Jack Applin asks, “Which wall is this? Berlin? Separation of Church & State? Pink Floyd’s? Shakespeare’s, with the chink? Garry Trudeau’s?”
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Some sort of mental/emotional wall, I expect. This is Bianca Xunise, whom we discussed earlier, see https://cidu.info/2024/01/04/s-i-g-h/. I get the impression that her cartoons can be read as a guide to her mental health. Recent ones can be read as relatively less depressed.
. I get the impression that her cartoons can be read as a guide to her mental health. Recent ones can be read as relatively less depressed.
I would mostly agree. But this one seems to be saying she regrets letting people get closer and is now preparing to be more isolated again.
Oh yes, today is Tuesday again, so it’s her day at Six Chix. This one seems not so issues-involved:
Some may be unaware that Chicago lays claim to two different pizza styles as local specialities: deep dish and tavern.
Usual John knows his walls.
To save people a search, “tavern style” is thin crust cut into squares or rectangles. Makes it easier to serve on napkins at a bar.
Also (at least in principle) the dough is rolled, not tossed.
In appearance it is very similar to St. Louis style. However, I gather from reading that they don’t use Provel cheese. That’s a processed cheese. Some St. Louis places don’t use that on their thin pizzas.
I can relate – bringing down walls for the wrong person can be extremely painful.
Well then, “tavern style” is what we got in grade school, here in Massachusetts and probably most of New England and New York State.
Especially considering the source, I fully agree with Usual John @1 that the “wall” is psychological, rather than physical (“Berlin”), metaphorical/political, or literary (Pink Floyd/Shakespeare). What I do not agree with is the tacit assumption that the walls in question are the author’s own. There is no reason to assume that she is performing auto-analysis within her comics. Nobody ever assumes that Jim Davis is working on his own personal dieting issues when he cuts off Garfield’s lasagna supply.
I took this as the character looking at the reader, breaking the fourth wall, and commenting on it.
I ran across this XKCD:
Alt: While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.
“Also (at least in principle) the dough is rolled, not tossed.”
A mandatory requirement for a pizza napoletana that after the dough has risen it must be formed by hand without the help of a rolling pin or other machine, and must be no more than 3 millimeters (0.12 in) thick.
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Some sort of mental/emotional wall, I expect. This is Bianca Xunise, whom we discussed earlier, see https://cidu.info/2024/01/04/s-i-g-h/. I get the impression that her cartoons can be read as a guide to her mental health. Recent ones can be read as relatively less depressed.
. I get the impression that her cartoons can be read as a guide to her mental health. Recent ones can be read as relatively less depressed.
I would mostly agree. But this one seems to be saying she regrets letting people get closer and is now preparing to be more isolated again.
Oh yes, today is Tuesday again, so it’s her day at Six Chix. This one seems not so issues-involved:
Some may be unaware that Chicago lays claim to two different pizza styles as local specialities: deep dish and tavern.
Usual John knows his walls.
To save people a search, “tavern style” is thin crust cut into squares or rectangles. Makes it easier to serve on napkins at a bar.
Also (at least in principle) the dough is rolled, not tossed.
In appearance it is very similar to St. Louis style. However, I gather from reading that they don’t use Provel cheese. That’s a processed cheese. Some St. Louis places don’t use that on their thin pizzas.
I can relate – bringing down walls for the wrong person can be extremely painful.
Well then, “tavern style” is what we got in grade school, here in Massachusetts and probably most of New England and New York State.
Especially considering the source, I fully agree with Usual John @1 that the “wall” is psychological, rather than physical (“Berlin”), metaphorical/political, or literary (Pink Floyd/Shakespeare). What I do not agree with is the tacit assumption that the walls in question are the author’s own. There is no reason to assume that she is performing auto-analysis within her comics. Nobody ever assumes that Jim Davis is working on his own personal dieting issues when he cuts off Garfield’s lasagna supply.
I took this as the character looking at the reader, breaking the fourth wall, and commenting on it.
I ran across this XKCD:
Alt: While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.
@Usual John
“Some sort of mental/emotional wall, I expect.”
So Pink Floyd’s then.
@Mitch4
“Also (at least in principle) the dough is rolled, not tossed.”
A mandatory requirement for a pizza napoletana that after the dough has risen it must be formed by hand without the help of a rolling pin or other machine, and must be no more than 3 millimeters (0.12 in) thick.