I dunno. All I know is that in some ways Tamino is a love letter to Boston. I really disliked Boston - but I loved Tamino, and I'm really looking forwards to being able to buy a bound copy of it so I can sit down and read the whole thing start to finish.
I am not generally a fan of autobiographical work, but there's been some amazing stuff done in that domain. I don't think Harlon or Biography have reached the level of holyshitawesome, they've both been deliberately limited in scope, but if you wanted to go down that route I know you could do something pretty damn cool if you put in the effort.
As to whether or not cartooning can be "real art", well... Have you read "Asterios Polyp"? Luminous reviews in the serious book world for something that arguably is 35% about story and 75% about formalist experimentation, in a very fluid, cartoony style.
Tamino is very much a love letter to Boston. I'm not sure if we discussed this or if I posted it somewhere but if not, that's pretty damned shrewd of you to guess. I know you hated Boston. Made me grind my teeth every time you said something about it in LJ, but it's not a city for everyone. And it's my hometown, so I'm biased. :"D Still, thanks Peggy. You've been nothing but supportive of the whole work and there have been only a few other people who have been. I put a lot of effort into Tamino and it was hard to read the words I quoted both at the time they were written and ever since
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Again, I can easily draw parallels between what's been said to you and things that I've heard repeatedly in the academic poetic community. Things like, "don't write about your childhood, it's too -sentimental-!" "Sentimental" is a nasty, nasty word in contemporary poetry. We're not allowed to see the emotion from the inside, but we have to figure out a way to be outside of it like the rest of our readers. I get frustrated with that. It sounds very similar to what you were being advised to do/not do. But the bottom line for any form of art is that we don't do it, ultimately, for approval from a readership/viewership. Yes, it's nice to be recognized, and an ego boost to the n'th degree to be published, but art is overall a very, very personal undertaking. I'm not sure I think it would be art if it wasn't. There are way, way to many opinions these days on what is or isn't art, that you just have to do what you do, and love it (or else why bother!) and keep throwing it out there, and hope that there are at least a few other people
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Don't worry about lack of paragraphs, Becca! It denotes feeling. And I really appreciate the kind words. I wish I had been able to offer more feedback on your poetry. It's something I don't really understand, not formally. And I guess that when I get all "arty," that's why people might feel intimidated in responding to my work as well.
I'm currently not doing a big project because I just don't have anything that's grabbing me enough to keep my interested. The few stories I've come up with don't seem to be important enough. Fite and Tamino seemed so easy, in a way. They came to me and I just set to work on them.
I still draw, just mostly little designs and stuff in my pads. Drawing just to draw. Maybe when you come over, I can show you the rest of the quoted conversation. It really makes Tyler angry.
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I am not generally a fan of autobiographical work, but there's been some amazing stuff done in that domain. I don't think Harlon or Biography have reached the level of holyshitawesome, they've both been deliberately limited in scope, but if you wanted to go down that route I know you could do something pretty damn cool if you put in the effort.
As to whether or not cartooning can be "real art", well... Have you read "Asterios Polyp"? Luminous reviews in the serious book world for something that arguably is 35% about story and 75% about formalist experimentation, in a very fluid, cartoony style.
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I'm currently not doing a big project because I just don't have anything that's grabbing me enough to keep my interested. The few stories I've come up with don't seem to be important enough. Fite and Tamino seemed so easy, in a way. They came to me and I just set to work on them.
I still draw, just mostly little designs and stuff in my pads. Drawing just to draw. Maybe when you come over, I can show you the rest of the quoted conversation. It really makes Tyler angry.
Many hugs, Becca. You're really kind.
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