Two Things
I posted these in other people's journals, but decided I probably ought to have them saved in my own so I'm reposting them here. :D
Originally posted in ithidrial's journal.
My interest in Marvel Comic Books died a slow death that I think started over a decade ago. I mean I bought my first in 83'. They included Red Sonja and the Elfquest books they published under their Epic imprint. I bought my first X-Book, The New Mutants, in 86' and it was X-titles I bought until the end. Sometime in the 90's three things happened that added up to my eventually giving the books up in '01 --
1) The ease with which I could get the books drastically declined. I lost the ability to buy the books off the Newsstand. I had to buy them from an actual comic store or subscribe. The comic book store closed and I had to subscribe. Sometimes issues got lost in the mail.
2) The storylines stopped appealing to me. The last storyline I remember really liking is The Age of Apocalypse.
3) English translated manga started appearing where I could get it. I bought my first issue of Mixxzine at a newsstand. It's also where I bought my first issue of Shonen Jump. What I buy these days is mange from Viz and Tokyo Pop mostly in tankobons, but I've got a subscription to Viz's Shojo Beat I purchased for Yuu Watase's Absolute Boyfriend. American comic books lost me to Japanese ones. :D
Original posted in diamond9697's journal.
I dug out my copy of the article for you. ;) It was in the February 14, 2005 issue of TIME Magazine. The title was "The Power of Make-Believe." And, the paragraph I always try to remember goes...
The interplay of real and imaginary doesn't have to stop with childhood. In her newest research, Taylor is interviewing fiction writers and finding that they interact with their characters in some ways that parallel children's make-believe play. Authors often report that their characters seem to have autonomous lives, dictating their own dialogue, controlling the plot of stories and sometimes refusing to do what the authors ask of them. Some writers maintain personal relationships with characters outside their fictions. Novelist Alice Walker says she lived with her characters for a year while writing The Color Purple, even moving from New York City to Northern California to please them. They didn't like the tall buildings and city congestion, she says.
The first sentence of the paragraph is of course my favorite part. :D
Originally posted in ithidrial's journal.
My interest in Marvel Comic Books died a slow death that I think started over a decade ago. I mean I bought my first in 83'. They included Red Sonja and the Elfquest books they published under their Epic imprint. I bought my first X-Book, The New Mutants, in 86' and it was X-titles I bought until the end. Sometime in the 90's three things happened that added up to my eventually giving the books up in '01 --
1) The ease with which I could get the books drastically declined. I lost the ability to buy the books off the Newsstand. I had to buy them from an actual comic store or subscribe. The comic book store closed and I had to subscribe. Sometimes issues got lost in the mail.
2) The storylines stopped appealing to me. The last storyline I remember really liking is The Age of Apocalypse.
3) English translated manga started appearing where I could get it. I bought my first issue of Mixxzine at a newsstand. It's also where I bought my first issue of Shonen Jump. What I buy these days is mange from Viz and Tokyo Pop mostly in tankobons, but I've got a subscription to Viz's Shojo Beat I purchased for Yuu Watase's Absolute Boyfriend. American comic books lost me to Japanese ones. :D
Original posted in diamond9697's journal.
I dug out my copy of the article for you. ;) It was in the February 14, 2005 issue of TIME Magazine. The title was "The Power of Make-Believe." And, the paragraph I always try to remember goes...
The interplay of real and imaginary doesn't have to stop with childhood. In her newest research, Taylor is interviewing fiction writers and finding that they interact with their characters in some ways that parallel children's make-believe play. Authors often report that their characters seem to have autonomous lives, dictating their own dialogue, controlling the plot of stories and sometimes refusing to do what the authors ask of them. Some writers maintain personal relationships with characters outside their fictions. Novelist Alice Walker says she lived with her characters for a year while writing The Color Purple, even moving from New York City to Northern California to please them. They didn't like the tall buildings and city congestion, she says.
The first sentence of the paragraph is of course my favorite part. :D