hahaha YES!

Did Ghob turn into a whale???? sploosh

Except that all 3 tears hit Cain. If anything the sploosh around him has more in common with the pinks and blues of the giants that bring Nommo to 65 million BC (if that means anything). p121 does show other Mike tears though… so maybe

I agree, I think fluorescent schliz = earth / Ghob – aligned. Interestingly it’s similar to the stuff that spoots out of Serapis’ head (142) and inside the rock that Cain bites (69) that used to be Atys (64), both because of the earth-aligned sasquatch guy (52 onwards). Maybe that’s too much though.

In general I love how the colors have become increasingly vivid over time. It might just be Jesse’s style evolving, but it also really gets across how all the energies at play just keep ramping up.

Do you have any thoughts on stream of consciousness as a form of self expression? Would you say it is more practical or useful through different media? I can see how it might be hard to use this in Forming, being that you have to maintain continuity and whatnot, but I feel like Backwards Folding Mirror channels this technique fairly often. Bradford Cox often talks about how his music is almost entirely improvised, and that the value he finds in songwriting is not in carefully crafting perfect lyrics, but in analyzing them after they have been recorded. Does this resonate with you in any way? I feel like Astral Plane had elements of this literary style.

The Backwards Folding Mirror was about 80% stream of consciousness writing and then a little bit of backpedaling to find resonant motifs and expanding on them. Forming has a lot more groundwork planning but there’s also tons of improvisation happening. I like the idea of not fully understanding what you’re writing, and slowly discovering the meaning over time. Often times the “meaning” can be very emotional and elusive to the author because they are trying to work something out of their soul that intrigues them. The things that are most intriguing are what we don’t understand. So it goes that a writer will often times not know what they are writing about or what it means. At the same time, I moved on from the Backwards Folding Mirror writing technique because I wanted my stories to be more entertaining. So I tried to ground my writing in slightly more coherent plot mechanics. Although some people might disagree. In the end, I guess you can’t help but write in a way that excites you.

Thanks Theo! And good luck with college!

That’s beautiful man, and I totally agree. The improvisation element puts a focus on ‘doing’ rather than planning and Doing creates energy and life and gives your work all sorta chutzpah, pizazz and sweet meats.

Love your work man 🙂

I just want to say that I love this comic……It has inspired me to pick up art once again and start on my own project of creative immagination applied to paper or what ever I can put my hands on. Thank You Jesse your style and Forming is visually inspiring.