Comments on: Back Matter Matters – A Study In Commitment https://www.boomtron.com/back-matter-matters-a-study-in-commitment/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 01:58:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rob Chant https://www.boomtron.com/back-matter-matters-a-study-in-commitment/#comment-633659 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:39:43 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=94887#comment-633659 Absolutely awesome discussion of one of my favourite films, thanks!

]]> By: Jonathan McCalmont https://www.boomtron.com/back-matter-matters-a-study-in-commitment/#comment-633656 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:28:54 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=94887#comment-633656 Great piece Ryan. Being something of a flighty hussy when it comes to comics I have often wondered about the point of those letters pages. Love the title of the column too

]]> By: Ryan Lindsay https://www.boomtron.com/back-matter-matters-a-study-in-commitment/#comment-633655 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:23:02 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=94887#comment-633655 In reply to Matt S..

Thanks, Matt S, I am really glad you liked the article.

I really dig back matter of all kinds, and I’m sure heaps of good comics out there do it too and I’m not there for it. I, sadly, get Walking Dead in trade form, so I miss these letter columns of which you speak.

]]> By: Matt S. https://www.boomtron.com/back-matter-matters-a-study-in-commitment/#comment-633654 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:08:46 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=94887#comment-633654 The Walking Dead has a 2-page letter column that currently is answered alternately by the editor and the writer. It used to be completely by the writer and have more pages for the column, but he has trimmed back input on that front due to his involvement in other projects.

I love this article and I’m completely on-board with this point-of-view. A lot of the books I buy have these back-up materials and that kind of lovely package is what makes them some of my favorite comics of all-time.

]]> By: Paul Charles Smith https://www.boomtron.com/back-matter-matters-a-study-in-commitment/#comment-633658 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:34:58 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=94887#comment-633658 I’d say the latter, as usual we don’t really get into the head of Oshii’s protagonist, there is a distance (no doubt, like with the Major in Ghost in the Shell) intended to further create a sense of alienation. Her actions to me seem very much about rebelling against the rules of the game in which the game is also reality.

Ah, I always thought it was as it is so popular in Japan, my mistake. It is definately relating to the Wizardry series though, it can be seen in the background of the making of special, and there are a number of clear references.

]]> By: Jonathan McCalmont https://www.boomtron.com/back-matter-matters-a-study-in-commitment/#comment-633657 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:13:08 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=94887#comment-633657 Splendid stuff.

So would you argue that Plato’s idea of spiritual ascent through philosophy and mathematics is bad faith or is it just that Ash avoids bad faith by imposing her own (rather than the genre’s) hierarchy on the various levels of reality?

Minor note : Wizardry isn’t Japanese but it is safe to assume that the name ‘Wizard’ is an RPG reference.

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