Screw it, I’m going to drop everything and take drawing lessons
1 o'clock, August 18, 2006
I recently discovered this amazing comic called Copper, by Kazu Kibuishi. It’s a little bit Studio Ghibli, a little bit Little Nemo in Slumberland, a little bit Subconscious Comics. (Check out, for instance, “Blue,” “Bubbles,” or “Jump Station.”)
Figure 1. Copper always looks on the bright side. Fred often doesn’t.
Seeing something like Copper reminds me that, much as I like reading and writing, they’re not the killer app for every kind of storytelling. And while drawing a comic this beautiful looks like a hell of a lot of work, it looks like fun, too.
Great stuff: you just provided me with an excellent half hour of lunchtime reading.
Jump station immediately reminded me of Will McIntosh's story "Faller" (Challenging Destiny 17).
In that vein, I've heared that dreams of falling are quite common. Maybe something from the collective unconscious (if such a thing exists).
Anyway, thanks for pointing me to this.