This past week

Schissel · Post by **Schissel** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 2:21 am

Lately I've been reminded of some analogous cases in those arts in which I can claim more familiarity.
I am reminded particularly, of the esteem in which I have held some creations that have combined an author/composer (usually composer, given my focus)/artist's early work (and its (stereotypical?) freshness)
with the greater possibilities of treatment brought by somewhat later maturity. (In music, one of my own favorite examples is a string quartet, misleadingly numbered his 4th (of 13), by a composer named Miaskovsky, written when he was in Conservatory studying with his friend Prokofiev but later revised and published some twenty or so years later, and showing - positively - signs both of its early origins and of the effort of revision - imhonesto.)
I am set to this overpedantic rambling by the simple line of thought that I rather like these early versions of the Blotto characters, and yet I am not immediately sure their dialogue would necessarily have gone as it does now, when they were initially conceived. Only the author can say for sure, of course. In any event, I've very much enjoyed the last week, for the characterizations on both ends of the temporal/imaginative/anthropomorphic divide...
Pity if the protagonists remember none of this a'morning, as in so many other plots; but I anticipate.
-Eric Schissel
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All nature is dreaming
of a happiness deeper
than can be reached.

Maboo · Post by **Maboo** » Fri Jan 12, 2001 8:25 am

To be honest, I really don't care for the early characters. They're not SO fresh as all that, because they were more or less ripping off the many children's comic strips about naughty schoolchildren and long-suffering teachers, so they were hardly original. The only original thing I did was to make more than one pupil female (ever notice how so many of those comic strips had only one female pupil?).As they are now, they bear almost no resemblance to their original selves, which is something I'm glad about. Only Myra is more or less as she was, but Myra was always original...For an example of one of the strips I plagiarised as a kid (I created the foundations for these characters back when I was 8, 9, 10 and continued to copy ideas and storylines whilst adding my own embellishments up till I was 14, when I tried to become more original and to adapt and develop my characters.), go visit this site: <A HREF="http://www.beano.com" TARGET=_blank>http://www.beano.com</A> Especially this page: <A HREF="http://www.beano.com/museum/history/cha ... ?FactID=20" TARGET=_blank>http://www.beano.com/museum/history/cha ... ctID=20</A> and this one:
<A HREF="http://www.beanotown.com/school/" TARGET=_blank>http://www.beanotown.com/school/</A> And maybe you'll see now why I actually don't have any plans to bring back the old anthromorphic Blotto cast indefinitely - they MIGHT make a guest appearance or two, or pop up occasionally, but as a rule, I don't plan to bring them back. They're a bit of an embarassment to me, BUT I had to do this storyline to remind me of their roots - it was something I HAD to do.Mab.
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Celephais · Post by **Celephais** » Mon Jan 15, 2001 9:48 am

i've enjoyed seeing this peek back into the roots of Blotto Street. As an cartoonist, I can appreciate seeing how art, style and story evolve over time. Eh, I suppose anyone can appreciate it, not just cartoonists.Okay fine, I'll shut up now.Fudda.
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TheBlackCupid · Post by **TheBlackCupid** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 12:14 pm

Let me just say I'm glad these characters will be gone in a week. It is fun to see them now, but they do tend to get on one's nerves, oh yes.And Ollie and Letty siblings? Say it ain't so!------------------
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Maboo · Post by **Maboo** » Sat Jan 20, 2001 1:52 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by TheBlackCupid:

And Ollie and Letty siblings? Say it ain't so
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>No. it's Tom and Letty!Daniel
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