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This question made look at it again. I think I actually got inspiration (or did I simply stole ideas...can't remember) from there for one or two early comics. I like the emotional intensity that goes from funny to sad. I find amazing how you can sometimes get moved by just a brief string of words where other times an entire speech can leave you cold.
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Of course, thanks.
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I think I've seen my comics related to "House of Leaves" a couple of times before, I should probably try and get it somewhere. Or shouldn't I? It certainly looks interesting.
I'll look up the other book you mention.
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Thanks for those recommendations, I read Invisible Cities but it was so long ago that I barely remember it, I'm pretty sure I'll like it if I find it again. I think it was the first Calvino book I read and I have clearer memories of 'The Nonexistent Knight' and 'The Baron in the Trees', that I read later. I don't know Karen Blixen but I'll keep your suggestion in mind.
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Thanks, I'm glad you think so. I think it may be a need for resolution and self containment related to the format I'm using. Also, when you get to the end of one of these comics there is no punchline as such, but there's got to be some closure, sometimes suggested by the rhythm of the text. Pacing works in a unique way in comics and it probably defines it as medium. Text works in a different way when put besides images or even just divided by frames, it gains this quality of visual timing that is so interesting and certainly comparable to music.
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I was very impressed with A Softer World when I first found out about it. I'm still impressed but in a different way. It was undoubtedly an influence and an inspiration, particularly for the first comics I posted online.
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Probably all the writers I read in teenage years, Borges, Cortázar. All that playful and labyrinthine stuff stayed there somewhere. Later I got interested in Japanese writers. I love Grant Morrisson too, and N. Gaiman. I find Roberto Bolaño absolutely recommendable. I want to read more from China Mieville. I enjoy very much the lyrics from several songwriters too.
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Thanks. These latest months have been kind of busy for me in other aspects so I've only been able to update once a month or so. But I think that each of these comics took about 12 hours of drawing and coloring. They are, more or less the equivalent of two to three pages in a traditional comic book format.
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Yes, specially when I'm working the color, I have winamp or aimp running. These days I'm listening a lot to Blonde Redhead, Deerhunter, Beach House...To write I need either silence or instrumental music. Long, quiet songs are fine, or soundtracks.
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No, the name expired and the service that handles that didn't inform me. I only noticed because readers emailed to tell me. It should be back soon, today.
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From the old, shorter ones, this one called 'Alone in the world'. http://www.thesecretknots.com/2006/12/11/alone-in-the-world/
From the newer ones, 'Clarence', because I enjoyed drawing a couple having sex, starting a fire and running half naked through the trees at night. That's the kind of things that should happen more often in my comics. Maybe in life.
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