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Thursday, September 25, 2003
Real Short Posting
Yeah, I've got a real short posting. I was just to annoyed to pass this up. This does not mean I'm back on a regular posting schedule, nor may I ever be. But you can keep hoping. This is a letter for Christopher Hart, author of many "how-to" drawing books.
Dear Mr. Hart,
You've written a lot of well-intended comics drawing books in the past 10 or so years, and they've been quite popular. I've bought some of them, and I must admit that they have had helpful information, occasionally. But it would seem that all the books you release seem to have poor drawing quality that doesn't hold up very well to the modern industry output. Your book, "How to Draw Comic Book Good Guys and Bad Guys" in 1995 or '96 seemed to assume it was describing the modern comic style, but in fact was describing the drawing style from 10 years before that.
In 2001 you release "Drawing Cutting Edge Comics" which I've just discovered at the Laguardia library. It's not bad. I mean, the style is close to what it is now. It was published in 2001 and as far as I know (I don't realy read a lot of comics) the industry hasn't changed much since then. But, I mean, he talks about these so-called cutting edge comics as an "emerging trend" where really this style has been around for about 10 years. Come on. I remember having seen comics that look like the stuff you describe since lower school. Could it be that I was some sort of child genius who was able to notice the emerging trend years before experts like you? Or are you just a moron? And this is your apology? You come on the stage with your new book, asking if I, the reader have been dissatisfied with drawing books that aren't "cutting edge" enough? Puh-lease. How about we start with your books? "I hate other books, especially that other one I drew. That was way off base." I didn't see anything like that in his introduction. If I wanted cutting edge comics, I'd read "Drawing Dynamic Comics" again, which is written by an actual modern comic artist instead of an author who's been drawing the same way for 20 years. The only reason I have to think you understand "cutting edge" is because you probably use a razor blade to scoop cocaine into line so you can snort it conveniently. And that would explain how you say all those stupid things in your captions for the drawings. "As a result of this understanding, your drawings will take on a new authority. And then you will rule the world!... or something like that."
Okay, so that's mildly funny, and I bet it would seem irresistably funny in your highly coked up stage. So, in summation, your books contain some interesting information, but you should stop acting like you're the first person to notice that comic books today "have changed". And please, Chris, lay off the cocaine.
Nicky
If you have ANYTHING to tell me, do it: okayeahwhatever@yahoo.com.
Dear Mr. Hart,
You've written a lot of well-intended comics drawing books in the past 10 or so years, and they've been quite popular. I've bought some of them, and I must admit that they have had helpful information, occasionally. But it would seem that all the books you release seem to have poor drawing quality that doesn't hold up very well to the modern industry output. Your book, "How to Draw Comic Book Good Guys and Bad Guys" in 1995 or '96 seemed to assume it was describing the modern comic style, but in fact was describing the drawing style from 10 years before that.
In 2001 you release "Drawing Cutting Edge Comics" which I've just discovered at the Laguardia library. It's not bad. I mean, the style is close to what it is now. It was published in 2001 and as far as I know (I don't realy read a lot of comics) the industry hasn't changed much since then. But, I mean, he talks about these so-called cutting edge comics as an "emerging trend" where really this style has been around for about 10 years. Come on. I remember having seen comics that look like the stuff you describe since lower school. Could it be that I was some sort of child genius who was able to notice the emerging trend years before experts like you? Or are you just a moron? And this is your apology? You come on the stage with your new book, asking if I, the reader have been dissatisfied with drawing books that aren't "cutting edge" enough? Puh-lease. How about we start with your books? "I hate other books, especially that other one I drew. That was way off base." I didn't see anything like that in his introduction. If I wanted cutting edge comics, I'd read "Drawing Dynamic Comics" again, which is written by an actual modern comic artist instead of an author who's been drawing the same way for 20 years. The only reason I have to think you understand "cutting edge" is because you probably use a razor blade to scoop cocaine into line so you can snort it conveniently. And that would explain how you say all those stupid things in your captions for the drawings. "As a result of this understanding, your drawings will take on a new authority. And then you will rule the world!... or something like that."
Okay, so that's mildly funny, and I bet it would seem irresistably funny in your highly coked up stage. So, in summation, your books contain some interesting information, but you should stop acting like you're the first person to notice that comic books today "have changed". And please, Chris, lay off the cocaine.
Nicky
If you have ANYTHING to tell me, do it: okayeahwhatever@yahoo.com.