Heads up that there is some extra unpublished content included in the Fantagraphics 'World's greatest cartoonists' FCBD issue from 2017. I picked it up after I read the first book (and LOVED it), but I decided to hold off on reading the FCBD issue content until the second books was released, because I assumed it would be included. I went back and checked after reading Book 2, and it turns out she didn't use that content, so the FCBD issue is the only way to read it currently. The story explains how her teddy bear 'Blemmy' got its head cut off. It doesn't have any huge revelations, but it feels at least as important as half of the content in Book 2 so it's strange that it wasn't included. I wonder if she's holding on to it for a future volume?
Just ordered that FCBD issue. Thank you for the heads up. This adds more weight for me to the idea that she intentionally altered book 2 so that at the very least a book 3 would be needed and possibly to "stick it to" Fantagraphics.
@@forgerelli1 Yeah, I came away with a similar suspicion after reading Book 2 and having a similarly disappointed/confused reaction to the one you share in the video. After reflecting on it for a while I think Book 2 feels more like a "Book 1.5". Like she maybe kept a lot of her best/favourite content for her upcoming book(s), and padded this one out with less important material. I have to wonder if reactions to this book would have been very different if they had managed expectations by making it clear from the outset that it doesn't wrap up the story. Framing is everything. If she knocks it out of the park with the potential future volume(s) I think it could also retroactively make this book a lot more enjoyable. Despite all this I will still be looking forward to any future work from Ferris, and I'm very curious to see if it will prove or disprove any of our speculation.
@@glennoctor4452 I've been looking more into her social media and recent interviews because I really want to know what happened with book 2 and I'm becoming more and more convinced that book 2 is not what it was supposed to be for whatever reasons. I'm still a huge fan of her work and will buy anything she does but I'm remembering why I stopped following her online, even after some interactions.
Hi guys Great video as always 👏👏👏👏👏👏 P.s.can somebody tell me where can I get the first 3 Issues of Tongues from Anders Nilsen...I am living in Germany Have a nice day😉
@@earlgrey862 Thank you very much for the Antwort...I will buy it immediately..the comic room in Hamburg does not have it , only Wault Comics Berlin , but the last three issues Ruhigen Abend 😉
I had the same feeling about book 2. The big mystery is not explained and there is a great deal of vagueness. This might be my limitation as a reader. Maybe I’m missing something.
"Maybe I'm missing something" was exactly my initial thought while reading Vol.2, but then I realized: no, that's not me, it's the writing, simple as it is.
I don’t think anyone could fully give you an accurate interpretation of the ending as it is so vastly open to any interpretation. I saw it as Deze being responsible for much of the Anka story and Karen not wanna to face that truth in her note book. But anyone can give another interpretation easily. The whole blank spot at the ending sort of mirrors Deze with his brother and Karen doing the same to her father maybe but again the story is so frustratingly vague and the character of Karen so inconsistent with her age, nativity, intelligence etc., and the cracks in characterisation and plot really show up in book two far more than one. I felt the same at the end of book two though that it is not needed and book one as unfinished as it is, is fine on its own.
Heads up that there is some extra unpublished content included in the Fantagraphics 'World's greatest cartoonists' FCBD issue from 2017. I picked it up after I read the first book (and LOVED it), but I decided to hold off on reading the FCBD issue content until the second books was released, because I assumed it would be included. I went back and checked after reading Book 2, and it turns out she didn't use that content, so the FCBD issue is the only way to read it currently. The story explains how her teddy bear 'Blemmy' got its head cut off. It doesn't have any huge revelations, but it feels at least as important as half of the content in Book 2 so it's strange that it wasn't included. I wonder if she's holding on to it for a future volume?
Just ordered that FCBD issue. Thank you for the heads up. This adds more weight for me to the idea that she intentionally altered book 2 so that at the very least a book 3 would be needed and possibly to "stick it to" Fantagraphics.
@@forgerelli1 Yeah, I came away with a similar suspicion after reading Book 2 and having a similarly disappointed/confused reaction to the one you share in the video. After reflecting on it for a while I think Book 2 feels more like a "Book 1.5". Like she maybe kept a lot of her best/favourite content for her upcoming book(s), and padded this one out with less important material. I have to wonder if reactions to this book would have been very different if they had managed expectations by making it clear from the outset that it doesn't wrap up the story. Framing is everything. If she knocks it out of the park with the potential future volume(s) I think it could also retroactively make this book a lot more enjoyable.
Despite all this I will still be looking forward to any future work from Ferris, and I'm very curious to see if it will prove or disprove any of our speculation.
@@glennoctor4452 I've been looking more into her social media and recent interviews because I really want to know what happened with book 2 and I'm becoming more and more convinced that book 2 is not what it was supposed to be for whatever reasons. I'm still a huge fan of her work and will buy anything she does but I'm remembering why I stopped following her online, even after some interactions.
Hi guys
Great video as always
👏👏👏👏👏👏
P.s.can somebody tell me where can I get the first 3 Issues of Tongues from Anders Nilsen...I am living in Germany
Have a nice day😉
I ordered the new Tongues supplement from Mr. Nilsen directly. He has all the issues.
@@forgerelli1
Tnx for quick response...I will do the same thing 😉
you have to pay a lot of postage, but the tongues will be worth it
@@earlgrey862
Thank you very much for the Antwort...I will buy it immediately..the comic room in Hamburg does not have it , only Wault Comics Berlin , but the last three issues
Ruhigen Abend 😉
I had the same feeling about book 2. The big mystery is not explained and there is a great deal of vagueness. This might be my limitation as a reader. Maybe I’m missing something.
"Maybe I'm missing something" was exactly my initial thought while reading Vol.2, but then I realized: no, that's not me, it's the writing, simple as it is.
I don’t think anyone could fully give you an accurate interpretation of the ending as it is so vastly open to any interpretation. I saw it as Deze being responsible for much of the Anka story and Karen not wanna to face that truth in her note book. But anyone can give another interpretation easily. The whole blank spot at the ending sort of mirrors Deze with his brother and Karen doing the same to her father maybe but again the story is so frustratingly vague and the character of Karen so inconsistent with her age, nativity, intelligence etc., and the cracks in characterisation and plot really show up in book two far more than one. I felt the same at the end of book two though that it is not needed and book one as unfinished as it is, is fine on its own.