<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post116662262992162256..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116682853849944969</id><published>2006-12-22T18:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T18:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My friend Rick Burkhardt asked me to post this exe...</title><summary type='text'>My friend Rick Burkhardt asked me to post this exegetical response:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As a kid I read the Tintin books.  &quot;The Castafiore Emerald,&quot; it now seems to me, shares a lot of the positive qualities of a film like, say, &quot;Arsenic and Old Lace.&quot;  In general, there&#39;s a George Kaufman-like ethic to the work (though I suppose the portrayals of Native Americans in &quot;Tintin in America&quot; and Asians in &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116682853849944969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116682853849944969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166828520000#c116682853849944969' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116681245848628695</id><published>2006-12-22T13:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T13:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jenny Vroon:  I&#39;m always amused when people make s...</title><summary type='text'>Jenny Vroon:  I&#39;m always amused when people make sweeping statements like &quot;this post is exemplary of the worst aspects of blogging (not that it has any good aspects&quot;.  The internet is still in its infancy.  No one has determined, or defined, what the limits of applicability are with respect to personel websites.  Anyone is free to publish what they like, as long as it doesn&#39;t violate any laws.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116681245848628695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116681245848628695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166812440000#c116681245848628695' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116675993412194125</id><published>2006-12-21T22:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T22:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You know, having re-read this post &amp; some of the c...</title><summary type='text'>You know, having re-read this post &amp; some of the comments, I have to say: this post is exemplary of the worst aspects of blogging (not that it has any good aspects). I mean, come on. Maybe tomorrow you can write about hip-hop or something without doing the smallest amount of research. What a maroon!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116675993412194125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116675993412194125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166759880000#c116675993412194125' title=''/><author><name>Jenny Vroon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17499407317366551697</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835167991"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 21, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116675887785151716</id><published>2006-12-21T22:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T22:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>John, Your point #3 makes sense to me (though expl...</title><summary type='text'>John, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your point #3 makes sense to me (though exploring less familiar territory seems good, even--or especially--in a critical way). &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have a hard time seeing &lt;I&gt;Watchmen&lt;/I&gt; as a critique, though. Doesn&#39;t Rorschach, a right-wing paranoid figure, come off as heroic in his isolated opposition to the murderous idealism of Ozymandias? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Admittedly, it&#39;s been many years </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116675887785151716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116675887785151716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166758860000#c116675887785151716' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 21, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116672513332135624</id><published>2006-12-21T13:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T13:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>what did one of your sons say?</title><summary type='text'>what did one of your sons say?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116672513332135624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116672513332135624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166725080000#c116672513332135624' title=''/><author><name>w.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01330509508149332419</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-534740713"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 21, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116672288436129738</id><published>2006-12-21T12:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T12:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, Ron&#39;s got himself a good education today. I&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>Well, Ron&#39;s got himself a good education today. I&#39;d also note that &#39;The Watchmen&#39; is still listed on IMDB as being in &#39;pre-production,&#39; as it has been since before this here Interwub made so much of Alan Moore&#39;s personal life and philosophies so very public. Despite the new popularity of the comic-book-to-film genre, I&#39;m not holding my breath for a 2008 release.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116672288436129738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116672288436129738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166722860000#c116672288436129738' title=''/><author><name>Jonathan Penton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03435085342329552583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-377885355"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 21, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116671937506936076</id><published>2006-12-21T11:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T11:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This post is really blogging at its worst--and ver...</title><summary type='text'>This post is really blogging at its worst--and very revealing of a high cultural mindset that still sees itself as alternative but lords over genuinely low disciplines with no sense of context, discourse-specific aesthetics, or empathy. However, a lot of people here have said what I would want to say, though more politely. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(1) Watchmen was revolutionary--much more revolutionary in its </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116671937506936076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116671937506936076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166719320000#c116671937506936076' title=''/><author><name>john_smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01581596457267664006</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1612147960"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 21, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116667556725223384</id><published>2006-12-20T23:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T23:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moore did in fact transform American comics, even ...</title><summary type='text'>Moore did in fact transform American comics, even though he did so while being British and living in Britain. And Slate is an American magazine.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love Understanding Comics (and its two sequels, Reinventing Comics and Making Comics). They might seem a bit, er, New Critical for you.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Among the graphic novels I like a lot, the one most likely to interest Ron Silliman is perhaps </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116667556725223384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116667556725223384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166675520000#c116667556725223384' title=''/><author><name>Jessie &amp; Steve</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01557650827745221683</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589289318"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116667250895256605</id><published>2006-12-20T22:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T22:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Alan has often said that Watchmen should not be ma...