tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post7109143730020698705..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-51008950233513617732009-04-05T08:58:00.000-05:002009-04-05T08:58:00.000-05:00Ed,Send Rankin a signed copy of How To Be An Artis...Ed,<BR/><BR/>Send Rankin a signed copy of How To Be An Artist. That should tell him all he needs to know about becoming a "graphic novelist." ;)<BR/><BR/>WayneWayne Beamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-4367586828285456462009-04-03T07:06:00.000-05:002009-04-03T07:06:00.000-05:00I feel ill.I feel ill.Matt @ Exquisite Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17000457595096727242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-63565258642770572432009-04-03T03:47:00.000-05:002009-04-03T03:47:00.000-05:00You probably don't have time for this (especially ...You probably don't have time for this (especially as the writer bigs up Understanding Comics) but this is in today's Daily telegraph:<BR/><BR/>How Comic Books became part of the literary establishment:<BR/><BR/>If you think you’re not the sort of person who reads comics, you will a) be heartily sick by now of words like “graphic novel” and “Watchmen” and b) be feeling, perhaps, a bit left out. <BR/><BR/>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/5094231/How-Comic-Books-became-part-of-the-literary-establishment.html<BR/><BR/>Ben SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-83285568351994207012009-04-02T01:00:00.000-05:002009-04-02T01:00:00.000-05:00"well of course. You have a sense of humour i pres..."well of course. You have a sense of humour i presume. How often is a writer so insensible to decorum as to opine that the film versions of other writers works are superior to the books. That's spoiling for a fight, no?"<BR/><BR/>Point taken regarding Rankin saying he liked movie version of From Hell better because comic version is 'very hard to follow'.<BR/><BR/>That does make him come across as rather dim.<BR/><BR/>But there is no accounting for taste. And this is a bit about taste and cultural sensibilities. <BR/><BR/>He seems to have pissed on peoples' sensibilities by his cavalier and/or naive attitude towards the medium more than anything. <BR/><BR/>Basically the man has not paid his dues is what I'm getting. <BR/><BR/>Fair enough.<BR/><BR/>"It is in fact perfectly acceptable to mock somebody for the the things he says in an interview. I myself go into hiding when I say something stupid in an interview, and I deserve everything that comes to me."<BR/><BR/>We can't all have big brassy ones now can we Eddie?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066002056854677382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-3925022157717234722009-04-01T14:45:00.000-05:002009-04-01T14:45:00.000-05:00it's just you.It is in fact perfectly acceptable t...it's just you.<BR/><BR/>It is in fact perfectly acceptable to mock somebody for the the things he says in an interview. I myself go into hiding when I say something stupid in an interview, and I deserve everything that comes to me.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-85270134536820568952009-04-01T11:32:00.000-05:002009-04-01T11:32:00.000-05:00Is it just me or does it seem a little odd to damn...Is it just me or does it seem a little odd to damn a writer without actually having read anything by him? Who cares if he gets inspiration from From Hell or LoEG movies? Great for him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-53596401660723456102009-04-01T09:10:00.000-05:002009-04-01T09:10:00.000-05:00i always get a kick out of it when Don Murphy pops...i always get a kick out of it when Don Murphy pops up to defend one of these movies.<BR/><BR/><BR/>goddardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-11522119621310516852009-04-01T07:44:00.000-05:002009-04-01T07:44:00.000-05:00I was referring more to Rebus' opinion that people...<I> I was referring more to Rebus' opinion that people who prefer single malt scotch to blended must be poseurs </I><BR/><BR/>Actually, they are not poseurs. Just wusses :)<BR/><BR/><I> and his descriptions of the seamier side of Edinburgh as though it was the crotch of Hell. </I><BR/><BR/>Having seen the movie version of Ian Rankin's FROM THE CROTCH OF HELL, I must say that I prefer it to both the book version, which has to be read letter by letter while the actual plot happens in the white space between words, and the real life version of the seamier side of Edinburgh, which are pretty much non-existent today (when I visit friends) as they were non-existent 12 ago when I lived there. It's been a long time since TRAINSPOTTING was an even somewhat accurate description of parts of Edinburgh.Thomas R. Harthttp://gomanga.com/manga/ittakesawizard.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-18735701402034508692009-04-01T00:34:00.000-05:002009-04-01T00:34:00.000-05:00arf!arf!Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-44691662172297116082009-04-01T00:29:00.000-05:002009-04-01T00:29:00.000-05:00Whenever I read From Hell, all I can imagine that ...Whenever I read From Hell, all I can imagine that is happening in the gutters between the panels is Eddie campbell lying in them after an all night bender, and muttering "Right, on to the next bloody panel of this bloody monster! Ten bloody years of jack the bloody ripper" I always imagine you saying bloody a lot.Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-64036872954067267012009-03-31T18:11:00.000-05:002009-03-31T18:11:00.000-05:00and anyone who thinks you can learn to write comic...and anyone who thinks you can learn to write comics from Scott mcCloud's Understanding Comics needs to be seriously mocked.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-33345630737078621402009-03-31T17:32:00.000-05:002009-03-31T17:32:00.000-05:00"Thoughts to Bill/Eddie on dismal view of humanity..."Thoughts to Bill/Eddie on dismal view of humanity:<BR/>But isn't anyone is capable of murder given the right circumstances?"<BR/><BR/>I was referring more to Rebus' opinion that people who prefer single malt scotch to blended must be poseurs, and his descriptions of the seamier side of Edinburghj as though it was the crotch of Hell.