Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jun 30, 2018 20:55:20 GMT -8
I mourn his passing.
He is part of an elite group of artists who had a real impact on the world...and myself. I would be a different person without being exposed to his works.
I first started reading him when I was in grade school; someone turned me on to 'Along The Scenic Route' and I was hooked for life. After that, I read everything he ever produced.
I'm still moved by his prose, and his anger. His Harlequin was probably the first superhero I identified with, as he sought to subvert the powers that be. Harlequin's rain of jelly beans caused havok and clogged the moving sidewalks. Genius.
As you can see, he bent the rules of grammar for effect, and it was oh so wonderful. 
Anyway, years later I found out that he'd been heavily influenced by the comics of his day, and even had a sizable collection. Here's a look...
He is part of an elite group of artists who had a real impact on the world...and myself. I would be a different person without being exposed to his works.
I first started reading him when I was in grade school; someone turned me on to 'Along The Scenic Route' and I was hooked for life. After that, I read everything he ever produced.
I'm still moved by his prose, and his anger. His Harlequin was probably the first superhero I identified with, as he sought to subvert the powers that be. Harlequin's rain of jelly beans caused havok and clogged the moving sidewalks. Genius.
“Jelly beans! Millions and billions of purples and yellows and greens and licorice and grape and raspberry and mint and round and smooth and crunchy outside and soft-mealy inside and sugary and bouncing jouncing tumbling clittering clattering skittering fell on the heads and shoulders and hardhats and carapaces of the Timkin works, tinkling on the slidewalk and bouncing away and rolling about underfoot and filling the sky on their way down with all the colors of joy and childhood and holidays, coming down in a steady rain, a solid wash, a torrent of color and sweetness out of the sky from above, and entering a universe of sanity and metronomic order with quite-mad coocoo newness. Jelly beans!”
Anyway, years later I found out that he'd been heavily influenced by the comics of his day, and even had a sizable collection. Here's a look...