</title><summary type='text'>Alan has often said that Watchmen should not be made into a film, because it was unfilmable: part of what makes a comic different, he holds, is the fact that one can flip back and forth in a comic, linger on a page, see the page design as a whole, images side by side, etc. It&#39;s not just a linear process like film watching. The 1st panel is still on the page when you read the last panel of a page,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116667250895256605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116667250895256605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166672460000#c116667250895256605' title=''/><author><name>bourgeoizine</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02261187906009217684</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-981207680"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116666039344379639</id><published>2006-12-20T19:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T19:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>re recent Graphic Novels, I highly recommend Ander...</title><summary type='text'>re recent Graphic Novels, I highly recommend Anders Nilsen&#39;s Don&#39;t Go Where I Can&#39;t Follow.....&quot;a collection of letters, photographs and drawings compiled in memory of his fiancee, Cheryl Weaver, who died of cancer in November 2005.&quot;  ....very moving, brought tears to my eyes.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116666039344379639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116666039344379639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166660340000#c116666039344379639' title=''/><author><name>Ray Craig</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16580341847210997153</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1390654880"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116665742101578530</id><published>2006-12-20T18:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T18:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Have you heard of Google, Ron? Sheesh. Yes, Moore ...</title><summary type='text'>Have you heard of Google, Ron? Sheesh. Yes, Moore asked to have his name removed from the credits of V for Vendetta, &amp; regularly distributes his income from the films to the artists who worked on the comics. As for &quot;how much does the writer actually write,&quot; again, Google exists. So do probably thousands of books about writing comics.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116665742101578530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116665742101578530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166657400000#c116665742101578530' title=''/><author><name>Jenny Vroon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17499407317366551697</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835167991"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116665040583555296</id><published>2006-12-20T16:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T16:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where, precisely, is the writing in a screenplay o...</title><summary type='text'>Where, precisely, is the writing in a screenplay or a theatrical play? At least in a comic no &quot;actor&quot; gets to adlib.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116665040583555296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116665040583555296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166650380000#c116665040583555296' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14661806559842869136</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1812046502"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116664733331375873</id><published>2006-12-20T15:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T15:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>id love to see jimmy corrigan on the big screen .....</title><summary type='text'>id love to see jimmy corrigan on the big screen .. but not an acting human version .. hmm but as i write this i think wd like that too - what wd be nice wd be a blend of animation &amp; humans .. imagine an amimated maus cut with footage of real cats &amp; mice! when i first started reading graphic novels i was amazed at the quality of what i was just pulling of shelves - i didnt have a list or anything </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116664733331375873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116664733331375873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166647320000#c116664733331375873' title=''/><author><name>michaelf</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03896092358881060164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107943565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116664206469566453</id><published>2006-12-20T14:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T14:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I won&#39;t touch all of the silliness present in this...</title><summary type='text'>I won&#39;t touch all of the silliness present in this post, but to say that one of Moore&#39;s &quot;innovations&quot; was to make comics &lt;I&gt;less&lt;/I&gt; writerly and more visual (even cinematic). This began with &lt;I&gt;V for Vendetta&lt;/I&gt;, where he abolished thought balloons. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s amusing to see your unease at Moore&#39;s negative capability, Ron.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116664206469566453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116664206469566453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166642400000#c116664206469566453' title=''/><author><name>Josh_Hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04072181113771913036</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/79/244821860_f96b9d7e60_t.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-385522224"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116664050573442796</id><published>2006-12-20T13:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T13:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I read a bunch of stuff about Moore about a year a...</title><summary type='text'>I read a bunch of stuff about Moore about a year ago, and got excited to see his &lt;I&gt;Lost Girls&lt;/I&gt; when it came out.   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I saw it last month in a bookshop.  It struck me as visually very primitive.  Ugly even.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Winsor McCay&#39;s &lt;I&gt;Little Nemo&lt;/I&gt;, from 100 years ago, or in the sumptuous full-size reprint of selected Sunday pages published within the last year or so, is the height </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116664050573442796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116664050573442796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166640480000#c116664050573442796' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116663995901193659</id><published>2006-12-20T13:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T13:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Alan Moore did not see the adaptation to V for Ven...</title><summary type='text'>Alan Moore did not see the adaptation to &lt;I&gt;V for Vendetta&lt;/I&gt;. He rarely watches those movies (see various interviews on the comic book websites Newsarama and Comic Book Resources). After the awful work done on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Moore just decided he did not want to be associated with Hollywood.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And the graphic novel tradition in America did not start with Alan Moore, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663995901193659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663995901193659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166639940000#c116663995901193659' title=''/><author><name>François</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06559138766982217784</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/360749881_43aef0cb9e_b.