fucking tragic

[potboiler]

so today i happened across a story that filled me with righteous indignation and frustration, and a wistful taste of what could've been. apparently, in the early 1980's, brad bird and john lasseter - two of the big brains at pixar and most innovative voices in animation in the past ten years - among other up-and-comers, attempted to create a full-

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bah.

[batmanonfire]

I remember seeing this and thinking it was a joke.

Re: bah.

[potboiler]

glad we agree, for the most part. i'll concede that for most of miller's comic career, he's worked within pretty fixed parameters. actually, based on your reply here i went back through my "daredevil visionaries: frank miller" trades, and noticed that his style wasn't as fluid as i thought. he really only makes use of true dynamism in his fight sequences. he did make really solid use of verticals, though, when they were called for. which still shows awareness of what can be done in comics that can't be done in film.