The comic artist answers a fan and a critic…
Fan: So now you have a
contract?
Artist: Yeah. Illustrating Where in the World is Dracula.
Fan: What did you do in that
first one? Vampire in Detroit. No
fangs, no cape?
Critic: It broke the myth.
Artist: Suited the location.
Prosaic place.
Critic: It diluted the
horror. No cape, no fangs, no fear.
Artist: Species adapt as
they migrate.
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| Failure of suspended disbelief |
Voice-over
Storytellers adapt
narration, location, and decoration. Superman kisses Lois Lane on the moon. Earth
in the background. No space suits, no air bubbles. My willing suspension of
disbelief pops. The myth is broken by a splinter of science in my head. The old
myth fails, the new myth flails. Methinks the artist doth simplify too much.
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