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"I respect you Eddie and I think this post tastes a bit of sour grapes."<BR/><BR/>well of course. You have a sense of humour i presume. How often is a writer so insensible to decorum as to opine that the film versions of other writers works are superior to the books. That's spoiling for a fight, no?Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-50293940608985185812009-03-31T17:17:00.000-05:002009-03-31T17:17:00.000-05:00**their startCoffee had not quite kicked in yet.**their start<BR/><BR/>Coffee had not quite kicked in yet.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066002056854677382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-66413337178565471862009-03-31T17:15:00.000-05:002009-03-31T17:15:00.000-05:00Thoughts to Bill/Eddie on dismal view of humanity:...Thoughts to Bill/Eddie on dismal view of humanity:<BR/><BR/>But isn't anyone is capable of murder given the right circumstances?<BR/><BR/>Social psychologists like Zimbardo and Milgram pretty much proved that you can take "good" or "ordinary" people and put them in a "bad" situation where they take on certain roles that can enable them to do evil.<BR/><BR/>I think the fact that mass murder is carried out by thousands (Khmer Rouge, Nazi Germany, Stalin's regime) also proves that it is not just psychopaths and sadists that are capable of killing.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, there is also evidence that there is an inherent resistance to killing such as very large numbers of men not firing their guns in the American Civil war and WWI and WWII. Until certain training regimes are instituted in the military you see fire rates as low as 25% or less (See Dave Grossman).<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, that aside.<BR/><BR/>I respect you Eddie and I think this post tastes a bit of sour grapes.<BR/><BR/>I don't know Ian Rankin's work well enough to comment if it is good, bad or whatever. I doubt I'll be buying the 200 page thing. But I do know that everyone gets there start somewhere, it just happens to be that this bloke has not dedicated himself to comics to begin with.<BR/><BR/>One thing that bothers me is Vertigo-DC assumes that crime readers might cross over into comics purely on the basis of an author's name. Trading on name alone and if the comic is crap may actually put off more than it drags in.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066002056854677382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-51261732886403804592009-03-31T10:32:00.000-05:002009-03-31T10:32:00.000-05:00Lots of people love the League movie. I understan...Lots of people love the League movie. I understand it plays on the UK regularly. I rather think it makes Mr Rankin sound smart.Don Murphyhttp://www.donmurphy.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-2062733238888051592009-03-31T06:31:00.000-05:002009-03-31T06:31:00.000-05:00Fnarr!In a side note, my word verification says 'D...Fnarr!<BR/><BR/>In a side note, my word verification says 'DOURGIT'.Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-74736295843221550192009-03-31T04:47:00.000-05:002009-03-31T04:47:00.000-05:00just realised his book is called "Dark Entries", i...just realised his book is called "Dark Entries", isn't that the title of a nubian porno?dudsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-78807012185824073202009-03-31T04:43:00.000-05:002009-03-31T04:43:00.000-05:00And this is the profession that "comic book" creat...And this is the profession that "comic book" creaters aspire to for legitimacy.<BR/><BR/>He avoiding the big topic of what he though of Doctor Manhattan's blue light saber though I hope.dudsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-92000577837664903072009-03-30T09:35:00.000-05:002009-03-30T09:35:00.000-05:00With any luck he'll fall through the space between...<I> With any luck he'll fall through the space between the panels and we'll be spared. </I><BR/><BR/>BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!<BR/><BR/>(to quote Keith Giffen)Thomas R. Harthttp://gomanga.com/manga/ittakesawizard.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-60957713781971822722009-03-30T05:32:00.000-05:002009-03-30T05:32:00.000-05:00Oh yes, I forgot to mention the book-tossing. I d...Oh yes, I forgot to mention the book-tossing. I don't think he's a complete pillock though, he makes interesting enough documentaries. <BR/><BR/>Hayley, I shall make no more suggestions as to what you do with your tape.<BR/><BR/>Ben SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-69816364423449591222009-03-30T01:50:00.000-05:002009-03-30T01:50:00.000-05:00Maybe we should give him a "how to draw manga" boo...Maybe we should give him a "how to draw manga" book.Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-25126383245647277812009-03-29T18:32:00.000-05:002009-03-29T18:32:00.000-05:00With any luck he'll fall through the space between...<I>With any luck he'll fall through the space between the panels and we'll be spared.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, and thanks very much.Andrew Hawthornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041600780524955205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-44074014248835220642009-03-29T17:37:00.000-05:002009-03-29T17:37:00.000-05:00Jean-Paul,Early morning here. I phoned my pal D Wh...Jean-Paul,<BR/>Early morning here. I phoned my pal D White to find out what he's blathering about. It's an innocuous reference to Dave Sim's Cerebus and he didn't notice the French translator of my Alec books was the previous poster.<BR/>EddieEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-43946368590824624162009-03-29T17:08:00.000-05:002009-03-29T17:08:00.000-05:00Ben, meet Hayley.Ben, meet Hayley.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-83900331854097685402009-03-29T14:54:00.000-05:002009-03-29T14:54:00.000-05:00I ain't wasting tape on some pillock who throws bo...I ain't wasting tape on some pillock who throws books.Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.com