Comments on: Weekend: Influential! http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/ Creative Mung from Eric A. Burns Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kirabug http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-278 kirabug Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:41:23 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-278 My true influences probably go way back to junior high - Piers Anthony, Robert Asperin, Anne McCaffrey, the original Star Trek (we had reruns!), Peter S. Beagle's Last Unicorn, Jim Henson... Henson, unsurprisingly, seems to be shaping a ton of stuff in my comics. As are Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. Really recent are Miyazaki and Neil Gaiman, the Final Fantasy series, Something Positive, Schlock Mercenery, and some guy called Eric Burns. My true influences probably go way back to junior high – Piers Anthony, Robert Asperin, Anne McCaffrey, the original Star Trek (we had reruns!), Peter S. Beagle’s Last Unicorn, Jim Henson…

Henson, unsurprisingly, seems to be shaping a ton of stuff in my comics. As are Tex Avery and Chuck Jones.

Really recent are Miyazaki and Neil Gaiman, the Final Fantasy series, Something Positive, Schlock Mercenery, and some guy called Eric Burns.

]]> By: Alexandra Erin http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-267 Alexandra Erin Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:39:15 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-267 When I look at J. Michael Stracyznski's stuff, I get the feeling that we're influenced by the same things, though I've never been a huge fan of his and don't feel much of a direct debt. Neil Gaiman, on the other hand... I'd be sacrificing oxen to him if I just knew where to send the burnt livers. When I look at J. Michael Stracyznski’s stuff, I get the feeling that we’re influenced by the same things, though I’ve never been a huge fan of his and don’t feel much of a direct debt.

Neil Gaiman, on the other hand… I’d be sacrificing oxen to him if I just knew where to send the burnt livers.

]]> By: forddent http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-256 forddent Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:51:43 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-256 I'd say that Douglas Adams and Neil Gaiman are the big two that I tend to emulate (at the very least my friends have compared my style to theirs on numerous occasions). I also take a lot of inspiration from the folks (all one of them) at Hitherby Dragons, as well as occasionally showing a little bit of Charles Dickens' influence. I’d say that Douglas Adams and Neil Gaiman are the big two that I tend to emulate (at the very least my friends have compared my style to theirs on numerous occasions).

I also take a lot of inspiration from the folks (all one of them) at Hitherby Dragons, as well as occasionally showing a little bit of Charles Dickens’ influence.

]]> By: Paul Gadzikowski http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-255 Paul Gadzikowski Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:47:18 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-255 My choice of genre comes from Gene Roddenberry and T.H. White. My humor comes from A.A. Milne, Charles Schulz, Bill Cosby, Groucho Marx, Johnny Hart, Woody Allen and Larry Gelbart. My wordiness comes from Richard Hooker and Douglas Adams. My choice of genre comes from Gene Roddenberry and T.H. White. My humor comes from A.A. Milne, Charles Schulz, Bill Cosby, Groucho Marx, Johnny Hart, Woody Allen and Larry Gelbart. My wordiness comes from Richard Hooker and Douglas Adams.

]]> By: RedHalo http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-253 RedHalo Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:37:21 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-253 Yeah, I definitely have a lot of Terry Pratchett in the absurdity of what I write. I also give a fair bit of credit for inspiration to, of all things, Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs. I like to focus on what is considered the regular and "less significant" part of life instead of the grand stuff. Probably got a bit of that from Russell T. Davies as well. Even with the big stuff, its the little stuff that makes it interesting to me. Yeah, I definitely have a lot of Terry Pratchett in the absurdity of what I write. I also give a fair bit of credit for inspiration to, of all things, Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs. I like to focus on what is considered the regular and “less significant” part of life instead of the grand stuff. Probably got a bit of that from Russell T. Davies as well. Even with the big stuff, its the little stuff that makes it interesting to me.

]]> By: Pariochial http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-252 Pariochial Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:35:57 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-252 The internet as a whole. Which, in retrospect, probably has a lot to say about my sanity. The internet as a whole.

Which, in retrospect, probably has a lot to say about my sanity.

]]> By: Moe Lane http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-251 Moe Lane Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:48:50 +0000 http://banter-latte.annotations.com/2007/07/21/weekend-influential/#comment-251 Terry Pratchett, Randall Garrett and the Bob Heinlein who wrote <i>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</i> and <i>Starship Troopers</i>. I'd like to add Tim Powers and Ken Hite, but I need to train up a bit more first. Moe PS: Oh, yeah: Diane Duane and JMF. Anybody who could turn Star Trek into actual, you know, <i>science fiction</i> is worth emulating. Terry Pratchett, Randall Garrett and the Bob Heinlein who wrote The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers. I’d like to add Tim Powers and Ken Hite, but I need to train up a bit more first.

Moe

PS: Oh, yeah: Diane Duane and JMF. Anybody who could turn Star Trek into actual, you know, science fiction is worth emulating.

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