Comments on: Battlewhales?

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:44:38 +0000

Then it boils down to individual preference, and the fact that I probably have a more linear mind than you do. I can accept that.

By: Delos

Delos — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:39:58 +0000

I would think that stepping into a place with ‘infinite down’ and no secure ground would be very unnerving, to say the least. It must be a dangerous place to live. Up to that point, though, there have been no solid story consequences to speak of. What can it hurt to check things out here? (Story-wise, not real life-wise.)

That unreal tone had a foundation to it, so it wasn’t totally unexpected. The way the art is done tells you to expect some exaggeration. The skull speech bubbles (in red!) are another clue that this is not going to solidly imitate real life. The way the story progresses does not dwell on exploring the gritty details but rather broad, fairy tale swoops of description.

You -could- make the case that Nadia is the mysterious Kukuburi, so she accepts it more easily than others might.

However, it seems like something in the story (probably before the gate) was jarring to your sense of disbelief. When she walked through that gate, my thought was “Okay, all bets are off. Anything can happen now.” That may have been a tipping point for you.

It only worked for me because the story style remained consistent - even during that transition. I wonder if this is all a dream or she’s actually somewhere else, although it leans toward another place.

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:18:19 +0000

Sense of wonder, perhaps, but still a bit much to swallow. How many people would stumble through a dimensional portal and only experience a brief second of disorientation? That’s what throws me about these comics - your brain would explode at the unreality of it. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far, doesn’t it?

By: Talekyn

Talekyn — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:18:48 +0000

I’m NOT the only one who can’t figure out how to get Spanish squiggles (acute accents? tildes? )and German unlauts onto words! Yay!

By: Delos

Delos — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:59:26 +0000

I just chimed in to mention that it was a good point you made about Ramon’s sense of wonder.

(You grammarian guys can imagine the little squiggle marks in “Ramon,” since I don’t know how you do that.)

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:22:42 +0000

I must have been asleep at the switch. I happen to be a stickler for proper grammar and English, and yet I never noticed it at all.

Although, to be fair, I also never read the cast pages, or anything of the like, so that may explain it, right there!

By: Talekyn

Talekyn — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:15:38 +0000

So you’re saying those of us living in stone houses should not throw glasses … *grin*

I, of course, noticed his punctuation problems because I suffer so badly from my own lack of an editor. That’s why my book has not one, but two editors — one I trust to find all the grammatical and punctuation mistakes, and one to point out the plot holes!

By: Larry Cruz

Larry Cruz — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:40:27 +0000

Oh, Anthony, you grammarian you.

(Um, on an unrelated note, you need to put those little accent thingies on “Ramón Pérez.” Also, some of the “s” are missing after your possessive apostrophe. Especially in the sentence, “On text heavy pages, Perez’ lack of an editor shows.”)

(Muhuhahahahaha….)