April 04, 2004

Whose Mind is it Anyway?

Comic book author, artist and theorist Scott McCloud, best known for his controversial advocacy of micropayments, is on the verge of completing his lengthiest Morning Improv to date. McCloud works on his little-known improvs only an hour each morning, illustrating reader-selected titles. While some of his Improvs are frivolous (if graphically interesting), much of this short work is surprisingly effective.

posted by Mm 20 years ago
  • McCloud has been briefly mentioned in these two excellent earlier web comics discussions. As web comics mature as a medium, it's exciting to see how McCloud and others (notably Justine Shaw) have matured their narrative and visual tones to appeal to a darker, post-superhero audience.
  • There's something about Whose Mind Is It Anyway that reminds me of the adaptation of Paul Auster's City of Glass. Slightly raw, a touch of pathos, and frightening as hell because one can imagine being one of the characters.
  • [banana] I haven't caught up on these in quite a while. I forgot how good "But No One Ever Noticed the Walrus" was.
  • Hot damn...every once in a while McCloud catches my eye again, and I have to go hunt through the archives to get a look at the coolness that is his comicing style. This comic about chess is very good.
  • This one is silly, but must be posted - Monkeytown
  • Really stunning stuff. I truly loved Whose Mind Is It Anyway, and the rest was great too.
  • That chess comic was great. Reminded me of Nabokov's Luzhin's Defense.
  • "Monkeytown is the best monkey related link since the monkey fighting tiger video." --Omnipoent, Omnicient and Omnipresent Giant Bearded sitting-on-the-throne Monkey God
  • Whose mind is it anyway? ended Friday morning.
  • Here is a more recent discussion of Scott's theory of comics.