I think if it\u2019s sun\u00adny it can\u2019t be all bad. But then, bad things hap\u00adpen even when the sun shin\u00ading, don\u2019t they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But any\u00adway, this is just a com\u00adic book illus\u00adtra\u00adtion of a grave\u00adyard. And grave\u00adyards have always car\u00adried their appeal and the \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me, there is anoth\u00ader lay\u00ader to this image as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Com\u00adic books have always car\u00adried a sense of famil\u00adiar\u00adi\u00adty and warmth\u2014a con\u00adnec\u00adtion to child\u00adhood, to sto\u00adries where even seri\u00adous or eerie set\u00adtings are ren\u00addered in a styl\u00adized, approach\u00adable way. When I see a scene like this depict\u00aded in a com\u00adic book style, it feels soft\u00adened not just by the sun\u00adlight, but by the medi\u00adum itself. Lines are clean\u00ader. Forms are sim\u00adpli\u00adfied. The mood becomes more con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adtive than over\u00adwhelm\u00ading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that sense, the style shapes the per\u00adcep\u00adtion as much as the sub\u00adject. A grave\u00adyard in com\u00adic form is not just a graveyard\u2014it becomes some\u00adthing almost poet\u00adic, fil\u00adtered through mem\u00ado\u00adry, imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, and visu\u00adal lan\u00adguage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, this aes\u00adthet\u00adic has its lim\u00adits. Cer\u00adtain real\u00adi\u00adties can\u00adnot be soft\u00adened by style alone. But with\u00adin the bound\u00adaries of illus\u00adtra\u00adtion, espe\u00adcial\u00adly one tied to per\u00adson\u00adal asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions, even a grave\u00adyard in sun\u00adlight can feel unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly beautiful\u2014less like an end\u00ading, and more like a qui\u00adet pause under an open sky.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I think if it’s sunny it can’t be all bad. But then, bad things happen even when the sun shining, don’t they? But anyway, this is just a comic book illustration of a graveyard. And graveyards have always carried their appeal and the …. 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