tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post6674725581285439046..comments2024-03-09T04:06:47.712-05:00Comments on Abstract Comics: The Blog: AsdrrgfiggeeepAndrei Molotiuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17400106944822618816noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-46438274445644884752020-05-05T02:28:15.056-04:002020-05-05T02:28:15.056-04:00Ooh, interesting post. The context does certainly ...Ooh, interesting post. The context does certainly matter, doesn't it? Most often I view abstract comics impressionistically at first, just looking at the page as a whole. After a few of these, then I look at them sequentially. However, if there is text, I read that, then take a visual pass, then later on, see it as a whole. Same with regular comics, too. Sometimes a comic is just looked at as a whole, so as to feel it, but avoid understanding it, because that can spur the imagination the most.sdahgsfdgh3frgha3wffhjdvbjs4uhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540218726547765355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-84314832406304094102009-04-09T14:49:00.000-04:002009-04-09T14:49:00.000-04:00Thanks, Troy! Actually, I must admit, I've been i...Thanks, Troy! Actually, I must admit, I've been interested in sound poetry for a while too--I haven't done it in a while, but I used to perform a pretty mean "Ursonate." Maybe I can be convinced to perform it at SPX or MoCCA someday...<BR/><BR/>Geoff--that's a really interesting question that bears more investigating, but for now let me just say that I'd have a hard time seeing a Rauschenberg print as a comic; not only the context is different, but it does not have any of the signifiers that would lead me to read it sequentially, whether in a traditional reading direction or not.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, we should keep in mind Jason Overby's comment, to JTM's post, about whether "sequence" is absolutely necessary for reading comics... I will try to address it in a future post. I really like his emphasis on the "plasticity" of the comics page.Andrei Molotiuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400106944822618816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-6943787255497603842009-04-09T11:01:00.000-04:002009-04-09T11:01:00.000-04:00I don't know what "asdrrgfiggeeep" means but I do ...I don't know what "asdrrgfiggeeep" means <BR/>but I do know that "eep opp ork ah ah" means "I love you"<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQXvfSJ2XOM<BR/><BR/>(check out the abstract-comic-guitar-solo!)Mike Getsivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473483211708315485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-75732971691824367702009-04-09T10:04:00.000-04:002009-04-09T10:04:00.000-04:00Hugo Ball by Marie Osmond? I'll never be the same....Hugo Ball by Marie Osmond? I'll never be the same.<BR/><BR/>Nice essay Andrei! context is indeed everything--<BR/>the question comes to mind-must the sequencing of images follow a pre-determined pattern in order to function as comics, or may there be a more random interplay among them that illicits meaning? I think of a Rauschenberg print for example--Were I to see it as a comics page I may very well try to read it in a specific sequence, but find that impulse overridden by the desire to move freely from image to image. The free interplay of images may culminate in meaning that is just as significant but perhaps more malleable.Geoff Groganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652208873710211714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-17117247986748802502009-04-09T09:34:00.000-04:002009-04-09T09:34:00.000-04:00wow!maybe the germination of "Understanding Abstra...wow!<BR/><BR/>maybe the germination of "Understanding Abstract Comics", or better yet: "Not Understanding Abstract Comics, But Loving Them Anyway Because My Eyes Don't Lie"<BR/><BR/>= )<BR/><BR/>nice liddle write-up Andrei.<BR/><BR/>i first read <BR/><B>"Brddroompptt jkvazeentup<BR/>quaqua sprrtzz popo<BR/>jkktvzdn prpp tsff<BR/>grd grdd grdddd dd"</B><BR/><BR/>as a Kirbyian sound poem,<BR/>almost a plaintext version of<BR/>Gustave Morin's<BR/> <A HREF="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=182406" REL="nofollow">toon tune</A> <BR/><BR/>sound poetry does indeed have quite a long history, here's a short write-up:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.wendtroot.com/spoetry/ng6.html" REL="nofollow">s o u n d p o e t r y</A> <BR/><BR/>& here's an oddly enjoyable performance:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVpjIJ8a9cA" REL="nofollow">Hugo Ball's "Karawane" performed by Marie Osmond</A> <BR/><BR/>is there any such thing as <I>non</I>sense?troylloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706450196335510065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899946063697780510.post-10254145329820106802009-04-09T09:31:00.000-04:002009-04-09T09:31:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.troylloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706450196335510065noreply@blogger.com