tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post6887721535253040044..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: The Worst Lines of 2007Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-84638880694300911912008-01-01T11:43:00.000-08:002008-01-01T11:43:00.000-08:00Aside from the JMS quote, those aren't necessarily...<I>Aside from the JMS quote, those aren't necessarily bad and largely depend on the context. I know that many of them read poorly in context, but your point of how terrible they are isn't well made by taking them out of context.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't know, I'd be ashamed to have my name attached to any of those sentences in just about any context (the Millar one would be fine if it were delivered by, say, an ambidextrous doctor). But you're right, they're all much, much worse in their proper context. <BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Does the writer put that emphasis in the script? </I><BR/><BR/>In the scripts I've seen, it seems like the writer puts them there. It is a weird kinda comic book thing though. You see italics in prose, but less frequently. I would theorize it may be leftover from the old days of comics making, when the creators assumed people were kinda skimming them, but I don't know; it rarely seems to actually add anything. <BR/><BR/><BR/><I>How did Batman's remark about the bees not make the list?</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe it's just me, but I think the bees line was stupid enough to qualify as totally awesome. Particularly out of context. Because to experience it in context, you'd have to read <I>Amazons Attack</I>.Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-91425862973476050062007-12-31T22:06:00.000-08:002007-12-31T22:06:00.000-08:00"Does the writer put that emphasis in the script?"..."Does the writer put that emphasis in the script?"<BR/><BR/>Yep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-31227165821547944852007-12-31T21:17:00.000-08:002007-12-31T21:17:00.000-08:00Because that line was PERFECT.Because that line was PERFECT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-50729041046164174362007-12-31T19:38:00.000-08:002007-12-31T19:38:00.000-08:00How did Batman's remark about the bees not make th...How did Batman's remark about the bees not make the list?Shaunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392092181423076737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-5346978370471278042007-12-31T13:15:00.000-08:002007-12-31T13:15:00.000-08:00I've always wondered about how comics get lettered...I've always wondered about how comics get lettered, especially when I see kinda random words bolded or italicized like that. <BR/><BR/>Does the writer put that emphasis in the script? Does the letterer decide which words need more oomph? What is the bolded word supposed to express? Is it a shouted word(and if it is, why not just use an exclamation point?)?<BR/><BR/>It's bothered me because about four times out of five, if you try to read the balloon out loud the bolded emphasis makes very little sense. When I'm reading a novel, I never see randomly bolded words expressing some sort of dubious importance. Why does that happen in comics?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-6379266856680604902007-12-31T11:45:00.000-08:002007-12-31T11:45:00.000-08:00Aside from the JMS quote, those aren't necessarily...Aside from the JMS quote, those aren't necessarily bad and largely depend on the context. I know that many of them read poorly in context, but your point of how terrible they are isn't well made by taking them out of context.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-59381507292078100742007-12-31T10:35:00.000-08:002007-12-31T10:35:00.000-08:00JMS wrote that? I would expect better from the mas...JMS wrote that? I would expect better from the mastermind of "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors."Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984799425896501960noreply@blogger.com