Morning Laughs
Nov. 24th, 2003 08:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosThis from the opening pages of Promethea, a graphic novel by Alan Moore.
A young woman is writing a paper on Promethea, a mysterious literary character who has appeared in a variety of works since the 1700's. After being abruptly dismissed from an interview with the widow of the most recent person to write about Promethea, she finds herself being pursued by a shadowy phantom through the streets of New York. As she runs, she cries aloud, "What did I do? I haven't done anything! I'm a college student! All I ever did was read books! What did I do?"
The phantom trips her. She falls over a railing. And as she hangs suspended above the street, the phantom's demonic face appears in front of hers and replies, Wrong books.
I don't know if this translates well in the re-telling, but it had me laughing out loud.
Maybe you have to be a college student to appreciate it.
(Thanks![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
queenofhalves for the book recommendation!)
A young woman is writing a paper on Promethea, a mysterious literary character who has appeared in a variety of works since the 1700's. After being abruptly dismissed from an interview with the widow of the most recent person to write about Promethea, she finds herself being pursued by a shadowy phantom through the streets of New York. As she runs, she cries aloud, "What did I do? I haven't done anything! I'm a college student! All I ever did was read books! What did I do?"
The phantom trips her. She falls over a railing. And as she hangs suspended above the street, the phantom's demonic face appears in front of hers and replies, Wrong books.
I don't know if this translates well in the re-telling, but it had me laughing out loud.
Maybe you have to be a college student to appreciate it.
(Thanks
queenofhalves for the book recommendation!)
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Date: 2003-11-24 02:41 pm (UTC)I'm about halfway through the book (lunchroom reading), and continue to enjoy it. Not only is the storyline compelling and beautifully-illustrated, the process of becoming a hero/ine is something which always fascinates me.
I am the holy splendor of the imagination. I can not be destroyed.
What a line!