tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post3483822988203477497..comments2024-03-26T02:50:03.855-07:00Comments on High-Low: Minicomics Round-Up: Gfrorer, Neely, Huizenga, Jackson, Jay, Platt, Beyer, WiedemanRob Cloughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671203398083374216noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-49779019056396981732009-08-26T13:38:34.335-07:002009-08-26T13:38:34.335-07:00Rob, good point about Gilliam, that's a great ...Rob, good point about Gilliam, that's a great comparison. "Green Tea" is great as well, though in that case I'm not familiar with the original story, so I can't comment on that aspect. Huizenga is interesting to me whatever he's doing, and I'm really curious to see where he goes with this; I hope it does wind up being his first longform story.<br /><br />I'm not writing about comics anywhere these days, but I do write quite a lot about film, both at my blog <a href="http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Only The Cinema</a> and at <a href="http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/search/label/The%20Conversations" rel="nofollow">The House Next Door</a>.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-33311737165380986762009-08-26T13:07:42.362-07:002009-08-26T13:07:42.362-07:00John,
You are quite welcome!John,<br /><br /> You are quite welcome!Rob Cloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671203398083374216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-32276562150721417952009-08-26T13:07:18.750-07:002009-08-26T13:07:18.750-07:00Ed,
Thanks for that information; reminds me a bi...Ed,<br /><br /> Thanks for that information; reminds me a bit of what Terry Gilliam did with "12 Monkeys" adapting it from "La Jette". I also think "Rumbling" could wind up as something great, given time and development. The one thing he has yet to do is a long-form story, and I'll be curious just to see how long he stretches this out. <br /> Have you ever read "Green Tea", Huizenga's adaptation of a story that came out in Orchid a few years back? That was another example of him taking a pre-existing structure and adding his own interests.<br /> By the way, are you writing regularly anywhere these days?Rob Cloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671203398083374216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-66563499168359624442009-08-26T07:19:54.733-07:002009-08-26T07:19:54.733-07:00There is a sense of ambiguity I feel in Rambling. ...There is a sense of ambiguity I feel in Rambling. I feel a bit disoriented when reading it. I agree a complete collection will add a lot to the reading experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-46906931848135325492009-08-26T07:16:11.031-07:002009-08-26T07:16:11.031-07:00Thanks for the review! Much appreciated!Thanks for the review! Much appreciated!John R. Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031328798487186988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-37511213963953739152009-08-26T06:37:24.410-07:002009-08-26T06:37:24.410-07:00Great writeup. One note about the Huizenga mini. Y...Great writeup. One note about the Huizenga mini. You say: "What's fascinating about this adaptation of a story by Giorgio Mangenelli is how Huizenga works in his visual and verbal interests into a previously existing narrative structure." The Manganelli story is extremely brief and elliptical, it's part of a book where all the stories are one-page vignettes. As I remember, the original story sets up the idea of a man fleeing his own country only to get stuck in the middle of another country's religious war, but it doesn't contain very much detail beyond that. Manganelli's stories are more about the play of language than the plot. So Huizenga's not so much working within the original author's narrative structure as he is greatly expanding upon the themes and ideas hinted at in Manganelli's vague, ambiguous little sketch. I was somewhat ambivalent about the first installment of "Rumbling," but the second one developed it in interesting ways; I think this could be a fairly satisfying work if Huizenga completes and collects it.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.com