Comments on: Inside Out Reviews “Hereville” http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/05/02/inside-out-reviews-hereville/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:30:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rachel E http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/05/02/inside-out-reviews-hereville/#comment-334301 Rachel E Fri, 30 May 2008 16:50:31 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/05/02/inside-out-reviews-hereville/#comment-334301 Dylan, I was working from both digital and print copies. My problem with the nighttime scenes is less that they're too dark than that they're too uniformly dark--I think more use of shadows and contrast would have served the story better--but it's a small quibble and one that doesn't significantly affect either the readability or the storytelling. /Rachel Dylan,
I was working from both digital and print copies. My problem with the nighttime scenes is less that they’re too dark than that they’re too uniformly dark–I think more use of shadows and contrast would have served the story better–but it’s a small quibble and one that doesn’t significantly affect either the readability or the storytelling.
/Rachel

]]> By: Dylan Thurston http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/05/02/inside-out-reviews-hereville/#comment-326607 Dylan Thurston Fri, 02 May 2008 23:53:57 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/05/02/inside-out-reviews-hereville/#comment-326607 I bet the nighttime colors depend very much on the viewing computer. I presume that review was based on an electronic version? The gamma correction makes a huge difference, especially for the darker colors. I bet the nighttime colors depend very much on the viewing computer. I presume that review was based on an electronic version? The gamma correction makes a huge difference, especially for the darker colors.

]]> By: nobody.really http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/05/02/inside-out-reviews-hereville/#comment-326512 nobody.really Fri, 02 May 2008 21:16:01 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/05/02/inside-out-reviews-hereville/#comment-326512 Given that you were <a href="http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2008/04/15/hereville-reviewed-on-a-blog-about-comics/" rel="nofollow">"feeling a bit gushy"</a> when <a href="http://blogaboutcomics.blogspot.com/2008/04/hereville.html" rel="nofollow">A Blog About Comics</a> gave you a positive review, I expect you’re a veritable geyser over this one. If modestly requires you to bury the lead, I’m only too happy to exhume it: <blockquote>I’ve been working on this review for a while, and it’s been giving me a lot of trouble, because when I try to express my thoughts on Barry Deutsch’s <i>Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword</i>, I usually end up bouncing up and down and making enthusiastic noises of inarticulate glee. These are behaviors that are generally frowned upon in critical circles, and they translate poorly to text....</blockquote> I’d again add my congratulations, but they seem too ... dry and static for the occasion. Given that you were “feeling a bit gushy” when A Blog About Comics gave you a positive review, I expect you’re a veritable geyser over this one. If modestly requires you to bury the lead, I’m only too happy to exhume it:

I’ve been working on this review for a while, and it’s been giving me a lot of trouble, because when I try to express my thoughts on Barry Deutsch’s Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, I usually end up bouncing up and down and making enthusiastic noises of inarticulate glee. These are behaviors that are generally frowned upon in critical circles, and they translate poorly to text….

I’d again add my congratulations, but they seem too … dry and static for the occasion.

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