thread: 2006-03-07 : Troubleshooting the Baby
On 2006-03-08, Vincent wrote:
Hey Larry!
Read for the author's voice.
As author, I have a certain attitude toward each of the 7 elements of the cartoon (the ???, each of the three arrows, each of the three outcomes) (8 elements if you count my title and text). The cartoon's all about me as a father, and thereby more generally about parents at large, fathers especially.
It's not a diagram, in other words; there's something I'm saying here, beyond the simple laying out of the facts.
Now, if you aren't a parent or a strong parent-sympathizer, a) what I'm saying won't mean much to you and b) it'll probably take some real effort to get. I'm relying heavily on the spark of recognition from fellow parents, the way they'll instinctively read their own parental voice into the cartoon.
So whether it's worth the effort to you to understand what I'm saying, well, probably not, but I have to leave that to your judgement as a member of my audience.
