Oh GOD my feelings. I've got to find the full version of this as soon as possible, as the version I downloaded just up and decided to corrupt about 120 pages in. Perhaps I'll check the library for it. That's neither here nor there, though, as we're here to talk about my feelings towards Asterios. Dude's had some crazy kind of life, it would appear. I feel like I share a lot with this character, actually. Sudden tragedies that don't appear to outwardly affect him, passionately devoted to the pursuit of obtaining knowledge on whatever subject may appear, and kind of up his own ass. Outwardly, appearing to be very up his own ass, but in reality only being kind of up his own ass. I just... want to know more about him.
And oh man, those colors? I love the fact that there's no black to be found, or even a dark shade of blue. It doesn't appear that any of the colors had a value over 50 in a photoshop scale; that is to say, no color was even half as dark as it could possibly be printed. I love the lightness that comes from that, though. Playing with the whites and lighter values makes the work feel airy and ethereal -- like a dream. I feel somehow as though I'm looking into the thoughts of another while reading this comic, though I'm not sure if it's Asterios's or the author's.
I don't think I've been able to empathize with a character nearly as well as I've been able to with Asterios this entire year so far. A whole semester of reading comics and I finally find the one character I feel I can truly relate to... which feels odd to me. He's much older and wiser than I, but for some reason I feel this distinct connection to the poor, strangely stalwart guy. Though maybe I shouldn't be too surprised, considering my favorite television character of all time may just be Frasier Crane, similarly aged and learned.
From the images that I saw on google whilst searching for this work and the introduction of a character that watches the sky for asteroids of close proximity to the earth, I can imagine what may eventually happen in this tale, and I'd like to think that Asterios will be fine. I... kind of need him to be fine, at the end of his story.
-Will Avery
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