tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050354386241492499.post4481577554522113560..comments2018-05-20T15:58:41.330-05:00Comments on Reading Comics: =/Michael Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17896488763889614157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050354386241492499.post-85435589965270265842008-10-20T11:32:00.000-05:002008-10-20T11:32:00.000-05:00David B. gave a very detailed interview with a lot...David B. gave a very detailed interview with a lot of commentary on his art/writing style, so that might be expected. Satrapi and Thompson didn't (Thompson's interview is a lot more personal), so discussion directors should have a much easier job with them.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I find that the word investigator has the hardest job--especially for Thompson and Satrapi, whose novels are very easy to pick up.Andrew Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568998327542816274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8050354386241492499.post-90675855536428671742008-10-15T16:02:00.000-05:002008-10-15T16:02:00.000-05:00I absolutely agree that an author's comments on hi...I absolutely agree that an author's comments on his or her work provide a unique and potentially valuable perspective, coming from the horse's mouth, as it were, but they ought not be the last word on the subject. My purpose in giving you the interviews was to open up lines of inquiry, not to close them. I'd encourage you to look at what your author says as more of a starting point than a end. Consider where you might disagree with the author about his or her work, or generate new questions about the reading based on the author's remarks. You don't necessarily have to take the creator's viewpoint as the definitive one, and it certainly can't be comprehensive; much of the work still has to speak for itself. The book still needs a reader!Michael Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17896488763889614157noreply@blogger.com