New Leaf Vote for June 2018 • I'll be There for You: Best Friends

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by issybird

Isn't dumbing down a comic book a redundancy?

Dem's fightin words.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Hey, I grew up on comic books!

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

Dem's fightin words.

Forgive me, o learned ladies!

All I really meant to do was comment on a regrettable tendency to make already accessible media less interesting. It reminds me of how when the Nancy Drew books were "modernized" they were also, yes, dumbed down. The rewritten books were shorter, with less complex sentences and an easier vocabulary. I loved Nancy and that was a loss, and, face it, she wasn't exactly in the highly challenging category in the first place. A little challenge is a good thing.

I wonder what Classic Comics "excavated" when they put out the revamped comic?

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by issybird

It reminds me of how when the Nancy Drew books were "modernized" they were also, yes, dumbed down.

This was definitely in my weekly comic subscription yesterday.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by issybird

Forgive me, o learned ladies!

All I really meant to do was comment on a regrettable tendency to make already accessible media less interesting. It reminds me of how when the Nancy Drew books were "modernized" they were also, yes, dumbed down. The rewritten books were shorter, with less complex sentences and an easier vocabulary. I loved Nancy and that was a loss, and, face it, she wasn't exactly in the highly challenging category in the first place. A little challenge is a good thing.

I wonder what Classic Comics "excavated" when they put out the revamped comic?

I agree with you re Nancy Drew, but in the case of Classics Illustrated, should we not simply call the later version a new translation?

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by CRussel

I'd be interested to know that. One could guess a chapter at a time, but it's hard to be sure without some confirmation against accounts of the period. (For me, it started to pick up at around 50%. I'm quite enjoying it now, but only in the Hobson eBook. I abandoned the audio book based on the Victorian translation.)

After some internet sleuthing, I have discovered that it was indeed published one chapter at a time (in the Parisian newspaper Le Siècle from March 14, 1844 to July 1, 1844). I expected that answer to be too obvious to be true!

[Bookpossum]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

After some internet sleuthing, I have discovered that it was indeed published one chapter at a time (in the Parisian newspaper Le Siècle from March 14, 1844 to July 1, 1844). I expected that answer to be too obvious to be true!

Well sleuthed, Bookworm_Girl!

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

After some internet sleuthing, I have discovered that it was indeed published one chapter at a time (in the Parisian newspaper Le Siècle from March 14, 1844 to July 1, 1844). I expected that answer to be too obvious to be true!

Well done -- thanks for that confirmation. It fits with the overall feel, so I can't say I'm surprised. But good sleuthing!