Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Overload

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Susan

Trying to do too much at once. I tend to be get involved with research in one area and devote all energy into that project, though I can multitask with the best of them when need be.  Setting up a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Perfect Example – “Escape to Wisconsin”

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Susan

It is the end of summer and the friends plan a camping trip up in Wisconsin.  John is in a good mood, got another haircut, and while we do not see his girlfriend Lita, I’m happy to see that perhaps … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Perfect Example – Celebrated Summer

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Susan

This section doesn’t start off with a mood display, though it does again start out with John waking up and planning to go out.  There is no indication of conflict of any sort, and we assume he has gotten over … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Bummer.

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Susan

Wanted to give the same attention in editing to a Storyspace piece I’d finished a couple of months ago as I’d given A Bottle of Beer.  What a drag. I love the story that’s made up of parallel stories in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Story

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Susan

I’ve gotten these categories all messed up by placing notes on writing itself within the writing category which was supposed to be for my own work but then, the first piece is in Hypertextopia, there’s a couple of short-shorts here, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Perfect Example – More on “The Fourth of July”

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Susan

A few more points of interest on this section that I was too lazy to put in.  On all the sections, with the simplicity of the artwork, where you can barely tell the guys from the gals except for a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Character Inspiration

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Susan

Three things overnight and into this morning combined into this posting.  In class, I was faced with the fact that my obsession with Yolanda was born out of a personal current experience, that I not only felt an empathy with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Class Notes: 3/26/08

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Susan

Featuring John Porcellino’s graphic memoir "Perfect Example," we had a good discussion on both story and form and covered the first section to decipher how story arc and characters are developed with the enhancement of images.  Basically the story is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Perfect Example – Showing through Images

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Susan

It’s one thing to write "John was feeling alone, half in the world of his youth and in transition to the world of an adult.  It’s another to depend on graphics to get the point across. There are some obvious … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Perfect Example – “The Fourth of July”

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Susan

John sleeps till noon, doesn’t have a summer job, stays out until the early morning hours.  But he does have something going with Lita.  I love the panel where they’re laying on the couch making out, signified by "smack kiss … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Perfect Example – “In-Between Days”

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Susan

The boredom of the in-between summer sees John and his friends going to a concert where Chuck Berry staggers onstage and off again without singing.  Loved the little "X" of an eye on one of the concertgoers (why are there … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Perfect Example – “Haircutting Time”

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Susan

In this episode–what I’ve been calling the separate "books" or stories within this work–we get a closer look into John’s psyche and his depression.  Porcellino opens with environment, showing an image of John’s house in Hoffman Estates, IL that indicates … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Objects Telling Tales

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Susan

The scene: Morning light in a carless garage The players: Two motorcycles and two Hitchcock rocking chairs. The place in time: The rockers from two generations gone. The bikes from a once more daring spouse. The story:  Could be anything… Continue reading →

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WRITING: Missing: Links

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Susan

Definite gap in the program here at the Tunxis CC Writers Festival scheduled for Wednesday, April 23rd — a class night though the program will be mainly into music by the time our class starts and yes, music is another … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Things

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Susan

It struck me as a bit odd, in our garage, two motorcycles next to two rocking chairs. Continue reading →

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