Comments on: Respect the Architect

By: Matthias Wivel

Matthias Wivel — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 04:15:20 +0000

Natty, Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the article. I kind of agree that AP lacks heart, but perhaps not as much as one might think, as I try to argue.

By: Natty

Natty — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:53:54 +0000

WoW! I’m thankful I read your review. It blew my mind. I love how you included Ignazio’s (who is basically Asterois) vision as being evident in the entire book’s style….

Thank you!!! That is why I surf the net… I knew I didn’t find a lot of people’s reviews satisfying enough but with yours I feel like I’m getting somewhere. I knew the book isn’t “great” because it DOES lack “heart” but at the same time I knew it was FASCINATING because of its style. Style over substance can be quite interesting!

By: Matthias Wivel

Matthias Wivel — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:31:17 +0000

Good point, it wouldn’t be snowing that early in Minnesota. I wonder whether this is just an error, or whether the 11th occurs earlier in the narrative. One might be able to pinpoint it by reading closely. (Another thematic kink in this respect is that none of the hijacked flights took off from the Twin Cities).

In any case, I think the airplane motif, the twin tower-like structures recurring, and the theme of absence all play into the national trauma pretty clearly.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:20:17 +0000

Hi Matthias,

Thank you for the quick response. I wondered about the September 2001 date, but would it be snowing in Minnesota then? (I assume that’s where Hana lives since we see the road signs for the Twin Cities and she mentions earlier that that’s where her father lives.)

By: Matthias Wivel

Matthias Wivel — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 03:56:01 +0000

I don’t have the book here, so I can’t recreate the precise triangulation, but when the story starts, it’s Asterios’ 50th birthday. He was born halfway through in 1950, meaning he has lived exactly half the century. This means that the story takes place in 2001, which again means that the end takes place sometime, say third of the way through September…

By: Suzy

Suzy — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:33:09 +0000

Hello,

The airplanes have been plaguing me. What do you mean by triangulate to find the time of the final event? Can you offer some assistance? Thank you!

By: Matthias Wivel

Matthias Wivel — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:13:44 +0000

Thanks for the kind words! Keep up the good work at tegneseriesiden.dk!

By: Ulf

Ulf — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:59:58 +0000

Nothing terribly intelligent to add, just giving kudos for a really well-written piece. Thumbs up!

I’ll just retire now … (ok, not!)