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Finally. Life calms down.
Tunnel of Ghosts: Ah, yes.
I don't generally tell people when things are accidental references. I work on the principle if something is there, something's there (The only exception so far has been saying that Indie Dave is absolutely NOT meant to be Richey Manic). However, in this case, I'll plead co-incidence. Emily Aster was actually called something else entirely up until we were well into production, and I decided it had to change for various reasons. McKelvie suggested the Emily, which struck an agreeable note with something buried in the time I was riffing off, and I added the Aster.
I have to re-read Cerebus though. Any similarity with Edith is that I suspect we're touching on similar archetypal figures. Except Emily's just a lot less nice, of course.
Re: Cramps. Is something I suspect I've just handled badly. It's a terrible curse, but that Kohl's memories are just falling to pieces is something which is even worse, so tends to push him onewards when that came into play. In narrative terms, the cramps ended up giving him a motivation to do stuff before the second problem came into play, but that's more than a little unsatisfactory.
Re: Paperstock. We're trying to evoke newsprint and fanzines throughout the whole exercise. The paper-stock definitely helps that, and is a main reason we did it in Black and White. If we do a future Phonogram, we'd like the use or lack of colour to be conceptually grounded.
(I'm considering pitching the second series in FELL format, so that slightly thin and glossy paper of the format will have to be in it somewhat. Since the second one is all set at a club, I think trying to evoke cheaply printed club flyers is the way to go but... well, thinking aloud)
Harmony Haus Captain: If I ever do the Emily mini, we'll see what I can do. It does make you wish Emily was 10 years younger and not quite as sharp though for a Shampoo-esque exchange of "You're a void that sucks creativity" "Yeah. But you just suck. BORING" or something.
Lonely as a cloud: Actually, no, it won't be including all the essays. We're keeping the dense back matter for the individual issues as an encouragement for people to actually buy the things. We take an EP to Album sort of model, where the people really into it will get the extra stuff while the more casual observer gets the album. The only back matter for the trade will be a new glossary, which won't be quite as elaborate as the ones in the singles.
doctorbeck: Aces on both counts. |
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