tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post8761830594979731587..comments2023-10-30T06:14:27.520-04:00Comments on HEROESONLINE: REVIEW :: The Three ParadoxesDustin Harbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773952076286647203noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-48659480734002345912007-08-01T22:16:00.000-04:002007-08-01T22:16:00.000-04:00Sour grapes? And I may be a little biased. What ca...Sour grapes? And I may be a little biased. What can I say, I'm a fan of his work.Shawn Daughheteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600079146491833197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-52802610026483692412007-08-01T20:58:00.000-04:002007-08-01T20:58:00.000-04:00Shawn is totaly biased and is an art stealing wh.....Shawn is totaly biased and is an art stealing wh...meaney.Douglas Merklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247456236137054699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-8928358684044801212007-07-28T22:50:00.000-04:002007-07-28T22:50:00.000-04:00Rich, we did get some more copies in and I think o...Rich, we did get some more copies in and I think one of them has your name on it.<BR/><BR/>Michael, you bring up some really interesting points. I might have to re-read it and think about what you said. I guess I'm too much of an optimist to think that progress is merely an illusion.Shawn Daughheteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600079146491833197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-27055492018799916182007-07-27T18:21:00.000-04:002007-07-27T18:21:00.000-04:00Shawn, I think you do an excellent job of precisel...Shawn, I think you do an excellent job of precisely summing up a very complex and rewarding work. This is one of Paul's best works (right up there in quality with Mother, Come Home although very different) and is indeed deeply layered and multi-faceted.<BR/><BR/>I think the entire work not only supports the "you can never catch up" and other paradoxes - it ACTIVELY works to promote the idea that we never actually make progress: progress is an illusion or, at best, is tediously slow and minute. The whole book, to me, shows that while we may make small, incremental steps and changes, we never arrive at our destination. We never achieve the change, the full self-actualization, the full happiness that we want.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure the Zeno comic refutes the paradoxes. Socrates, I think, is the voice of the doubting reader - the common sense approach of "of course we make progress, if we didn't we'd never get anywhere." But Socrates is highly unsympathetic in the comic and comes off as pompous and prematurely dismissive of the Zeno's idea. I read this as a refutation of Socrate's (and thus the skeptical reader's) idea, thereby supporting again that progress is an illusion. Or perhaps that "real" progress is an illusion: the things that truly matter in life don't ever improve.<BR/><BR/>The Zeno comic may seem out of place, but as I think you suggest, is actually a vital piece of the entire work and serves to highlight the theme of the book (and inform any reader who doesn't know what the paradoxes are). I think there's some thought to be put behind Paul's use of comic books within a OGN, but I'll pass on that for now.<BR/><BR/>Again, good work, and indeed, this is a HIGHLY recommended read for people searching for more substantial sequential art fare.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345076657753826652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-64478794256932332782007-07-27T17:15:00.000-04:002007-07-27T17:15:00.000-04:00Nice review, Shawn. Have you guys gotten any more ...Nice review, Shawn. Have you guys gotten any more copies of this in? I want to check it out.Rich Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953837288549623272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-32365179780049719322007-07-27T08:39:00.000-04:002007-07-27T08:39:00.000-04:00totally.totally.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998150722439854991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-63758669980665843562007-07-26T17:59:00.000-04:002007-07-26T17:59:00.000-04:00Read Shaft again? I always heard the book was bet...Read Shaft again? I always heard the book was better than the movie.Dustin Harbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14773952076286647203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-83029094552672793512007-07-26T15:38:00.000-04:002007-07-26T15:38:00.000-04:00Now you've gone and made me want to read it again....Now you've gone and made me want to read it again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998150722439854991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-88250700372281087812007-07-26T14:52:00.000-04:002007-07-26T14:52:00.000-04:00I'm just talkin' bout Shaft.I'm just talkin' bout Shaft.Shawn Daughheteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600079146491833197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-29038647549230542482007-07-26T13:58:00.000-04:002007-07-26T13:58:00.000-04:00Shut yo mouth!Shut yo mouth!Dan Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948836319140491968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-83550066663736403302007-07-25T16:05:00.000-04:002007-07-25T16:05:00.000-04:00Oh Daniel, you are a complicated man and no one un...Oh Daniel, you are a complicated man and no one understands you but your woman.Shawn Daughheteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600079146491833197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7369220268366947449.post-56231928085718861982007-07-25T16:03:00.000-04:002007-07-25T16:03:00.000-04:00Go for it Shawn.Go for it Shawn.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00185609263234354638noreply@blogger.com