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Promethea annotation

 
 
8===>Q: alyn
19:46 / 04.09.02
I've agonized a teeny bit over what section to put this under, but this seemed the most functional.

Anyone interested in working up a little Promethea annotation a la Jess Nevins' League of Extraordinary Gentleman site? I don't think it's as deeply referenced as LoEG, but if someone who really knew their Crowley & so on went through it with a fine-toothed comb, some interesting facets might be revealed. Also, I've detected a couple of 'easter eggs' referring to Moore's earlier books -- for instance, Benny Solomon owns a bowl or something that seems to depict the seance from Swamp Thing's Crisis story.
 
 
gridley
20:09 / 04.09.02
Don't know how useful I'll be, but it sounds like a good excuse to re-read my back issues of promethea, so I'm in.
 
 
remorse
21:37 / 04.09.02
What's an annotation again?

Yeah I could re-read my collection, I'm only missing three issues so far.
 
 
remorse
21:39 / 04.09.02
What did you have in mind Q?
 
 
Spatula Clarke
23:26 / 04.09.02
Annotation: picking out the juicy bits from the dialogue and art and explaining waht they reference, foreshadow, imply, etc. A 'reader's guide'.

Stricty speaking, it probably belongs in Comics.
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
03:14 / 05.09.02
Stricty speaking, it probably belongs in Comics.

I thought so, too, but I also thought it overlapped w/Magick. I put it here because it'd be a collaborative effort, but I don't object to moving it.

Here's Jess Nevins's site, for reference. I don't see why the notes on Promethea shouldn't be done more or less the same way.

It's clear that Moore draws a lot from Crowley, whose work I don't know much about. I'd also like to connect the marginalia -- all those sun-masks and heiroglyphics between panels, and those shapeshifting things throughout the Immateria -- to symbols relating to what's being discussed in the panels. I'm sure there are connections, but I only have vague ideas as to what they might be. And the self-reference, such as Benny Solomon's bowl. Plus anything anyone else ferretted out.

Now that I've proposed it, I'm not sure how to proceed. I guess we should get out a notebook and reread what issues we've got, then reconvene & discuss it in some manner.
 
 
Stone Mirror
03:15 / 05.09.02
Count me in; I have the whole set, and some Crowley, too...
 
 
Jack Fear
12:18 / 05.09.02
Someone's already started: a good companion on the journey.

Somebody ought to invite Eroom Nala over to Barbelith...
 
 
Jack Fear
12:22 / 05.09.02
This fella, by the way, maintains a list of links to comics annotations.
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
23:08 / 05.09.02
Hrm, I looked for something like htis a few months ago and couldn't find anything. Should've doublechecked. Well, this person seems to have it well in hand. Any need for us to duplicate the effort?
 
 
Jack Fear
00:39 / 06.09.02
Why duplicate it when we can co-opt it? Bring hir into the fold, like...

Or, for that matter, I'm sure "Eroom Nala" could use some contributors to hir annotations: The Bomb began with one man's Invisibles annotations (Jay Babcock's original Barbelith site), and from it grew this. Same thing could be induced to happen with that Promethea site: drop an e-mail and volunteer you services, all of yez!
 
 
Eroom Nala
04:53 / 11.10.02
Hello it's Eroom Nala himself here.
If anyone would like to help with the annotations in any way just write to eroomnala@yahoo.com.au
 
 
Jack Fear
13:05 / 11.10.02
Speak of the Devil...

Cheers!
 
 
8===>Q: alyn
14:37 / 11.10.02
Will do, Nala! I keep not having enough time to compare yr annotations w/mine, but I'll make time soon!
 
  
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