Thus, Sped By Currents Of Curiosity Afloat

Comics Deal With Two Fundamental Communicating Devices: Words And Images. Admittedly This Is An Arbitrary Separation. But, Since In The Modern World Of Communication They Are Treated As Independent Disciplines, It Seems Valid. Actually, The Are Derivatives Of A Single Origin And In The Skillful Employment Of Words And Images Lies The Expressive Potential Of The Medium.

The Term Comics Long Ago Became Obsolete And Inaccurate. It Merely Defined The Content Of The Early Joke-based Comical Strips. Sequential Art Is A More Accurate Description Of The Form. I First Suggested It Because I Believed Something Needed To Be Done To Correct The Feeling Of Inferiority By Artists And Writers In This Field.

Superheroes Are Mostly Aimed At Young Teen-age Males Concerned With Their Manhood. The Medium Will Have To Address Itself More To Content. . . . I See 22 Year Olds Draw Massive Schwarzenegger Types, Outfitted With Metal Studs, Pressing A Mostly Naked Woman To Their Breastplates. And I Think Poor Girl, Thats Got To Be Cold.

Thus, Sped By Currents Of Curiosity Afloat The Swift River Of Rumor Do Secrets Sail To Strange Ports.

A Key To My Thinking Has Always Been The Almost Fanatical Belief That What I Was Engaged In Was A Literary Art Form. That Belief Was Compounded Out Of Ego And Necessity, I Guess, A Combination Of The Two.