Comments on: The Astonishing Excursions of Helen Narbon & Co, Chapter Five.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 28 May 2018 02:07:36 +0000

Whenever I see the term ‘Hapax Legomena”, I immediately, without fail, am subconciously interperting it as taking after the Shriekback song of the same name. This is mostly because I am a devoted Shriekback fan at this point, but also because that’s one of the first places I encountered the term. Eventually I would discover that the clever lead singer for the band, Barry Andrews, had created a neat video to go along with it. Intriguing little thing, that. I eventually dsicovered it was not his only venture into film, and..

Oh dear this anecdote got a little carried away, didn’t it.

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:07:31 +0000

From a comment in Language Hat : (http://www.languagehat.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=3312)
A hapax legomenon (pl. hapax legomena, though sometimes called hapaxes for short) is a word which occurs only once in the written record of a language, in the works of an author, or in a single text.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapax_legomenon

By: Rachel S. (masamage)

Rachel S. (masamage) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:07:30 +0000

Fonts can be hand-lettered. 🙂 (cf. The dragons at Ozy and Millie)

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:07:29 +0000

Dan, I hope you like black. 🙂

By: Dan Knapp (dankna)

Dan Knapp (dankna) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:07:28 +0000

Oz recycling is how you get fourteen books out of the same basic concept! Obviously. But yes, I think we all knew you meant O2. Though chemical formulae like that are probably an anachronism. And, like Leon, I want to know how Helen solved the problem. Or at least how she addressed it.

I concur with Rachel, that is an awesome font - except that it's hand-lettering probably, since you just told us everything else was at this point, which makes it even more awesome.

I didn't notice the change in inking either. Color me unobservant. And you can have Andrew do the coloring if you want.

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:07:27 +0000

I read "Oe recycling", and wondered if it was a Victorian literary reference.

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:07:26 +0000

I didn’t even notice the change in inking. I figured the Hapax was just deformed by the process of squeezing through a porthole rather smaller than it’s body.

By: Rachel S. (masamage)

Rachel S. (masamage) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:07:25 +0000

I like the Hapax’s font.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:07:24 +0000

That reminds me: how did Helen solve the problem of O2 recycling? Reverse-respiration gerbils, perhaps?

Goodness! They've just encountered aliens! Extra-terrestrial beings! Men from the stars! ...Was it too much to hope that this occasion would be slightly more auspicious?