Review: Maximum Fantastic Four

[duck2ducks]

"When I saw each frame as a unit I remembered something from my youth: as a young person I could completely concentrate on each frame of the comic book. I could see every line and gesture as if it were part of a sole painting hanging in the center of a blank wall. This, I thought, might be what separates me from my younger self. Now I look at

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[skywind8]

I didn't encounter comics of any sort (okay, except Garfield and Family Circus, which were hardly fancy) until I was about 28, when I ran into the anime/manga world at about the same time as I encountered web comics. It took me several months to learn to "read" the pictures and get meaningful information. It pained me how slow I felt, trying to make sense of the plot lines, and how much I missed compared to friends who were reading the same things.

After enough exposure, that changed; I read a bit quicker naturally, and, I recognized when to spend some time studying the background, the expression nuances, the angles and lines and leads. Sometimes now, when I'm storytelling in my head about my own life, certain images and page layouts and character nuances jump out as the 'proper' way to tell the story - that is, visually. I only wish I could draw. :)

Squinting at tiny comics has always been a struggle for me, so I can totally see where they're coming from, making an oversize printed version. Sounds like an awesome idea.