Shaun Jex

shaunjexauthor.bsky.social

24 August 2025 22:48

I recently finished @kurtbusiek.bsky.social 's Metro Book 3 and the story of Royal, Charles, and the Silver Agent might be one of the best comic arcs I've ever read.

Kurt Busiek

kurtbusiek.bsky.social

21 July 2025 06:30

Similarly, I know where Astro City is an have even explained it’s history. But I’m not going to get so specific that you’d be able to place Mount Kirby and its rivers in a place that doesn’t actually have them. It’s credible. It’s not concrete.

Kurt Busiek

kurtbusiek.bsky.social

21 July 2025 06:29

On the other hand, if you believe the people on the street as real-seeming people on a real-seeming street, when they say "Look, up in the sky!" and see something weird, you're more likely to buy into the weird thing as real, because the people and place and their reactions make sense.

Kurt Busiek

kurtbusiek.bsky.social

21 July 2025 06:29

If nothing makes sense, you don't need to have the heroes figure out a logical way to stop the threat. You can just have them pick up a green pepper, pull off the stem and bam, everything's back to normal. What, in a world with flying people, you don't like magic peppers? Really?

Kurt Busiek

kurtbusiek.bsky.social

21 July 2025 06:29

A couple people so far have suggested that if a movie has flying aliens in it, the worldbuilding doesn't need to make any sense. I'd argue that in a story with fantastic elements set in a "real-ish" world, making the world as credible as you can is what makes the fantastic parts more believable.