Bandit Axemas Anno 4
Holy HELL. Look what John. DID. WITH THIS.
Although I enjoy writing metered verse, it sure is time-consuming, a lesson I re-learn every time I take on a new project that involves it. As it happened, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to spare: I had just taken a temp job at a music warehouse, pulling items off the shelves and getting them wrapped up for Christmas delivery. As Christmas approached, the hours got longer, more grueling, and more lucrative, and I was not in a position to refuse any work, especially since the warehouse had announced it would be hiring its hardest, best workers for permanent gigs.
So most of what you’re seeing here (and for the next five or so installments) was composed in hour-long increments, between the departure of my goddaughter for school and my own departure for another nine-to-twelve-hour day. So please be kind. :-)
I think it’s great! The art, theme and Rhyme!
Especially to do such, with such little Time!
You’re too hard on yourself. The verse is as good as the artwork…and they are both incredible.
…wait, you mean you didn’t get rich doing this?
“Holy HELL. Look what John. DID. WITH THIS. ”
This is what one could call perfection. There is nothing more to be said.
I’m positive Dr. Seuss himself would be delighted at both the writing and art of this homage.
It’s all amazing, and hard to fathom you saying this was somehow not your best writing. It’s practically perfect as a Seuss homage. The art is spot on, while still retaining some of the Guilded-Age uniqueness, and the writing could almost pass as original Seuss (except perhaps on account of the complete lack of absolute-nonsense-words).
How do you actually make yourself stop writing prose in your head while working a 9-5 warehouse job….?
Well… when I re-read Dr Seuss books as an adult, I find that the rhymes and meter are not as perfect as I remember them being as a kid. Nostalgia at work. There are some parts (usually the most famous parts) which are indeed great, but there are just as many awkward lines or not-quite-on-the-meter lines. So I wouldn’t be too hard on yourself about it. The homage is great combined with the artwork. I think Dr Seuss would heartily enjoy it.
I’m on a corporate IT service desk. If I have to take someone’s machine for repairs in December, I always tell them, “I’m taking back to my workshop, my dear. I’ll fix it up there … and I’ll bring it back here.”
Holy HELL! Look what T did with this!
Building meter and rhyme,
with nary a miss,
And with so little time.
Okay, a poet I am not. But I think you did a great job T. John and Phil as well. This whole chapter was well done.