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1777839896"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116663988718077357</id><published>2006-12-20T13:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T13:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, Watchmen was preceded, just slightly, by...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, &lt;I&gt;Watchmen&lt;/I&gt; was preceded, just slightly, by &lt;I&gt;Batman: The Dark Knight Returns&lt;/I&gt;, which often gets credit as the first &quot;serious&quot; graphic novel. But the seriousness is of the same order in both; Luther&#39;s description of the latest Moore effort mostly sums it up. Dark, pop-Freudian undercurrents connected with childhood sexual trauma; fear of barely repressed homosexual desire; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663988718077357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663988718077357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166639880000#c116663988718077357' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116663676073960157</id><published>2006-12-20T12:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T12:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>re: &quot;In a sidebar to its 2003 profile, “How Alan M...</title><summary type='text'>re: &quot;In a sidebar to its 2003 profile, “How Alan Moore Transformed American Comics,” Slate (ignoring the obvious detail that Moore is not American, but British)&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Actually, Ron, Slate&#39;s profile is subtitled, &quot;The lazy British genius who transformed American comics.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;plrlohb</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663676073960157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663676073960157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166636760000#c116663676073960157' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116663622900415360</id><published>2006-12-20T12:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T12:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;To what degree are graphic novels storyboards for...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;To what degree are graphic novels storyboards for film projects, and to what degree not? And where, precisely, is the writing?&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Moore himself would probably say that graphic novels are no more &quot;storyboards&quot; for films than traditional, literary novels like &quot;Underworld&quot; and &quot;Moby Dick&quot; are: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA604654.html?pubdate=5%2F30%2F2005&amp;display=</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663622900415360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663622900415360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166636220000#c116663622900415360' title=''/><author><name>Rocco DiStreitlmahn</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05401952796335386301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-522616634"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116663606885885286</id><published>2006-12-20T12:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T12:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&#39;won a Hugo. . . . fodder.&#39;I dunno now, Ron. . . ....</title><summary type='text'>&#39;won a Hugo. . . . fodder.&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I dunno now, Ron. . . .</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663606885885286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663606885885286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166636040000#c116663606885885286' title=''/><author><name>Kevin Doran</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08640770705948611352</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-405491431"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116663170222948968</id><published>2006-12-20T11:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T11:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Re the credits for V: Rumor had it that Moore aske...</title><summary type='text'>Re the credits for &lt;I&gt;V&lt;/I&gt;: Rumor had it that Moore asked for his name to be taken off the creds because he didn&#39;t like the film.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In general: I don&#39;t think Moore and Gibbons thought of &lt;I&gt;Watchmen&lt;/I&gt; as the basis for a movie while they were doing it. Some more recent graphic novels have probably been produced with that in mind, but in the mid-80&#39;s that term hadn&#39;t even been invented-- </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663170222948968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663170222948968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166631660000#c116663170222948968' title=''/><author><name>Tiel Aisha Ansari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659844337"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116663075572790841</id><published>2006-12-20T11:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T11:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron:Moore asked for his name not to appear on the ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Moore asked for his name not to appear on the film credits of *V for Vendetta* -- he also asked for his royalties to go to the illustrator.  He doesn&#39;t like what Hollywood does to his work, and he doesn&#39;t own the rights to stop it from being made into film (much of his earlier work is under contract with the Big Comics Industry).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also: comics writers are usually very </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663075572790841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116663075572790841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166630700000#c116663075572790841' title=''/><author><name>Luther Blissett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13609172891362697253</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-699303289"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662791107717228</id><published>2006-12-20T10:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T10:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Graphic novels have been going in exciting and mor...</title><summary type='text'>Graphic novels have been going in exciting and more novelistic directions in the last ten years or so. The action-packed superhero comic books may be a feeder source for Hollywood, but, perhaps since Crumb, Comic Books have been opened up in terms of exploring new subject matter. Focusing on the tradition of superhero comics and ignoring these innovations is like a history of 20c Poetry centered </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116662791107717228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116662791107717228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166627880000#c116662791107717228' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662468328163288</id><published>2006-12-20T09:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-20T09:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>An excellent source of information about the tradi...</title><summary type='text'>An excellent source of information about the tradition behind graphic novels is the &quot;Understanding Comics&quot; series by Scott McCloud. That&#39;s a good place to start answering &quot;is it any good&quot; questions about stories told in pictures.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116662468328163288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116662262992162256/comments/default/116662468328163288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html?showComment=1166624640000#c116662468328163288' title=''/><author><name>Dale</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13842990542856986110</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/perhaps-this-is-question-for-gary.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116662262992162256' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116662262992162256' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1413089634"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2006"/></entry></feed>