Comments on: 08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail: beautifully designed, superbly written history of the 2008 election in graphic novel form http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Clay http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498436 Clay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498436 Ah, Hoefler & Frere-Jones Gotham. To my knowledge, the first typeface ever to become definitively associated with a political brand. Ah, Hoefler & Frere-Jones Gotham.

To my knowledge, the first typeface ever to become definitively associated with a political brand.

]]> By: AndreasDahl http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498481 AndreasDahl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498481 @#7 Right-click -> 'Save Link As...' http://dangoldman.net/08-Excerpt.pdf @#7

Right-click -> ‘Save Link As…’

http://dangoldman.net/08-Excerpt.pdf

]]> By: Matt Staggs http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498253 Matt Staggs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498253 Looks good, but that's not a very good likeness of Palin. If she was that hideous looking we would have had an even easier time of defeating McCain/Palin. Looks good, but that’s not a very good likeness of Palin. If she was that hideous looking we would have had an even easier time of defeating McCain/Palin.

]]> By: reginald http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498258 reginald Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498258 that is exactly what Sarah Palin looked like minus $150k worth of "wardrobe" that is exactly what Sarah Palin looked like minus $150k worth of “wardrobe”

]]> By: escowles http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498260 escowles Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498260 Not to be pedantic, but that's actually a likeness of Tina Fey impersonating Palin -- not Palin herself. And if you're going to visually distinguish two people who looked so much alike, making the impersonator a little rougher, and uglier, is a good way to do it. Not to be pedantic, but that’s actually a likeness of Tina Fey impersonating Palin — not Palin herself. And if you’re going to visually distinguish two people who looked so much alike, making the impersonator a little rougher, and uglier, is a good way to do it.

]]> By: Quothz http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498261 Quothz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498261 A neat project, poorly executed. Google for images of the various politicians and pundits involved, and you'll see that their faces are very obviously photo-traced. That's why their expressions don't match the tone of what they're saying. It's a common enough technique which is acknowledged as lazy by most artists who use it. It's fine when, for example, a comic-strip artist needs a celebrity cameo. However, for a book that <i>centers</i> around public figures, these guys should've picked an artist who can free-draw recognizable faces. I'm'a give this one a pass. A neat project, poorly executed. Google for images of the various politicians and pundits involved, and you’ll see that their faces are very obviously photo-traced. That’s why their expressions don’t match the tone of what they’re saying.

It’s a common enough technique which is acknowledged as lazy by most artists who use it. It’s fine when, for example, a comic-strip artist needs a celebrity cameo. However, for a book that centers around public figures, these guys should’ve picked an artist who can free-draw recognizable faces. I’m'a give this one a pass.

]]> By: napstimpy http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498265 napstimpy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498265 Maybe a proofread on the headline? Maybe a proofread on the headline?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498295 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498295 Could anyone get the graphic novel 9-11 report to open? I continuously got a "permission denied" error when I followed the link to slate and tried to read it. Could anyone get the graphic novel 9-11 report to open? I continuously got a “permission denied” error when I followed the link to slate and tried to read it.

]]> By: License Farm http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-499066 License Farm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-499066 Those of us who know Dan and his work understand what an immense amount of blood, sweat and tears he pours into all his labors; there is absolutely NOTHING "lazy" about the man or his technique. This was perhaps not the best page to cite to showcase his talents, but he managed to take what in written form would have been a fairly dry account of the campaigns and imbue it with the crackling energy we were all experiencing at the time. For any lingering doubts folks might be clinging to about his talents, I recommend you consult an unofficial coda to <b>08</b> that was published on Tor.com on the day of Obama's inauguration, <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=comic&id=11740&page=1" target="_blank">Yes We Will</a>. His art is a living, electric thing best viewed in glorious backlit color; that he was able to bring something of that to B&W deadtree editions is further testimony to that fact. Those of us who know Dan and his work understand what an immense amount of blood, sweat and tears he pours into all his labors; there is absolutely NOTHING “lazy” about the man or his technique. This was perhaps not the best page to cite to showcase his talents, but he managed to take what in written form would have been a fairly dry account of the campaigns and imbue it with the crackling energy we were all experiencing at the time.

For any lingering doubts folks might be clinging to about his talents, I recommend you consult an unofficial coda to 08 that was published on Tor.com on the day of Obama’s inauguration, Yes We Will. His art is a living, electric thing best viewed in glorious backlit color; that he was able to bring something of that to B&W deadtree editions is further testimony to that fact.

]]> By: Machineintheghost http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498323 Machineintheghost Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498323 That picture looks more like a police mugshot of member of a KISS tribute band than either Tina Fey or Sarah Palin. And the narrator's BOLD CAPS in different SIZES seem more suited for a poster than a whole comic book. That picture looks more like a police mugshot of member of a KISS tribute band than either Tina Fey or Sarah Palin. And the narrator’s BOLD CAPS in different SIZES seem more suited for a poster than a whole comic book.

]]> By: Crispinus211 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498337 Crispinus211 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498337 The free excerpt is a nice idea, but it's a looooong download and it's playing hell with my browser. ... Download complete. Hmmm. It might be a .pdf, but there's no way to enlarge the text. Makes for very myopic reading. The free excerpt is a nice idea, but it’s a looooong download and it’s playing hell with my browser.

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Download complete. Hmmm. It might be a .pdf, but there’s no way to enlarge the text. Makes for very myopic reading.

]]> By: Crispinus211 http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498601 Crispinus211 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498601 @10: Well, crap. @10:

Well, crap.

]]> By: toolbag http://boingboing.net/2009/05/21/08-a-graphic-diary-o.html#comment-498686 toolbag Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-498686 I guess I kinda' liked it? The art was cool. But really, since the campaigning for 2008 started shortly after 2004 and media coverage of the election was somewhere between "thorough" and "24/7 pundit firehose" levels I'm not sure what the point is. The dems had to fight tooth and nail while spending insane amounts of money to beat a circus clown and his poorly trained monkey. Really, the whole thing was embarrassing and disappointing. This might be something interesting to read 10 years from now but at the moment I'm just glad I can pick up a paper (a physical one) and not have to read a second by second account of what happened on the campaign trail. I guess I kinda’ liked it? The art was cool. But really, since the campaigning for 2008 started shortly after 2004 and media coverage of the election was somewhere between “thorough” and “24/7 pundit firehose” levels I’m not sure what the point is. The dems had to fight tooth and nail while spending insane amounts of money to beat a circus clown and his poorly trained monkey. Really, the whole thing was embarrassing and disappointing. This might be something interesting to read 10 years from now but at the moment I’m just glad I can pick up a paper (a physical one) and not have to read a second by second account of what happened on the campaign trail.

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