The miniature (Eastern and Western) occupies the same space as tapestry and comics in that they are all part of the tradition of visual storytelling. Do you view miniature as part of the tradition of comics? The link to comics is stronger there, I imagine. The other major visual inspiration for The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya is, of course, Turkish miniature. In a strictly visual sense, I only make that connection between carpets and comics because Turkish miniature very much owes its decorative flourishes (borders, florals, arabesques) to carpets. Outside the concerns of interior design, a carpet doesn’t need another to support its own aesthetic or personality. Carpets are more akin to illustration: they are static, containing multiple components that express an idea or concept, and they stand alone. I wouldn’t directly draw a line between carpets and comics - they are very different mediums. The reader who goes even further to apply this thesis to TCMK itself will find traces of its creator: who I was and some of who I am now are essential to its becoming. Thematically and narratively, TCMK posits that the work of understanding the carpet is analogous to understanding a person: all of us are moving stories, each with something to say to those who want to learn. Learning to read the visual language of carpets or comics means unlocking even more of that humanity, moving beyond the superficial and passive “Oh, this art is pretty, and I like this story!” to the formation of a deeper, active connection with the artist who made that work. To read a comic or a carpet is to glimpse at the individual, specific, microcosmic slice of humanity responsible for its creation. REIMENA YEE : As objects, carpets and comics are both physical manifestations of their creator: they reflect a creator’s sociopolitical, cultural, or religious context their access to power aspects of their lives like geography, ancestral history, and access to materials as well as who they were and where they lived at the time of the work’s creation. Could you elaborate on your sense of the relationship between carpets and comics? Our protagonist, the timid vampire Zeynel, refers to carpets as “essentially moving stories.” The process of reading a comic and admiring a carpet are similar in that the reader works to connect the images in some sort of visual order. In Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud posits medieval tapestries, which are related to carpets, as precursors to modern comics. KEJERA: What struck me when first reading The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya was the connection you make between sequential art and the tradition of carpets. Kejera, a Gambian author and comics journalist who has covered her work for years. What’s more, he’s finding that most of the uploaded files of Insufferable.REIMENA YEE, illustrator and Eisner-nominated author of The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya (Volume II was released in August 2022), talks with M. There’s no reason why the uploaders couldn’t remove that page, but they haven’t. cbz files – with a pointer toward Thrillbent on the last page. So rather than obsessing about that, he’s turned it to his advantage by posting each chapter as downloadable PDF and. But more than that…more than that … after having been hip-deep in the research for the past three years, I have seen zero conclusive evidence that, on the whole, “piracy” removes more money from the system than it adds to it.įurthermore, he points out, pirates gonna pirate and he has no way to stop them. my hand to God, even if we were charging for it, I’d still be happy because the exposure and promotion is worth more to me at this point than dollars and cents. Your mileage may vary but, me, I’m okay with torrenters and “pirates” sharing INSUFFERABLE.Not just because, what the hell, it’s free anyway, Mr. “The only thing that startled me was that it took 24 hours,” he said, and sure enough, the next two chapters were uploaded even faster. Mark Waid has really put his money where his mouth is: After preaching the gospel of the “culture of sharing” for a couple of years now, he’s making his comic Insufferable available for anyone to download and share.Īlthough the comic is available for free from his Thrillbent website, he found that within 24 hours the first chapter had been copied and uploaded to torrent and file-sharing sites. Mark Waid is fine with people pirating his comic books - even the ones that cost money. However the guts of the sentiment remains the same.
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