tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457411005352662997.post7361410628687529977..comments2023-06-03T07:55:31.975-04:00Comments on The Subway Rambler (Online): The Beginning of the End of the WorldDave Koppermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292071349686573917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457411005352662997.post-34879238908246625292007-05-22T23:10:00.000-04:002007-05-22T23:10:00.000-04:00John: Your advice is good (although I'd disagree w...John: Your advice is good (although I'd disagree with your negative assessment of Scaredy Cat, where I thought the art was excellent), but a point of "Sister" wasn't the story (although that was good, I thought), but the realization of the accumulated anxieties of the central character, coupled with my thoughts on contemporary America. Circa 1994, of course. If I cut it down too much, the a lot of what I liked about it would have to be cut. Sadly, Sister either has to be 600 pages or none at all.<BR/><BR/>Also: yeah, the dialogue, to put it bluntly, sucked. More on that in this new blog.<BR/><BR/>Leah:<BR/>Since the story was about the characters - who we were then - I think it would have to take place 'back in the day.' And I like the fact that enough time has passed that a story set in the mid-1990's would be a period piece...Dave Koppermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292071349686573917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457411005352662997.post-28098592923504533792007-05-22T19:57:00.000-04:002007-05-22T19:57:00.000-04:00seeing as how i'm the sister in question here, i'm...seeing as how i'm the sister in question here, i'm compelled to comment.<BR/><BR/>i've always been sad you left this off. i've always wondered what would happen next, and sometimes take out and re-read my copy.<BR/><BR/>but, how you ever even got as much done as you did is a mystery. all that inking. that is some serious work.<BR/><BR/>if you take john's suggestion and start up with this again, will the world have ended while we were in our early 20s, or will we suddenly have morphed into the middle-aged homeowners we are today?leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629565184313301043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457411005352662997.post-81128943491346461382007-05-22T09:58:00.000-04:002007-05-22T09:58:00.000-04:00These pages look really good. Better than I rememb...These pages look really good. Better than I remembered. I'll say it again: This art is superior to 85-90% of the crap filling up the shelves at Forbidden Planet. The writing, too (I'll assume the Jordy Verrill meteorite dialogue was intended in a fun, B-movie way; anyway I liked it). I think you should pick up right where you left off, not redraw anything (the art is really strong and polished, unlike Scaredy Cat), and maybe try paring the story down to it's bare essentials (132 pages, or somethin'?).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411375926696127093noreply@blogger.com