Comments on: Music and Pie

By: Offendi

Offendi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:55:00 +0000

This raises a world of questions, of course.

Could the composer express something he had not experienced? (The more abstract examples seem to indicate this.) If not, could we reconstruct a life from these experience-composition? If the life involved such experiences as the later compositions, what would that imply about the person? Could we superimpose these sensations? Could absolutely abstract thoughts and emotions be expressed? Could we arrange them geometrically or spatially, or across time, into a concerted symphony? Could we conceive of a medium of art more perfect than such a thing? It would certainly overwhelm all other forms of story-based art. Could it…

Of such things is an entirely new mode made. It’s rather cruel of you to pull over it all a veil of elusiveness, though of course it provides the final touch.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:19:26 +0000

I am a composer of modern “art music” and this comic struck me as a profound comment on the nature of aesthetic taste in the public evaluation of our work, as a community, and how we are remembered by posterity. I will, of course, be sharing it with all my colleagues…

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:48:00 +0000

It was a misspelling, thanks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:56:04 +0000

Lovely strip.

Was the misspelling of “Pupil” intentional?

By: victoria

victoria — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:50:37 +0000

I am a composer and I call what I do “Sonic Modelling” – right now I am working on coffee. I love the comic. I can see I need lemon pie to go with the coffee.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:30:04 +0000

Being able to release solid pieces of work like the one above on a monthly basis is an achievement to be sure although no-one would complain about releases of increased frequency. Perhaps larger monthly (regular) releases like above with smaller ones (irregular?) interspersed in between whenever you feel, if indeed you feel the need to create more…

Well done by the way.

By: Juan

Juan — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:16:09 +0000

I don’t have a schedule, i’m afraid. Lately I have been updating slowly, near monthly. I’ve considered updating regularly with shorter pieces but i’m not entirely convinced of that yet. So far, working without deadlines has allowed me to post the comics when i’m reasonably satisfied with the results (though now that I think about it, there are several comics that i’m not so fond of). On the other hand, regularity seems to be essential to many readers. I’d appreciate any further input on this issue.
Thanks for your comments.

By: AmnesiaCane

AmnesiaCane — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:39:05 +0000

This is unquestionably my favorite of your works. They’re all simply fantastic, but this one is somehow different. You should try another like this (whatever “like this one, but different from the others” actually means) and see where that takes you.

I look forward to more. How frequently do you plan to update?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:30:21 +0000

Hey… What sorcery is this? The non-sequitur final panel actually worked! For a second there, clear as day, the creamy taste of lemon…

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:46:27 +0000

I agree. My girlfriend noticed certain clunkyness in the text boxes that I tried to fix but there’s still a somewhat weird composition, perhaps more notorius because of the black background.