My son has been really into the Lee/Ditko Dr. Strange recently. So I thought I’d ask him what he liked about it. Here’s what he said.
I like the art because it’s really colorful and I like how he gets different cloaks through the series. I like the plot too. I like how Dr. Strange runs around and does things and goes into different dimensions a bunch. I like how everybody talks to themselves a lot because it’s funny when they’re just saying things to themselves. I like the way they talk about the writers. For example, “written at twilight by Stan Lee.”
That’s kind of all I have to say.
And here’s a drawing of Dr. Strange he did.
I love his description of the thought balloons! It is funny when these characters all of a sudden start talking to themselves, especially in the Claremont/Byrne issues of Uncanny X-Men where entire panels are taken up by those internal monologues.
And those old Doctor Strange comics really are a lot of him and Clea and the Ancient One and Dormammu just “doing things” that really don’t make any sense–but are all the more delightful because they don’t have to make any narrative sense!
Now I’m inspired to re-read my Essential Doctor Strange books. Love his drawing, too.
I didn’t even realize he was talking about the thought balloons! Now I have to check if that’s what he’s talking about….
Okay I asked him. He knows what thought balloons are. There are just a lot of places in the book where the characters actually talk to themselves in speech bubbles out loud. Which is fairly ridiculous…and which my son thinks is hysterical.
I got into Dr. Strange at the same age for roughly the same reasons.
Nice drawing! I like the glowing energy around his hands, and he’s even got some of those Ditko hand gestures going on.
This made me smile.
Request! Alan Moore Explained By A 9 Year Old.
Heh. All the Alan Moore stuff is probably a little old for him, is the problem….
Sure. I think its a little old for me most times! Great post.
This post is a gem! Great insights by your son. It’s cool that he’s enjoying these classics.
It’s funny, though. I read these books at about his age years ago, and, in the name of the Vishanti, I never noticed anything odd about these endless soliloquies!