(And by the way, I totally agree about that mary sue thing. It’s not that important. And anyways, I think you made semi-believable Mary-Sues.)

[Avram on Barthes and la mort de l’auteur]
Your argument faces major problems. For starters, Marry Me is not completed, so to assume a meaning that ignores the author’s intent and fails to have the complete work as support is not defensible. Second, Barthes did claim the existence of a single interpretation, so your view lacks universal validity.

I’m reminded of the classic scene in Annie Hall. Behind Alvy (Woody Allen) and Annie (Diane Keaton) is a man in line loudly espousing his crazy literary theories to his date. After the man comments on Marshall McLuhan, Alvy can take no more:

ALVY
(Sighing and addressing the audience)
What do you do when you get stuck in a movie
line with a guy like this behind you? I mean,
it’s just maddening!

The man in line moves toward Alvy. Both address the audience now.

MAN IN LINE
Wait a minute, why can’t I give my opinion?
It’s a free country!

ALVY
I mean, do you hafta give it so loud?
I mean, aren’t you ashamed
to pontificate like that? And the funny
part of it is, Marshall McLuhan, you don’t
know anything about Marshall McLuhan’s work!

MAN IN LINE
(Overlapping)
Wait a minute! Really? Really? I happen to
teach a class at Columbia called “TV Media
and Culture”! So I think that my insights
into Mr. McLuhan-well, have a great deal of
validity.

ALVY
Oh, do ya?

MAN IN LINE
Yes.

ALVY
Well, that’s funny, because I happen to
have Mr. McLuhan right here. So,
here, just let me-I mean, all right. Come
over here a second.

Alvy gestures to the camera which follows him and the man
in line to the back of the crowded lobby. He moves over to
a large stand-up movie poster and pulls Marshall McLuban
from behind the poster.

MAN IN LINE
Oh.

ALVY
(To McLuban)
Tell him.

MCLUHAN
(To the man in line)
I heard what you were saying.
You know nothing of my work. You
mean my whole fallacy is wrong. How you
ever got to teach a course in anything is
totally amazing.

ALVY
(To the camera)
Boy, if life were only like this!

Bobby, do you already have Last Blood and Marry Me going forward as movies? If so, when do you think they will be released?

Anyway, I am both anxious to see the end of the story, and sad to see it end. On the upside it will then mean that Eisu can get No Pink Ponies rolling again…so it’s still good.

Anyway, looking forward to the next few panels.

Kyrin

I’ve been following the comic for a while, and I’m yet to be disappointed in either the art or the story. I love the concept, as well. You find so many webcomics that are all practically identical, from the story right down to the half baked characters, and the creator usually gets bored and gives up within a couple of weeks. Eisu’s style and Bobby’s writting fit together perfectly, and it’s an amazing change to see not only a great -original- thing, but a great thing that plays right through to the end.

1. I don’t like the look on Stasia’s dad’s face

And

2. We have finnally found out Guys fault…he’s an evesdropper…you could never throw him a suprise party he would ruin it for everyone.