Okay! I get your point (so to speak). Got it the first time, actually.When I was a little tyke, I really enjoyed playing “sword-fighting”; one time, I backed an older, bigger opponent/friend into a muddy construction foundation-trench. That left me with mixed feelings….
In the first two panels, they are fencing with epees; in panel five, they are holding sabers and using the proper saber stance, but in panel six, they are again holding epees and using the epee stance. The artist should either take some fencing lessons so he can tell the difference between the weapons or, if he does know, make up his mind about which weapons they are using.
@runar—-it’s a comic strip, not a historical reference book onthe proper dueling technique using swords, sabers, knives, forks, or spoons. What worries me is that when Tarzan stories take place in the city they are usually very b-o-r-i-n-g!
Like I said—-it’s a damn comic, not a Pulitzer prize entry. If any of you can “draw” better, then apply for the job. Gray Morrow has been criticized for his “photographic-like” creations, who cares—-I just want a good story line in “true” Tarzan form.
@runar: You don’t know me, and to make assumptions about someone you don’t know makes you more of an a$$ than I had originally thought. Suffice it to say there are some readers (including you Ray C.) who apparently have such a narrow perspective when it comes to “imagination” debating these points seems moot. Enjoy your comic and I’ll enjoy mine, just don set unrealistic standards on a comic and pretend you’re debating news editorials. So far as Mr. Burroughs is concerned, thank God he didn’t have a “friend” such as yourself!
@Katman and runar: There’s nothing wrong with noting inconsistencies in a comic strip; it keeps the author on his toes, and provides interesting reading for other visitors. Runar, most Comics.com readers would compliment Katman on his powers of observation. Seems to me, if it spoils the strip for you when someone politely notes an inconsistency, you’re being a bit blindly loyal. Not a problem in and of itself, until you start requiring others to be equally blindly loyal.
Sisyphos about 13 years ago
Okay! I get your point (so to speak). Got it the first time, actually.When I was a little tyke, I really enjoyed playing “sword-fighting”; one time, I backed an older, bigger opponent/friend into a muddy construction foundation-trench. That left me with mixed feelings….
runar about 13 years ago
In the first two panels, they are fencing with epees; in panel five, they are holding sabers and using the proper saber stance, but in panel six, they are again holding epees and using the epee stance. The artist should either take some fencing lessons so he can tell the difference between the weapons or, if he does know, make up his mind about which weapons they are using.
profkatz about 13 years ago
@runar—-it’s a comic strip, not a historical reference book onthe proper dueling technique using swords, sabers, knives, forks, or spoons. What worries me is that when Tarzan stories take place in the city they are usually very b-o-r-i-n-g!
profkatz about 13 years ago
Like I said—-it’s a damn comic, not a Pulitzer prize entry. If any of you can “draw” better, then apply for the job. Gray Morrow has been criticized for his “photographic-like” creations, who cares—-I just want a good story line in “true” Tarzan form.
rdennetteiii about 13 years ago
All this arguing…this story is at least 10 years old, it can’t be ‘fixed’ since the artist died in 2001.
profkatz about 13 years ago
@runar: You don’t know me, and to make assumptions about someone you don’t know makes you more of an a$$ than I had originally thought. Suffice it to say there are some readers (including you Ray C.) who apparently have such a narrow perspective when it comes to “imagination” debating these points seems moot. Enjoy your comic and I’ll enjoy mine, just don set unrealistic standards on a comic and pretend you’re debating news editorials. So far as Mr. Burroughs is concerned, thank God he didn’t have a “friend” such as yourself!
Kydex29 about 13 years ago
@Katman and runar: There’s nothing wrong with noting inconsistencies in a comic strip; it keeps the author on his toes, and provides interesting reading for other visitors. Runar, most Comics.com readers would compliment Katman on his powers of observation. Seems to me, if it spoils the strip for you when someone politely notes an inconsistency, you’re being a bit blindly loyal. Not a problem in and of itself, until you start requiring others to be equally blindly loyal.
quartermain about 13 years ago
HI THERE KATMAN—LET’S JUST GRAB A VINE AND SWING ALONG WITH IT—OFF INTO THE JUNGLE, FREE AS THE BREESE AND NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD—ENJOY EVERYONE!