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“No,” said Frog.
The “cow tools” Far Side comic: a cow stands stoically behind a table, on which an assortment of objects are placed. One of them resembles a saw. There is a barn in the background.
Yes yes yes!!
GARY LARSON’S CHAINSAW MAN
I’m really enjoying it!! Both as an author and as a parent looking for playtime tips, haha.
Book cover: The Grammar of Fantasy by Gianni Rodari, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe, translated from Italian by Jack Zipes. Cover illustration is a colorful, textural depiction of a child in white cloak walking past a giant’s foot; snakes, fish, a rabbit, and dragons lurk nearby. Eerie but friendly at the same time.
Chapter header from The Grammar of Fantasy: 38. The Child Who Reads Comics Illustration of a child hidden behind a large comic book with simplified shapes, eyes, and a mouth for panels.
Excerpt from The Grammar of Fantasy: books, new inventions are often added to the basic sounds, and these, too, must be deciphered. The entire course of the story must be reconstructed in the imagination, combining the signals provided by the captions, dialogue, and onomatopoeia with those given by the drawings and color, so that the many loose threads of the plot can be mentally tied together into a single, continuous thread. And it is the reader who makes sense of everything: the personality of the characters, who are not described, but shown in action; the relationships between them, which result from the plot and its developments; even the action itself, which is revealed to the reader only through jumps and fragments. For a child of six or seven years, comic books seem to me sufficiently demanding work, rich with logical and imaginative operations, regardless of the value and content of the comic book, which is not at issue here. When reading a comic, the imagination of the child does not passively assist; rather, it is urged to take a position, to analyze and synthesize, to classify and decide. There is no room here for absentminded daydreams, not while the mind is engaged in such complex attention and the imagination is called upon to fulfill its most noble functions. To venture to say that up to a certain point, the child's principal interest in comic books is not determined by their content, but is tied directly to the form and substance of the comics themselves, as a means of expression. The child wants to master the technique of the comic strip. That's it. She reads comic books in 238
Continued excerpt from The Grammar of Fantasy. order to learn how to read comic books, to understand their rules and conventions. She enjoys the efforts of her own imagination, more than the adventures of the characters. She plays with her own mind, not with the story. It may well be high-handed to separate things so clearly in this way. But the effort of distinguishing between them is worth it if the distinction helps us not to underestimate the child, and the underlying seriousness and moral engagement that she brings to everything she does. Everything else about comics has already been said, for better or for worse, and I won't bother you by repeating it.
did not expect this chapter! I especially love:
“When reading a comic, the imagination of the child does not passively assist; rather, it is urged to take a position, to analyze and synthesize, to classify and decide.”
(and also the eternal nature of “comics ? for kids ????” discourse lmao)
Another hour and a half talk with unhinged slideshow: complete
H.R. 7661 would harm so many publishers, authors, and readers. Only the smallest sliver of human experience would make it onto shelves. If you think kids deserve the world, you are against this bill - please read this article and call your reps.
Politicians crying that they're just "protecting the children" while doing the exact opposite is nothing new, but if this becomes law it could effectively end the careers of some of you favorite queer creators (including mine!)
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1) whimsy
2) tunes
No I will not stop hoping to see furries from Anthrocon in the Pitt
eccc 2034 artist alley is tablecloths on the sidewalk
it is a MEAL!!!!!
a pombon (the fire Pomeranian pokemon) drives along in a fisher price car
these naturally spawn around poms
Oh hey, thank you so much!!! And also, peeking at your profile made me miss Ann Arbor. u_u Please high five a librarian for me.
nah, a Nazi killed Twitter
EXCELLENT
sold
i attack THE MOON
oh !! you are tempting me with a good time !!!
the kid would have been great on a support team!!
all i’m saying is, PLEASE do your best not to push sonic the hedgehog fanart out of MY feed with UNVERIFIED YELLING. we have ENOUGH to yell about
“BREAKING” does not make it news. “MORE ON MY SUBSTACK” does not make it true. just because someone you trust shared it doesn’t make it true. we all make mistakes