Sherlock S. Holmes (sherlockholmes) wrote in thedoorway, @ 2013-05-30 22:28:00 |
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I haven't spoken about it much on the network, but when I was young(er) I was fixated on comic books. I think I found them more stimulating than books because they depend heavily on pictures to tell stories. The details, the expressions, the aftermath -- there are plenty of details that go beyond the words that are right there in front of you if only you're paying enough attention to pick them out. I found being presented with art to be far more interesting than depending upon my imagination to do the work for me. Not because I think I'm unimaginative, but because I'd much rather solve the puzzles than write them.
Like most comic book readers, at one point I picked up a pencil and decided to draw for myself. and I suppose, left to my own devices, that old habits die hard:
My apologies to Captain America.