It seems we have an in-house “Conway West” here, or is it a clone of Congressman Pete Stark … of “P” on the leg fame ?
Whichever, You won’t find him quoted as an examplar in “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. Particularly with a tendency to quickly slip into questionable back street vernacular when cornered and unable to give rational expression
He has difficulty understanding basic concepts. And in the absence of coherent answers waves them away, often with two words which only serve to “avoid” answering the question. A few examples :
Q. What was the ADVANTAGE of (Locher) “changing” the facial appearance (and personalities) of 60% of the HQ staff (ie Patton.Lizz and Junior) ?
ARTICULATE how it helped the strip. (Increased circulation? Many new young readers ?
A, “Artistic license. If you don’t like it stop reading the strip.”
(Reflecting an inability to answer !)
Q. Both Gould an Collins used a rough rule of thumb of “CRIME” within 72 panels – to get ACTION going and start the CHASE sequence. WHAT advantage did Kilian and Locher achieve by abandoning that formula ?
A.1 “Time to crime is not a rule written in stone ….etc”
(no one said it was, it was just an excellent formula that worked beautifully all of Gould’s life and for Collins too. Locher doesn’t have one in use, does he ? Just flys by wire ?)
A,2 I’ve told you DOZENS of times dear Sydney, and you refuse to listen, that the powers that are don’t want the strip tp be over violent, and usually, in Dick Tracy the chase ivolves violence, We’ve seen a few chase sequences since Locher went solo ……’ “By and large, many chase sequences, in my opinion, do not work well on paper, because chase requires MOVEMENT and movement is ONE thing that TV and FILM have over the comic strip medium. (and MOTION lines on EVERYTHING looks dumb ! And don’t get me started on the stupidity of doing car chases in a comic strip”.
(Well I’m glad you opened your mouth and allowed “ignorance” to “jump” out. What you just told me reveals you haven’t got a CLUE on what I’ve been talking about. - and every utterance you made was just designed to shield Locher’s woefully horrid incompetence. MOVEMENT isn’t about car chases, it’s about “escaping”, trying to “get away”. Changing scenery, new locations, physical dangers. And Tracy in relentless persuit.
In fact that’s precisely what the current story LACKS - some MOVEMENT! Tracy has been riveted in the same “boring” place for THREE months
Q. Death Traps (serious ones) a thing of the past ?
A. “We have seen a few over the years, but YES, they are more or less gone, but again, if one of the mandates of the editors is to less the degree of DANGER that the main character find themselves in, how could you possibly do DEATH TRAPS ?
(You’ve admitted it. No serious Death Traps, Another flawed change. Another workable practise abandoned ! There’s NO TMS mandate to avoid danger in the strip. When Locher’s flawed work flares up you immediately try to blame TMS.
Q. The good guys never get shot or injured again, not for the last 17 years. (?)
A. “NOBODY CAN GET SHOT” That would’nt fly .. etc ..”
(Why not ? No body injuries ? No accidents ? No near death scenes ? HospitalIization ? Gould had at least one every year. There is no mandate to prevent that ! Again don’t shift blame to TMS for Locher’s lack of ideas and know how.
He’s a spent force !)
The bald truth is that Locher (if he even knew? and I’m now doubting that he did) has dropped most of the techniques Gould and Collins used AND he has replaced it with “fluff”. He, just in silly fashion makes it up each day as he goes along and it’s now become a major embarrasment to a once great strip
TMS should retire him NOW. And you should consider refraining from talking about a subject on which you know so little. The thrill of a few conversations with him does not confer any degree of expertise on this great strip on you.
You have so many basic things still to learn Matt. Best of luck !
It seems we have an in-house “Conway West” here, or is it a clone of Congressman Pete Stark … of “P” on the leg fame ?
Whichever, You won’t find him quoted as an examplar in “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. Particularly with a tendency to quickly slip into questionable back street vernacular when cornered and unable to give rational expression
He has difficulty understanding basic concepts. And in the absence of coherent answers waves them away, often with two words which only serve to “avoid” answering the question. A few examples :
Q. What was the ADVANTAGE of (Locher) “changing” the facial appearance (and personalities) of 60% of the HQ staff (ie Patton.Lizz and Junior) ? ARTICULATE how it helped the strip. (Increased circulation? Many new young readers ?
A, “Artistic license. If you don’t like it stop reading the strip.” (Reflecting an inability to answer !)
Q. Both Gould an Collins used a rough rule of thumb of “CRIME” within 72 panels – to get ACTION going and start the CHASE sequence. WHAT advantage did Kilian and Locher achieve by abandoning that formula ?
A.1 “Time to crime is not a rule written in stone ….etc” (no one said it was, it was just an excellent formula that worked beautifully all of Gould’s life and for Collins too. Locher doesn’t have one in use, does he ? Just flys by wire ?)
A,2 I’ve told you DOZENS of times dear Sydney, and you refuse to listen, that the powers that are don’t want the strip tp be over violent, and usually, in Dick Tracy the chase ivolves violence, We’ve seen a few chase sequences since Locher went solo ……’ “By and large, many chase sequences, in my opinion, do not work well on paper, because chase requires MOVEMENT and movement is ONE thing that TV and FILM have over the comic strip medium. (and MOTION lines on EVERYTHING looks dumb ! And don’t get me started on the stupidity of doing car chases in a comic strip”.
(Well I’m glad you opened your mouth and allowed “ignorance” to “jump” out. What you just told me reveals you haven’t got a CLUE on what I’ve been talking about. - and every utterance you made was just designed to shield Locher’s woefully horrid incompetence. MOVEMENT isn’t about car chases, it’s about “escaping”, trying to “get away”. Changing scenery, new locations, physical dangers. And Tracy in relentless persuit.
In fact that’s precisely what the current story LACKS - some MOVEMENT! Tracy has been riveted in the same “boring” place for THREE months
Q. Death Traps (serious ones) a thing of the past ?
A. “We have seen a few over the years, but YES, they are more or less gone, but again, if one of the mandates of the editors is to less the degree of DANGER that the main character find themselves in, how could you possibly do DEATH TRAPS ? (You’ve admitted it. No serious Death Traps, Another flawed change. Another workable practise abandoned ! There’s NO TMS mandate to avoid danger in the strip. When Locher’s flawed work flares up you immediately try to blame TMS.
Q. The good guys never get shot or injured again, not for the last 17 years. (?)
A. “NOBODY CAN GET SHOT” That would’nt fly .. etc ..” (Why not ? No body injuries ? No accidents ? No near death scenes ? HospitalIization ? Gould had at least one every year. There is no mandate to prevent that ! Again don’t shift blame to TMS for Locher’s lack of ideas and know how. He’s a spent force !)
The bald truth is that Locher (if he even knew? and I’m now doubting that he did) has dropped most of the techniques Gould and Collins used AND he has replaced it with “fluff”. He, just in silly fashion makes it up each day as he goes along and it’s now become a major embarrasment to a once great strip
TMS should retire him NOW. And you should consider refraining from talking about a subject on which you know so little. The thrill of a few conversations with him does not confer any degree of expertise on this great strip on you.
You have so many basic things still to learn Matt. Best of luck !