tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12581147.post6730692315295033027..comments2024-01-08T08:57:17.157+00:00Comments on Rod McKie Illustrations and Cartoons: The origins of the Graphic NovelRod McKiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322224888246015883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12581147.post-5205453782960834972008-05-21T11:35:00.000+00:002008-05-21T11:35:00.000+00:00Hey Euphrosene, you may well be right. We certain...Hey Euphrosene, you may well be right. We certainly wouldn't be on the computer today without the Indian invention of the number '0' (zero) - no zero, no binary code.<BR/><BR/>As a writer you will have spotted all the elements of the story that appear in later western myths:>)<BR/><BR/>What struck me instantly, on reading it, because I have been drawing The Giant's Causeway in Eddie and the Banshee of late, was how like that feature the causeway built to reach the island of Lanka was.<BR/><BR/>I'm doubly intriuged because I have seen an ancient Pictish stone in the Highlands that has figures that look like Sanskrit on it.Rod McKiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322224888246015883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12581147.post-43762571325925822232008-05-20T16:49:00.000+00:002008-05-20T16:49:00.000+00:00"You can decide for yourself whether or not the ro..."You can decide for yourself whether or not the roots of the graphic novel were planted in India sometime between 1628 to 1653" <BR/><BR/>Rod - the roots of most things were planted in India :*)<BR/><BR/>Cheers EuphroseneEuphrosenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07248089672976301803noreply@blogger.com