freaky-713 asked: So like what is even going on in the last comic I'm so confused Is this Scott Pilgrim now What even

octopuspiecomic:

I wanna talk about an unfortunate thing I think the internet has done for art. With the instant gratification of instant delivery, we’ve seen an accelerated desire to discuss, be satisfied and move on from it. The result is a lot of contact like this: people who write to me directly - immediately - asking for an explanation of my work.

There’s a lot of collected thought that goes into art. Experience, meditation, desire. And any artist worth a damn has more than 1 thought to express on any given page. Certainly it’s possible an artist has nothing to say and just wants to shock or confuse you - and you’re welcome to think that about me or anyone you’d like - but even then, I believe there’s something to unearth from it. Why did the artist make those decisions? Did they achieve what they set out to do? What feeling does it give you? If you walk away and come back days or months or years later, do you interpret it any differently?

While some material is easier to enjoy at face value than others, good art will always offer more below the surface. This is a beautiful thing we do as humans. We warp reality to get to the bottom of it. We say things through music and the canvas and the written word that can’t be communicated any other way. We produce images and sounds simply because they’ve never been seen or heard. We make sense of life by comparing it to the art of the past. And then we die, hopefully offering something of value to future humans.

Art gives us things we don’t expect. And it’s a shame that we have the impulse to categorize those things immediately, denying ourselves that bit of discovery. Scott Pilgrim didn’t explode onto the scene as a new version of its many influences. It could only have been made by one person, with their particular skillset and worldview, at a crucial moment in time.

I hope this answers What even

I love Mer’s thoughtful words here. Not every parcelled fragment offered of a body of work needs to show all of its colours, reasons, and message, though it’s tempting to want those things sometimes.  Maybe you are rewarded with a definitive opinion for a day, but you are robbed of building a larger picture, theirs and yours.  The internet reassembled many of the ways we look at art, but if you’re making it, the way that you wish to say what you want to say still matters.

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