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2 thoughts on “538 – Astute Paranoia

  1. Well that’s a pretty damn good question! Another reminder that Chuck isn’t stupid.

  2. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Corpo sponsored snuff films … no surprise there. I wonder what voice over model they use – dispassionate wildlife commentator or enthusiastic conservationist. Or maybe Nascar ?

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538 – Astute Paranoia

Oscar was probably hoping Chuck would talk him down from his suspicions, not escalate them.

We're close to the end of this episode/issue, just a matter of figuring whether the final page will be next Wednesday the 18th or we'll put it up for Xmas. We'll try to drop a notice here and on Facebook once we figure that out, but we definitely want to post it before the New Year.

Screen time…

One of the ways I see a movie with several characters broken down is in terms of screen time, i.e. how many minutes each of those characters is “on screen” for an audience. The main protagonist and/or title character would most commonly have the biggest total, but that’s not always true, and such deviations are not always bad, but if your main character turns out to only be onscreen for 15 minutes out of your 150 minute movie, either that’s intentional or something went seriously awry. You can’t really tabulate a comic in terms of screen time. I suppose you could use pages or panels that someone appears in. Or should you use dialogue balloon count? Both? Should you even bother doing so, when there are all other manner of hobbies calling you, not to mention the dishes ain’t gonna wash themselves? But part of me is curious if Suzie would still have the biggest count. I might check that out some time, provided one of y’all doesn’t beat me to it.