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Jesus and me - Anticlimax by ~neogen10:iconneogen10:


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Last one of the year for the WPP.

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~Ehmery:iconEhmery: Apr 23, 2008, 11:29:28 AM
That was amazingly powerful, I was expecting it to be the usual Jesus and Me stuff but I was deffinately surprised by this one. great work

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~neogen10:iconneogen10: Apr 23, 2008, 11:48:02 AM
I figured it might as well end on a high note. Thanks.

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"Who are these dull bastards who think that comic books — comic books!!! for Fucks sake!!!! — shouldn't be relentlessly shocking?"
-Grant Morrison
~neogen10:iconneogen10: Apr 23, 2008, 4:55:50 PM
Or something.

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"Who are these dull bastards who think that comic books — comic books!!! for Fucks sake!!!! — shouldn't be relentlessly shocking?"
-Grant Morrison
~VespasDiesel:iconVespasDiesel: Apr 24, 2008, 12:21:09 PM
Aghh. I was going to come on here and point out the funny things and be like, "Rawr rawr rawr, hiddun humorz!" but... it's not... and I say it's fitting.

You know, the funny guy doesn't always have to please the crowd. You've got a talent in this that's comparable to the greats. Every comic doesn't have to be funny, and lord knows they aren't. But this shows that you are better than to pander to what is expected of your publishers and fans, in fact, I see a whole new Jesus and me now. And I want more.

I don't want it to be funny, this was the most excellent strip of two years because it didn't wrap up in the character witty logic (which I also love by the way) but even though Jesus' pal narrates so much of this strip (or is it that Jesus is narrating?! Truly in the mind of the reader in this instance, and takes on a different yet no less poignant manifest when it comes from 'Jesus, savior of man', in this instance, but........ and I've never ACTUALLY had to say this before........ I digress....... [woah, I said it]), so even though Jesus' pal here is supposedly narrating this, it absolutely has all the cleverness yet clear purposelessness that becomes one when they face these moments in life. I can't imagine it is an easy subject to ever write, draw, or imprint from ones memory to paper. But you've clearly conveyed something that has stuck with you... from experience.

"Anticlimacticism"... as campy as it sounds... that is really going to stick with me today. And I'd like to discuss more about it, but I will save that for another time.

I like that, not a scrap of humor, even in a shaded in tee-shirt of Jesus'. And it has never appealed to me more. And it's *personally* interesting, because I don't think I've seen this side of the author ever, except for the couple of times I confused his sleep exhaustion with depression...
Yikes, digressing again. How does that keep happening?

You've spoken tomes my friend, excellent work.
~VespasDiesel:iconVespasDiesel: Apr 24, 2008, 12:25:12 PM
Yeah, I get it now.

Before, I'd say, "That is a good comic," after reading.

But this time I said, "That is a good artist."
Meaning, both in the literary and drawn sense.

Congratulations, you've transcended.
~neogen10:iconneogen10: Apr 24, 2008, 1:27:13 PM
I really appreciate the comments man. This one came to me a few weeks ago and I just felt it had to be done, it felt like the right move for me to make. Thanks again.

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"Who are these dull bastards who think that comic books — comic books!!! for Fucks sake!!!! — shouldn't be relentlessly shocking?"
-Grant Morrison
~VespasDiesel:iconVespasDiesel: Apr 24, 2008, 8:01:27 PM
I guess just between the manic and the funeral today, I had a lot to say today.
I'm going to sleep for 30 mins every day! You always have the right thing to say then!