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What's the best way to read The Filth?

 
 
John Octave
03:07 / 17.08.04
Okay, after a weekend at the Chicago Con-a-ma-bob, I have acquired The Filth in handy TPB format. I was wondering what the best way to "take" it is to get the maximum "effect". Should I be reading this all in one sitting over a few hours? Break it up into a few sittings? Should I read each issue more than once before going on to the next to fully digest it? If I get depressed or anything, should I take a break and play outside or keep trudging on? You only get the chance to read something for the first time once, so I'd like it to be something special, know?

Or should I stop asking people to tell me what to do and just do whatever feels right, which is a paradox, because you're telling me to not listen to what people tell me but how can I do that when you tell me to...ahhhh *explodes*

Oh, and as a groovy sidenote, I finally got a copy of Animal Man #19 and even though I'd heard about the sequence beforehand, I became very disturbed when he realizes I'm watching him, looks me right in the eyes, and yells "I CAN SEE YOU!" I got goosebumps and actually had to put it down a moment and collect myself.

Thanks.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
16:22 / 17.08.04
I'd say read it all in one sitting. But turn your mobile off, because otherwise your flatmate might phone you up half-way through Issue 13 with some drama or other, and ruin the whole thing for you. Apparently that happens sometimes.
 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
16:41 / 17.08.04
Yeah, read it through quickly in one go, make sure you get the gist of things, then go back and read it slowly. Then act it out using sockpuppets.
 
 
John Octave
02:37 / 18.08.04
Thanks. I'll give that a go.

And acting out the porn sequences with sock puppets will be difficult but not impossible.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
07:07 / 18.08.04
Sock puppet porn may indeed be difficult, but it's well worth the effort and can be very rewarding.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
13:02 / 18.08.04
Especially if you film it - I gather there's a market for that kind of thing these days. Try approaching Celiberal.com if you're having trouble with sales.
 
 
Fugazi
19:08 / 19.08.04
I'd buy it.
 
 
NezZ the 2nd
21:24 / 19.08.04
Upside down ?
 
  
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