Comments on: Comics in Context #214: The Essential Steve Gerber http://asitecalledfred.com/2008/02/19/comics-in-context-214-the-essential-steve-gerber/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:02:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rick http://asitecalledfred.com/2008/02/19/comics-in-context-214-the-essential-steve-gerber/comment-page-1/#comment-3739 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:02:57 +0000 http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2008/02/19/comics-in-context-214-the-essential-steve-gerber/#comment-3739 Thanks for this thoughtful examination; I was not aware until reading this of Gerber’s death. I also did a paper on the literary merits of comics for a high school English class in the ’70’s, but was fortunate to have a more encouraging teacher. And I also remember Gerber as a writer whose work helped confirm my belief that you could tell any kind of story in this medium. I had forgotten these tales, and it’s surprising how over 30 years later their truth of the destructive nature of American culture on truth, art and the individual is even more powerful to me now than then – no doubt the difference between the 50 year old with plenty of experience in the conflicts and compromises of life, and the teenager looking at it all through eyes still largely untainted. I’m reminded of they lyrics to Greg Brown’s song “America Will Eat You’, which expresses this lyrically about as well as anything I’ve heard.

A good story well told doesn’t do much for us if we just passively consume it and move on to the next distraction. Thanks for helping us “do business” with these tales, and come out the richer for it.

Rick B.

]]> By: lliiy http://asitecalledfred.com/2008/02/19/comics-in-context-214-the-essential-steve-gerber/comment-page-1/#comment-1936 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:40:21 +0000 http://www.quickstopentertainment.com/2008/02/19/comics-in-context-214-the-essential-steve-gerber/#comment-1936 Thanks for the great and motivating post! I fully agree with you especially on letting your subconscious mind help you achieve success. Do check out http://www.subconscious-mind.org, they have a whole host of interesting and helpful articles.

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