tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post3640645398766353982..comments2023-04-16T12:12:29.133+01:00Comments on Gad, Sir! Comics!: “Bang!” Goes Another Fifth of NovemberSteve Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-63916861828462659742007-11-11T10:56:00.000+00:002007-11-11T10:56:00.000+00:00Hi, Nick. As Carl Horn could tell you, far worse ...Hi, Nick. As Carl Horn could tell you, far worse things happen to cats on Bonfire Night in <I>Viz</I>, though I'm not sure that's any consolation.<BR/><BR/>Mike - I've got to admit that I've never read <I>Commando</I> much either, though it's the format, rather than the subject matter, that puts me off. A typical maximum of two panels a page doesn't leave room for the art to be as sequential as I'd like.<BR/><BR/>Mr Horn (since we're being formal!) - Thanks for commenting. I very much appreciate the back matter in <I>Kurosagi</I> explaining your translation choices. Incidentally, the use of labels that look like sound effects is common in all UK children's comics (and related comics for adults, like <I>The Broons</I>); as in so much else, <I>Viz</I> makes a joke of using the tropes of children's entertainment in a rude and scatalogical manner.Steve Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213873565793377832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-44892725645797730922007-11-10T01:26:00.000+00:002007-11-10T01:26:00.000+00:00Dear Mr. Flanagan,Someone pointed out your post to...Dear Mr. Flanagan,<BR/><BR/>Someone pointed out your post to me, and as the editor of Kurosagi, I thought I'd check it out. Sound effects in manga are a very interesting issue, and I don't think there is only one correct or effective approach--for example, another manga I edit, Oh My Goddess!, has the full retouch of sound effects into English.<BR/><BR/>It's possible that the retouch of effects is more necessary in a comedy than a drama, assuming the FX are themselves part of the comedy. You talked about the issue of loud or soft sounds, but in addition to that, sound effects are sometimes used in an ironic sense, to deflate or subvert the impression of an action. <BR/><BR/>And there's another type of FX seen also in manga--the "gitaigo," which don't literally represent sounds at all, but which are there as a kind of commentary. You're a reader of Viz (I saw Spoilt Bastard at the top of the page), so I need only mention the classic example "Unable To Defecate" from "Lord Shite & Nanny No-Dumps." Manga has that sort of thing too all the time--sometimes literally that kind of thing.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely yours,<BR/>Carl Horn<BR/>Dark Horse MangaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-67458374388519510822007-11-07T21:41:00.000+00:002007-11-07T21:41:00.000+00:00Commando was another comic that almost never featu...Commando was another comic that almost never features sound effects. But most comic fans (even in Britiain) wouldnt "reduce themselves" to reading something that doesnt have "issues" and "emotions", just adventure and action. Anyway there was recently a re-print from the early 90's which uncharacteristcally had a lot of sound effects, and they really seemed to ruin the feel of it. Then again a recent artist did put in the odd "Blam" or "Bang" for an especially dramatic shot, like when the hero and villain where struggling over a pistol that suddenly goes off at the end. Still the "comedy" issue "Automatic Pilot" could have probably done with some sound effects, but the artist they used is normally working on deadly-serious stories (his style is incredible, though he seems to prefer to draw "air" stories and usually does, he is great at cars and ships and people too)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3148046803446018048.post-55966685524777802872007-11-06T18:51:00.000+00:002007-11-06T18:51:00.000+00:00It's not just seagulls that were scared last night...It's not just seagulls that were scared last night. Our cat shat himself. If only fireworks could be silent in real life.NICHOLAS MILLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01014042850951668756noreply@blogger.com