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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 28 Aug 2019
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    My general attitude towards comics is "I'll wait for the movie/TV show". I guess I miss out on a lot of good stuff that never makes it that far or is unsuitable for it. But damn, modern comics are WORK. Like trying to run multicore nonlinear out-of-order assembly in my head.

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      2. Zed Burnett‏ @chophshiy 28 Aug 2019
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        It takes a lot more generative work, similar to reading regular books. Listen for those little blips where your brain tries to run off into a tangent of scene, plot, etc. and let it run.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 28 Aug 2019
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        I think it's harder than regular text-only books because there's more layers of meaning encoded

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      2. Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D.‏ @refuturing 28 Aug 2019
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        Have you read Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics? I find that helps with a lot of folks who find parsing the page flow to be difficult/unenjoyable.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 28 Aug 2019
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        Yep, all 3 volumes. Plus a bunch of other such stuff. It's simply a question of practice. I read a bunch of simpler comics as a kid of course, but have only had time to indulge very little as an adult in the more modern stuff.

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      1. rif‏ @derifatives 28 Aug 2019
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        Speaking of which, the very last issue of Wicked and Divine is coming out next week. Strongly recommend to you and @sarahdoingthing...

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      2. The Nightjar‏ @LapsusLima 28 Aug 2019
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        I’m very picky when it comes to comedy, and consider it art. Perhaps precisely on account of this, I’ve never recommitted to a comedian since the loss of Greg Giraldo.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 28 Aug 2019
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        Sorry, miscommunication. I mean comicbooks/graphic novels, not comedy/stand-up

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      1. Richard5832‏ @richard5832 28 Aug 2019
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        At a certain age, I began to reject any story that required me to remember a lot of names. It's a sound rule.

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      1. hewhocutsdown‏ @hewhocutsdown 28 Aug 2019
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        Seems perfect research fodder for your book project. That said, watch (and don't read) The Boys.

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      1. MetaJess‏ @ssica3003 30 Aug 2019
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        Tis a dense medium

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