At least he doesn't end with, "see you on the funny pages."
As someone who probably needs to be a better writer and who always looks for excuses to read comics, I was primed to read an article headlined, Super Prose: How Comics Can Make You a Better Writer.
Unfortunately, the impossibly clichéd opening sentence made it clear that this guy is in no position to teach anyone about good writing.
Comments
The subject of the article is the one offering the advice on writing, though -- not the article's author.
Posted by: Francis | November 30, 2004 2:44 PM
As I read it, the article author is offering advice by proxy. At a minimum, assuming that he studied the subject's advice before writing his article, we can confidently say it doesn't work.
Posted by: radosh | November 30, 2004 2:49 PM
Hey, I'm gonna go check out the funny pages later. You guys wanna meet me there?
Posted by: Simon Bolivar | December 1, 2004 11:43 PM
Just a small note: The correct cliche is "see you in the funny papers."
(There's nothing so small and meaningless that I can't make time to correct it.)
Posted by: Vance | December 9, 2004 12:52 PM