tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post8733922732454544936..comments2024-03-25T21:16:18.716+13:00Comments on The Tearoom of Despair: Building Stories: Joy from miseryBob Temukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-91496131565348127772014-03-21T05:09:37.188+13:002014-03-21T05:09:37.188+13:00I'm paraphrasing heavily here but believe Alan...I'm paraphrasing heavily here but believe Alan Moore said of Ware's work 'you're born, life is hard, then you die, so what, everyone knows that'. That clinical focus on the trudge and drudge of life can be off-putting without offering a handful of magic dust or 'something more' that other great writers bring in to their workAlfie Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540777893017179347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-15170675165154484902014-03-20T05:26:59.856+13:002014-03-20T05:26:59.856+13:00Ashamed to admit I read most of the box and then g...Ashamed to admit I read most of the box and then got distracted and never finished it... Ware's work blew me away the first time I saw it, the Chicago Exposition issue of Jimmy Corrigan, but I was left cold by Rusty Brown which seemed to mine the same emotional territory. Bought Building Stories because I loved the concept, the format, the production values and it was cheap over here, but found that again it dwelled on fear of contact, minor humiliations, the endlessness of even temporary loneliness. He's an incredible artist restating the same themes, and either because they're not my thing or because of exhaustion I find his work, to paraphrase I think Joe Orton, hard to put down but increasingly easy not to pick up. Tom Whttp://suggestedformaturereaders.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-87097368366782814122014-03-19T18:28:58.898+13:002014-03-19T18:28:58.898+13:00Just go for it, Alfie. They're not as hard as ...Just go for it, Alfie. They're not as hard as they look. When I got through them, I read them in the order of smallest to biggest, mainly because I was terrified of losing one of the little pieces. <br /><br />There is a definite order, some comics move seamlessly into others, but there are also hidden rewards in going back and forth....Bob Temukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181473725170489213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394310461939093453.post-58729081563585849252014-03-18T22:14:50.157+13:002014-03-18T22:14:50.157+13:00Slightly ashamed to admit that I've had this s...Slightly ashamed to admit that I've had this sitting aside for over a year. There's something daunting about the large physical presence of the box set. And how/where do you start? Can it be picked up from any starting point and read through in any combination? First time caller, long time listenerAlfie Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08540777893017179347noreply@blogger.com