Comments on: Comic Review: Sugarshock

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:38:02 +0000

C1: I’m always happy to pass on the fanaticism! You can’t stop the signal. By the way, in my mind, “BISECT!” evokes a sound much like tearing metal. But that could be because I pragmatically associate it with the robot. Sorry. My brain’s a little melty right now â€” I just finished reliving my goddamn trip back home from Germany on my blog. Sleeeep!

By: c1

c1 — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:19:31 +0000

Jacob: I’d forgotten - YOU are the one to blame for my obsession with all things Joss (and Nathan, and he doesn’t really deserve to be in parentheses, except that Joss was the initial topic). In fact, I can even blame you for the appearance in my closet of a “Joss Whedon is my master now” t-shirt that I didn’t buy. ‘Cuz if I’d never seen the show to start with…

3gf: Hmm. I guess that “BISECT!” in and of itself doesn’t evoke a sound. But “BISECT!” in reference to a living being definitely evokes a squishy gross pain-making sort of sound to me. Of course, in Sugarshock, the being being bisected was a robot, so my reaction is inappropriate. I bow to your superior logic.

By: 3 Green Fish

3 Green Fish — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:34:37 +0000

c1: I’d actually argue that “BISECT!” has no expectation of a certain sort of sound, and is more like “PAPER!” than “TireSqeal!” I totally see that last one as being evocative of a sound — how many movies have we seen with that sound effect in them, after all? It’s kind of a “screeeeeee” sort of sound. As for “BISECT!” I’m not sure how to portray that by writing out the sound. It’s so specific, and specific to something I don’t have any automatic associations with…

Kind of reminds me of one of the comic books I have where the writer’s or the penciller’s name ends up in the sound effects. “Bam! Pow! Dezago!” or something like that.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:56:21 +0000

C1: Oh, I know. I’m the one who sent Curtis his Firefly box set initially, after all.

By: c1

c1 — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:21:08 +0000

3 green fish: you bring up a good point. I would argue that “BISECT!” brings with it the expectation of a certain sort of sound, and therefore would still count as a sound effect. “TireSqueal!” does the same thing. Now if the effect were something like “PAPER!” then I’m not sure it could be considered a sound effect any more.

Jacob: Joss’ fetish is a large part of why we like him.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:43:39 +0000

Yeah, it’s definitely Joss’s work. I also sense a little bit of Firefly living on in there. (And the indisputable Buffy/everythingelseJosshaseverdone-ness of it, too â€” Joss has got a little fetish for girls beating things up.)

By: 3 Green Fish

3 Green Fish — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:23:26 +0000

c1: Yeah, I really need to learn to proofread better.

Oh yeah. BISECT! That one was pretty great. I also liked “TireSqueal!”

(Actually, this begs the question of just what a sound effect is, anymore. Can it really be called a “sound effect” if it doesn’t portray a sound? Hmmm.)

… I thought I was going to mention those, but I think I got all wrapped up in the randomity of it all. Ah well.

By: c1

c1 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:17:01 +0000

p.s.

I still think “BISECT!” is the best sound-effect ever.

By: c1

c1 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:16:23 +0000

“lands on their card” = “lands on their car” (it’s not quite THAT random ;))

Your review is exactly right, in all of it’s nothing-you-can-say-can-really-describe-it description!