Comments on: Deep Sea Synchronicity http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/ I have no idea whether ''The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy'' is a good album, but I might have to buy it just on the basis of its awesome name Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:15:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jose Pluma http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31440 Jose Pluma Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:28:23 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31440 I think that part of the point of Subnormality is the exposition. Look at the subtitle of the header. I think that part of the point of Subnormality is the exposition. Look at the subtitle of the header.

]]> By: The Bad Seed http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31365 The Bad Seed Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:58:24 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31365 Yikes, that much text in that kind of lettering - thick, in all caps, with almost no space between the lines - makes my brain lock up before I even get through the first line. I have the same problem with This Modern World, even though I often think it's great: http://www.salon.com/ent/comics/this_modern_world/2010/01/04/this_modern_world/index.html Yikes, that much text in that kind of lettering - thick, in all caps, with almost no space between the lines - makes my brain lock up before I even get through the first line. I have the same problem with This Modern World, even though I often think it’s great: http://www.salon.com/ent/comics/this_modern_world/2010/01/04/this_modern_world/index.html

]]> By: mitch4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31314 mitch4 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:54:14 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31314 I hadn't thought of myself as particularly anti-long-text until I noticed how often I'm skipping Monty or Tank McNamara when they get even medium-wordy. OTOH I'm no good at all with the no-words comics. I know some people think Lio is the most brilliant thing ever, but I can never follow that one or any other of these "silents" without the effort of explicitly uttering a narration of the action for myself. "Then the boy goes over to the cupboard and is going to open it for a look ..." I can't readily absorb the storyline from visuals alone. I hadn’t thought of myself as particularly anti-long-text until I noticed how often I’m skipping Monty or Tank McNamara when they get even medium-wordy.

OTOH I’m no good at all with the no-words comics. I know some people think Lio is the most brilliant thing ever, but I can never follow that one or any other of these “silents” without the effort of explicitly uttering a narration of the action for myself. “Then the boy goes over to the cupboard and is going to open it for a look …” I can’t readily absorb the storyline from visuals alone.

]]> By: James Schend http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31282 James Schend Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:53:24 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31282 Walls of text is Subnormality's "thing." It's in their header image. The shame is, their less-texty comics are the best. My personal favorite: http://www.viruscomix.com/page470.html Some of the comics with walls of text are worth wading through, and some aren't. The real problem is that there's no way to tell before you've read the walls of text. I do like the Sphinx character, though... Walls of text is Subnormality’s “thing.” It’s in their header image.

The shame is, their less-texty comics are the best. My personal favorite: http://www.viruscomix.com/page470.html

Some of the comics with walls of text are worth wading through, and some aren’t. The real problem is that there’s no way to tell before you’ve read the walls of text. I do like the Sphinx character, though…

]]> By: Christian http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31257 Christian Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:11:35 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31257 Tim: I know this is shameless one-up-manship, but I convinced a friend in high school to write his final paper for our US Government AP class in Vietnamese. He got an A. Tim: I know this is shameless one-up-manship, but I convinced a friend in high school to write his final paper for our US Government AP class in Vietnamese. He got an A.

]]> By: ty http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31255 ty Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:04:55 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31255 Back when I was in the printing business, it was common knowlege that large blocks of text in all-capitals are more difficult to read than upper and lower case. Something about the uniformity of all-caps vs. the variety of upper and lower. Most comics, of course, are in all-caps. Secondly, I recall an article in a fanzine from around 1969 in which the author (might have been Marv Wolfman) concluded that the practice of breaking a characters's monologue into multi-bubble balloons and/or multiple balloons serves the same purpose as breaking coventional text into paragraphs, both in terms of separating ideas, and the practical concern of readability. The block of text in question may be the equivalent of only a quarter page in a book, but it is not the same visually: in a book, it would not be in all-caps, it would likely be more than one paragraph, and it would have margins, ie, "breathing space." Back when I was in the printing business, it was common knowlege that large blocks of text in all-capitals are more difficult to read than upper and lower case. Something about the uniformity of all-caps vs. the variety of upper and lower. Most comics, of course, are in all-caps.
Secondly, I recall an article in a fanzine from around 1969 in which the author (might have been Marv Wolfman) concluded that the practice of breaking a characters’s monologue into multi-bubble balloons and/or multiple balloons serves the same purpose as breaking coventional text into paragraphs, both in terms of separating ideas, and the practical concern of readability.
The block of text in question may be the equivalent of only a quarter page in a book, but it is not the same visually: in a book, it would not be in all-caps, it would likely be more than one paragraph, and it would have margins, ie, “breathing space.”

]]> By: Tim http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31247 Tim Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:08:30 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31247 When I was in high school, I remember writing long essays for short answer questions in health class. The teacher gave them check marks (for acceptable) without wading hip-deep to realize that I had written things like, "But really, does it matter, cosmically, if I eat six servings of vegetables a day or only five? Will that extra serving of vegetables keep the earth from hurtling into the sun?" He never read all that writing. Your brain just skips over that much. When I was in high school, I remember writing long essays for short answer questions in health class. The teacher gave them check marks (for acceptable) without wading hip-deep to realize that I had written things like, “But really, does it matter, cosmically, if I eat six servings of vegetables a day or only five? Will that extra serving of vegetables keep the earth from hurtling into the sun?” He never read all that writing. Your brain just skips over that much.

]]> By: Lord-z http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31246 Lord-z Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:51:36 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31246 Subnormality often uses these Walls of Text. We have been used to seeing people in comics speaking in one or two lines at a time, due to the limited space they got, that it throws us when we are given a monologue, even when it is what would in a book only be about a quarter page long. Rowntree are not bound by any size requirement, so he can do whatever the heck he want. And, mostly, he is pretty good at it. Subnormality often uses these Walls of Text.

We have been used to seeing people in comics speaking in one or two lines at a time, due to the limited space they got, that it throws us when we are given a monologue, even when it is what would in a book only be about a quarter page long. Rowntree are not bound by any size requirement, so he can do whatever the heck he want. And, mostly, he is pretty good at it.

]]> By: Nicole http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31237 Nicole Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:37:50 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31237 Bill -- that makes two of us ... I am running on two hours sleep ... should be a looooong work day Bill — that makes two of us … I am running on two hours sleep … should be a looooong work day

]]> By: Christian http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31230 Christian Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:54:52 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/01/12/deep-sea-synchronicity/#comment-31230 And this one happened just a few days earlier: http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2010/01/07/933-marianas/ And this one happened just a few days earlier:
http://www.thebookofbiff.com/2010/01/07/933-marianas/

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