Oooooo...

Here's a view from a new goodie I picked up on free comic book day...what a glorious day that is. 

I took the opportunity to pick up a collection I have wondered about, Dark Shadows, the comic.  It's a collection of the comics released in the early 70s.  I like it...not too heavy in the plot department but the artwork is FANTASTIC!  The other thing I like about these old comics is how the plot is laid out.  There is a lot implied with the artwork rather than with words.  And the words that are chosen are precise, specific.  Sometimes just a word like, "Ooooo" can sum up a whole page of haunting.  {It's really all a good ghost needs, right??}  

I wonder if my fondness for the ellipses mark came from all of my comic book reading.  Story telling {in comics} was different in the early 70s...not better or worse, just different.   The whole experience of reading a comic, for me, is like sitting down to listen to an entire record.  It's a time of meditation where nothing comes into mind except what's being fed to me.   It's a special thing.