/>About the other artists: one settled into making 'diary' like entries, you know 'what happened to me today' early on and I never was sure that a newspaper space is the right place to do those sort of autobio comics. Mike on the other hand did a lot of different things within the framework of 'funny unrelated stories' but they all remained humourous. I was the only one largely deviating from my original idea and it created interesting - if unfortunate - results later on. Keep reading, THERE'S AN EXCITING META-STORY GOING ON.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-9550306754244035912008-08-14T22:25:00.000+03:002008-08-14T22:25:00.000+03:00what about that broad knife collection you once ha...what about that broad knife collection you once had, Helm? :)<BR/><BR/>yeah, while it all seems quite exaggerated, or even irrational, there are people who, indeed, by focusing on quirky fantasies, cut themselves off from the real world --- and successively replace it by a hermetical space to which no-one can access save they. I'm probably overusing generalization here, but I guess every introvert person is like that.<BR/><BR/>you know, living with collectors of the Nectarios kind gets really tiresome, every day I face it empirically --- they seems obsessed with talking about one particular topic whereas they completely disregard everything you say, and not even try to pretend they're listening to you --- maybe that's why the protagonist, as we can deduce, lived on his mother's till his late age and couldn't find a spouse or any other mate after being left alone?<BR/><BR/>. . . and what about the artists you were working with? had they started this kind of 'detour' (to eventually drift completely off) as well? or were they sticking firm to the original plan? just asking.skwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448869152325650162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-41236985263461843032008-08-14T17:21:00.000+03:002008-08-14T17:21:00.000+03:00Great observations: it is my belief that every col...Great observations: it is my belief that every collector peruses their collection in some way or another. Record collectors listen to the records, toy collectors play with the toys, clothes collectors wear the clothes and book collectors read the books. This doesn't alleviate the underlying psychopathology of the situation though. <BR/><BR/>The point is you don't need MANY books to read a book. You don't need MANY toys to fantasize a few battles for them. It is in the width of the collector's collection that their lives fall into and occasionally never to return. <BR/><BR/>Losing your job might not be as severe a sign of pathology as losing your life over something, but it surely should raise red flags as to what's going on I think. I hate jobs and fuck jobs and I never want to work another day in my life sure, but if you are let go because something preoccupies you constantly and you can't compartmentalize your desire, then it's a dangerous thing.<BR/><BR/>Man, comments such as yours make me glad to have made the blog.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-53176306878524383322008-08-14T16:53:00.000+03:002008-08-14T16:53:00.000+03:00In order for the communicative aspect of art to be...In order for the communicative aspect of art to be fully expressed, both artists and fans should be encouraged to talk about the piece of art. Even if "it talks on its own", why not challenge ourselves and actually point out what it's saying? The process itself may have a surprising effect to our personal growth. <BR/><BR/>Anyhow, in "The Collector" I like how a grown-up man, still possesses the ability to get heavily involved with the objects (soldier in this case) and even perform battles between them (I'm glad I can do this too from time to time, using a Cat and a teddy-bear =D). So, Nectarios is not your typical collector because his interest is not limited to possessing the objects of desire. His "syndrome" services a fantasy maintaining purpose as well and this is not pathological on its own -he lost his life because of his lust to possess but only lost his job because of his fantasies-.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076033512154958207.post-51836640754282998562008-08-14T12:26:00.000+03:002008-08-14T12:26:00.000+03:00Apo tin empeiria mou, to feedback apo tous anagnws...Apo tin empeiria mou, to feedback apo tous anagnwstes se epipedo efimeridas, eidika an den uparxei kapoio emfanes email, einai idiaitera spanio kai otan sumvei sxetika big deal.(Emeis ta toixokoloume sto grafeio!) Sigoura afto dimiourgei to aisthima tou "who cares gia tin douleia mou" to opoio einai idiaitera apotharintiko. Alla ana faseis antilamvanesai oti oi anagnwstes (kai enniote kai oi fans) einai ekei, apla den kanoun to extra vima na dilwsoun tin parousia tous.<BR/><BR/>O entupos tupos einai o tomeas pou pasxei perissotero apo afti tin monodromi sxesi, alla akoma kai se kateksoxin diadrastika mesa opws ena site i ena blog, tha diapistwseis oti mporei na se diavazoun 100 kai treis mono na mpainoun ston kopo na grapsoun comment i na steiloun mail.<BR/><BR/>Thus said, latrevw to blog sou, keep the posts coming :)myrtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08301956485265325206noreply@blogger.com