tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post6043075815558926284..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: A big Spread-8Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-38629335743327965112011-08-09T01:35:58.754-05:002011-08-09T01:35:58.754-05:00To Michael G (presumably not related to Colman G)-...To Michael G (presumably not related to Colman G)- never thought about the structural similarity before, but was always mystified that readers thought Bacchus just kind of peters out, given that the very thing Joe Theseus wanted and Bacchus didn't want, from the opening pages of volume 1, comes to pass, but not quite as either could have predicted. I didn't have long term intentions, but if you deal with your narrative material honestly stories tend to drive themselves toward their own logical conclusions.<br /><br />As for the other argument, that's gone over my head.<br /><br />Matthew- Cul de sac, one of a handful of newspaper strips still worth looking at, and a beautiful piece of work..Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-66375419009155855282011-08-08T22:31:26.593-05:002011-08-08T22:31:26.593-05:00Ahhh, come on, Ray. You know what he meant. The co...Ahhh, come on, Ray. You know what he meant. The context for the interview question is the American comic book industry. In that context, Sim's reply—and Eddie's thesis—is pretty straightforward.<br /><br />There's a difference between <i>The Return of Stephen Dedalus</i> (as you put it) and <i>The Return of Sherlock Holmes</i>. Your fudging of that difference is witty, but also kind of obtuse.Colman Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174910138525249252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-90601558045367292942011-08-06T11:01:52.557-05:002011-08-06T11:01:52.557-05:00... or Rabbit Redux, or "More Chronicles of B...... or <i>Rabbit Redux</i>, or "More Chronicles of Barsetshire," or "The Return of Stephen Dedalus," or "Henry V"....<br /><br />But yeah, arguably only two of those were intended as "literary."Ray Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998321016748928251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-91842433062859162562011-08-06T10:03:01.107-05:002011-08-06T10:03:01.107-05:00Eddie, I'm curious about the structural simila...Eddie, I'm curious about the structural similarity between Cerebus and Bacchus. Did you set out with likewise intentions for and do you consider the end results comparable?Michael G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-53610543655774636372011-08-06T01:59:13.259-05:002011-08-06T01:59:13.259-05:00Hello Eddie,
"closed form" is a very go...Hello Eddie,<br /><br />"closed form" is a very good way to refer at the inception of the work. Like you well said about Sim, his intention for Cerebus was doing these 6000 pages from the start, a closed thing.<br /><br />It reminds me of a long forgotten project that I had, my first intent of a proper novel instead of short stories (I started it around...1999?). Right from the start I thought of it as a book with chapters. <br /><br />(I ended up scrapping the thing after a last rewrite. It wasn't a story I did want to tell anymore)<br /><br />I'm writing from work, so please excuse how broken this seems...<br /><br />Take care!<br /><br />--LLoris Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16544262790387912834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-31897965033186003322011-08-05T22:45:14.429-05:002011-08-05T22:45:14.429-05:00Completely off-topic: Eddie, have read any of Rich...Completely off-topic: Eddie, have read any of Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac? It's worth checking out.<br /><br />Back on topic: I think the closed form is a pretty useful description. And of course it is glaringly obvious.<br /><br />And it still allows for graphic novels to be printed in three, or ten, or however many parts.Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.com