Faded, Jaded Mandarin (![]() @ 2007-04-19 06:41:00 |
From comets to comics.
So my daughter was looking up "Comets" yesterday, and we got out the trusty ol' One volume Illustrated World Encyclopedia. Something like this one. Edited by one Roger Bobley, it seems.
While reading about Comets, my eyes fell over another entry on the same page. Namely, "Comics". This is an area I have some passing interest in so, let's read it, shall we?!

ZOINKS! wha?! Let's look at that last part again!

This entry indeed has uprooted my monocle! There's a veritable LOAD of crazy information I never knew about comics and their ill affects on our children's eyes and ears!
To continue:

Okay, at least they righted themselves, with some facts. I hope they keep it up...

Uh-oh, here comes the dream dust again! And hey, as an aside, 45,000,000 copies a month in 1961!?! Maybe these guys oughta think about going back to being irresponsible!
Pick your own gem from this, but one of my favorites is "There is nothing real about the stories in such comic books, and for that reason, grownups are often against them and children love them" I mean that sounds like a throwaway line from the Narmia books! amazing!
I could go through this line by line, but one thing is for sure. I'm cross referencing my daughters "comet" answers. Thanks Mr. Bobley!
If you're so inclined, or are one of those people who demand "facts", I uploaded a regular scan of the page in it's entirety. So's you didn't think I made this up. That'd just be too "comic book-y" (Did I use that right?)
So my daughter was looking up "Comets" yesterday, and we got out the trusty ol' One volume Illustrated World Encyclopedia. Something like this one. Edited by one Roger Bobley, it seems.
While reading about Comets, my eyes fell over another entry on the same page. Namely, "Comics". This is an area I have some passing interest in so, let's read it, shall we?!

ZOINKS! wha?! Let's look at that last part again!

This entry indeed has uprooted my monocle! There's a veritable LOAD of crazy information I never knew about comics and their ill affects on our children's eyes and ears!
To continue:

Okay, at least they righted themselves, with some facts. I hope they keep it up...

Uh-oh, here comes the dream dust again! And hey, as an aside, 45,000,000 copies a month in 1961!?! Maybe these guys oughta think about going back to being irresponsible!
Pick your own gem from this, but one of my favorites is "There is nothing real about the stories in such comic books, and for that reason, grownups are often against them and children love them" I mean that sounds like a throwaway line from the Narmia books! amazing!
I could go through this line by line, but one thing is for sure. I'm cross referencing my daughters "comet" answers. Thanks Mr. Bobley!
If you're so inclined, or are one of those people who demand "facts", I uploaded a regular scan of the page in it's entirety. So's you didn't think I made this up. That'd just be too "comic book-y" (Did I use that right?)