Monday, April 27, 2009

Watchmen - again.

So I've been writing an essay about Watchmen these days and I'm wondering if exploring the idea of fearful symmetry is over done? Part of me feels too many people write about Rorschach and while I think I manage to use the idea of fearful symmetry to create something more than "Rorschach is teh awesome!" I am conscious of focussing on the obvious things in the comic.

What I'm basically trying to tease out of my brain is the idea that the front cover, the text pieces, and some of the main visual metaphors all work together to create a symmetrical form between the comic and the real world. Too much for a general audience?

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Vaction and Doug Wright

Just got back from vacation, found time to work on my Watchmen essay and found a great photo gallery on CBC's site about Doug Wright.

Go look: http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/arts/2127/