It's taking everything in my power to resist doing a twitter essay on Chester Brown, footnotes, & textuality in comics.
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@HeerJeet@snubpollard Phoebe Gloeckner? Lynda Barry? -
@dylanhorrocks@snubpollard A little bit different since they are writing fiction in prose, not explication.
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@HeerJeet@snubpollard Hmm. I want to write a long response to this, but y'know... Twitter...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Short version: many of my favourite comics could be seen as having elements of outsider art. Obsessiveness, deep idiosyncrasy...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet You can see this as a sign of "losing your marbles," "mental illness," "being on the spectrum" or whatever...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet ...or you can dig into it, explore the weird individual mental landscapes being revealed & constructed & see what you find.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet For me, it's partly a matter of openness: to unusual, difficult, even flawed aesthetics & also to non-neurotypical perspectives. -
@dylanhorrocks Have you read Jesse Reklaw's recent stuff? - Show replies
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@HeerJeet So, an interesting, unusual artist who pursues their particular intellectual obsessions beyond most readers' comfort zone...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet ...is not something I'm comfortable dismissing as "losing their marbles."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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