Oct 28 2008
So I Didn’t Destroy The Universe?
Greetings from your friendly neighborhood Searnold [Shár- Nŭhld]. Today is Tuesday, October 28th, 2008. Welcome to my comic book review blog - thanks for tuning in. Are you interested in a comic book but not sure if you want to shell out the cash? Let me know and I’ll review it for you - letting you know if it’s worth your hard earned money!
Today’s Issue:
So I Didn’t Destroy The Universe? The 24 Hour Comics Day project by my friend and fellow SCCG member Jeremy Rathbone (Munkie Revolution, SCCG TV). This is a photo comic that Jeremy made available for free online: http://ididntdestroytheuniverse.smackjeeves.com/comics/479199/page-1/ Oh yes - and the photos are mostly of me. 
Check out yesterday’s review for some comments about the 24 Hour Comics event in general.
Premise:
Me in the future comes back in time to the past to prevent myself from destroying the universe. Yeah - it’s a bit confusing. Getting all three of myselfs to cooperate for the photo shoots was a pain, too.
Awesome Parts:
Jeremy always does something interesting on 24 Hour Comics Day. This year what he wanted to put together was a good argument for the making of photo comics. He wanted to show that a photo comic can look just as good as any drawn comic book. And I think he absolutely succeeded. The book look great - even considering it was made completely in 24 hours. He also CLAIMS that everything he did with photo shop was simple enough for just about anyone with a camera to be able to put together their own comic book.
Un-Awesome Parts:
So the basic premise is sort of confusing - right? Well that’s NOTHING compared to the ending. In fact - once he started running out of time - the ending in the actual comic wound up MORE confusing than it was when he first explained it to me. There are also some grammatical errors which makes reading the text more difficult than I think it ought to be.
My Recommendation:
Well you HAVE to read it. It’s free. And whether or not you enjoy (or even understand) it isn’t completely relevant. You should look at it and decide for yourself whether or not photo comic is a viable method of creating sequential imaging stories. I think it is - but don’t take my word for it. Go to: http://ididntdestroytheuniverse.smackjeeves.com/comics/479199/page-1/
That’s all for today. As always - thank you for reading - see you next time. And don’t forget to let me know if there are any comic books you’d like me to review for you - I take requests!
-Searnold, SuperSearnold@yahoo.com
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