Comments | offthebalcony: i could be lying on an atom bomb

offthebalcony

i could be lying on an atom bomb

Jul 30, 2008 01:04

Well, this is a strange occurence. After all these years... I'm rediscovering my love for comic books and I'm feeling all nostaligic about them. All the colours and the feel of the pages remind me of sitting on the floor in my Uncle's front room with my legs crossed as he read them to me and explained why they were so awesome. I can still hear ( Read more... )

comic books make life prettier, nostalgia~, house md, why am i not neil gaiman's bff?

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mimes July 30 2008, 02:41:00 UTC

Ditko! ♥

I love his sense of design he had. Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Blue Beetle, hell, even The Question.

offthebalcony July 30 2008, 02:43:51 UTC

Indeed!

Right? With the 9-panel pages everything felt kind of claustrophobic but in a good way, like it added some kind of fever and urgency to it all? idk if that's just me though XD

Doctor Strange is ftw. And The Question. They're so damn trippy it kind freaks me but in a good way *nod* Ahhh, gotta love him.

mimes July 30 2008, 02:46:12 UTC

What's even cooler is that some of his Charlton comics characters were even the inspiration for the characters in Watchmen. So that's epic win of life.

I love the 9-panel pages too. I just think it makes for good story telling. Not everything has to be a big splash page, you know?

offthebalcony July 30 2008, 02:50:07 UTC

Yeah, Alan Moore is a huge Ditko fan and Mr. A is reeeeeally like Rorschach. Which is, as you put it, EPIC WIN OF LIFE.

Ahhh, The Watchmen is my favouriteeee. I don't even care how cliche that is, it's true.

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persiflage_1 July 30 2008, 05:07:52 UTC

I confess it's taken me nearly 40 years to get into comics - I'm not a very visually-oriented person and I find that a picture isn't really worth a thousand words and that I'd sooner *have* the 1000 words!

dirgni19 July 30 2008, 05:36:33 UTC

LOL I agree with you about wanting the 1000 words instead :D The nearest thing to comics I've ever read religiously were Tin Tin and the Asterix ones :p

persiflage_1 July 30 2008, 05:49:35 UTC

I'm currently enjoying the Ten&Martha ones from IDW...

dirgni19 July 30 2008, 05:59:01 UTC

Oh yeah, those are awesome! But then it has Martha, so no surprise there!

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kockasfulu July 30 2008, 08:59:10 UTC

House S2 finale is cruel in case you haven't heard. prepare!

offthebalcony July 30 2008, 13:25:56 UTC

I haven't heard and I'm just about it watch it now. NOW I'M ALL NERVOUS ABOUT IT.

tenfeethigh July 30 2008, 11:16:23 UTC

I ship House/Chase as well. :D

offthebalcony July 30 2008, 13:26:36 UTC

Me too! And... kind of Chase/Cameron (but not really because I'm a huuuge Cameron fan right now *shrug*)