Re: [RatFist] TenNapel is fearless

Strawmen as art? Perhaps fair to say. Each character generally says what his
type of character would say.

Over at AICN years ago, Moriarty wrote a glowing review of Creature Tech
that introduced me to TenNapel:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/12979

> The book begins with images of eels. Giant eels. In outer space. Sounds
> bizarre, and it is, but it’s also quite lovely. Beautiful, even.It’s 1854,
> and in Moccasin Creek, California, twisted scientist Dr. Jameson is working
> with Hellcat, a demonic entity that he conjured up, trading one of his hands
> for the ability to do so. I have immediate affection for any villian who
> proclaims, “My peers claimed that the giant space eel did not exist! They
> said I was crazy! Now that I have spent my fortune on a laboratory in the
> wilderness, swapped hands with a demon, and called a giant space eel to
> Earth, PERHAPS they won’t think I am so crazy after all!!!”

He says more in one panel than I do in entire short stories. Whether the
read digs that or not is another thing.

Whatever the device is, it works for me. In spades.

Johne Cook
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> BTW, It's rather funny that his characters are clearly propaganda (and
> pretty much Strawmen)-is that how they behave in the actual comics?
>
>
>  Thom
>

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