Comments on: The Dreaming Book 1 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:32:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ciara http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-106874 ciara Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:15:25 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-106874 this book was awsome i want to read the second and third this book was awsome i want to read the second and third

]]> By: Luv it http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-101864 Luv it Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:36:44 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-101864 i luved this book it was my fav. luv it wht is the new book called i luved this book it was my fav. luv it

wht is the new book called

]]> By: *The War at Ellsmere — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-100235 *The War at Ellsmere — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:03:05 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-100235 [...] you’d like to read other girls-in-private-school comics, try The Dreaming or Kat & Mouse. [...]

[...] you’d like to read other girls-in-private-school comics, try The Dreaming or Kat & Mouse. [...]

]]> By: Ashley http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-99921 Ashley Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:49:57 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-99921 This is a frickin awesome book! TOTALLY WORTH READING!!! (but very confusing and eerie.) This is a frickin awesome book! TOTALLY WORTH READING!!! (but very confusing and eerie.)

]]> By: ryan carr http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-99533 ryan carr Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:03:22 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-99533 i love this book i love this book

]]> By: Jackie http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-98818 Jackie Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:33:47 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-98818 I picked up this book at my school book fair, and I started reading it the next day. It was such a good book i read it in less than 2 days. I've been in search for the 2nd book, but can't seem to find it. I picked up this book at my school book fair, and I started reading it the next day. It was such a good book i read it in less than 2 days. I’ve been in search for the 2nd book, but can’t seem to find it.

]]> By: In Odd We Trust » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-98514 In Odd We Trust » Comics Worth Reading Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:26:59 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-98514 [...] but In Odd We Trust, an original graphic novel prequel co-written and illustrated by Queenie Chan (The Dreaming), makes me interested in seeing more. [...]

[...] but In Odd We Trust, an original graphic novel prequel co-written and illustrated by Queenie Chan (The Dreaming), makes me interested in seeing more. [...]

]]> By: Dreaming Prose Contest Winners Announced » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-96420 Dreaming Prose Contest Winners Announced » Comics Worth Reading Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:45:29 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-96420 [...] a prose competition inviting contestants to write a story set in the world of Queenie Chan’s The Dreaming. Submissions were due in April. Prizes included cash and the opportunity to be published in [...]

[...] a prose competition inviting contestants to write a story set in the world of Queenie Chan’s The Dreaming. Submissions were due in April. Prizes included cash and the opportunity to be published in [...]

]]> By: Tokyopop OEL — Able to Create a Satisfying Ending? » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-88025 Tokyopop OEL — Able to Create a Satisfying Ending? » Comics Worth Reading Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:59:25 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-88025 [...] see, what else? I started reading The Dreaming, an historical goth murder mystery, but found that the atmosphere took such precedence over [...]

[...] see, what else? I started reading The Dreaming, an historical goth murder mystery, but found that the atmosphere took such precedence over [...]

]]> By: megan http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-85960 megan Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:24:44 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-85960 This book is soo great I tell you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL LOVE IT!!! This book is soo great I tell you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL
LOVE IT!!!

]]> By: rebecca http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-65733 rebecca Tue, 08 May 2007 22:47:47 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-65733 I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!^^It rocks!!^^i cant wait to get #2!^^i recommend this to al my friends!^^ I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!^^It rocks!!^^i cant wait to get #2!^^i recommend this to al my friends!^^

]]> By: Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-36158 Comics Worth Reading Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:30:33 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-36158 [...] I found her analysis fascinating, because I thought her story was damaged by the publication strategy. I liked The Dreaming, but I thought the second book was just more of the same, filling out the middle section until we were allowed to start seeing some of the answers and conclusions in next year’s book three. It wasn’t a bad read, but it wasn’t, in my opinion, filling enough to justify the wait of a year and the $10 price. Atmosphere and mood will only get you so far; given that this is a mystery, I thought the reader should have been given one or two answers in this volume instead of saving them all up to the end. [...]

[...] I found her analysis fascinating, because I thought her story was damaged by the publication strategy. I liked The Dreaming, but I thought the second book was just more of the same, filling out the middle section until we were allowed to start seeing some of the answers and conclusions in next year’s book three. It wasn’t a bad read, but it wasn’t, in my opinion, filling enough to justify the wait of a year and the $10 price. Atmosphere and mood will only get you so far; given that this is a mystery, I thought the reader should have been given one or two answers in this volume instead of saving them all up to the end. [...]

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-34643 Johanna Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:29:19 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-34643 They're terrific! I'm looking forward to the next volume in the series, out next month. They’re terrific! I’m looking forward to the next volume in the series, out next month.

]]> By: Carol Fox http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-34641 Carol Fox Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:56:37 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-34641 Yay! So glad you liked the paper dolls. I thought they'd be a cool extra, considering Queenie's awesome costume designs. Yay! So glad you liked the paper dolls. I thought they’d be a cool extra, considering Queenie’s awesome costume designs.

]]> By: Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-33668 Comics Worth Reading Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:21:01 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-33668 [...] Also included in this volume are a sketchbook section with comments from the author and a lengthy preview of another Tokyopop title. There are preview pages at the publisher’s website. Rivkah has a blog and a website with a Steady Beat focus page, plus her original webcomic version of Steady Beat can be read online. She’s also been interviewed by Queenie Chan (The Dreaming), another manga creator. [...]

[...] Also included in this volume are a sketchbook section with comments from the author and a lengthy preview of another Tokyopop title. There are preview pages at the publisher’s website. Rivkah has a blog and a website with a Steady Beat focus page, plus her original webcomic version of Steady Beat can be read online. She’s also been interviewed by Queenie Chan (The Dreaming), another manga creator. [...]

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-33647 Johanna Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:16:10 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-33647 Hmmm, I'll have to reread that. I'd forgotten that -- but I remembered the paper dolls! That was a cool extra. Hmmm, I’ll have to reread that. I’d forgotten that — but I remembered the paper dolls! That was a cool extra.

]]> By: Carol Fox http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-33641 Carol Fox Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:46:55 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-33641 Oh yeah, they've been compared a lot. Queenie actually discusses the similarities, differences and influence to <i>Picnic at Hanging Rock</i> in her bonus section at the end of the book. Oh yeah, they’ve been compared a lot. Queenie actually discusses the similarities, differences and influence to Picnic at Hanging Rock in her bonus section at the end of the book.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-33637 Johanna Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:11:53 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-33637 Not that I've seen, but it's a great question. I started watching that movie a good while back, but I never got to finish it, so I can't say. Not that I’ve seen, but it’s a great question. I started watching that movie a good while back, but I never got to finish it, so I can’t say.

]]> By: dm http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-33636 dm Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:05:25 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-33636 Has anyone compared <i>The Dreaming</i> to <i>Picnic at Hanging Rock</i>? The "remote boarding school in the Australian outback" where "odd things are happening" certainly evokes Peter Weir's film. Has anyone compared The Dreaming to Picnic at Hanging Rock? The “remote boarding school in the Australian outback” where “odd things are happening” certainly evokes Peter Weir’s film.

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Wednesday wakeup call http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/27/the-dreaming/comment-page-1/#comment-33625 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Wednesday wakeup call Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:56:14 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/09/28/the-dreaming/#comment-33625 [...] Reviews: At TokyoSpace, ChunHyang72 hearts Sorcerors and Secretaries. Over at the MangaCast, Jack takes on three shonen titles and Ed counters with some shoujo. And Johanna at Comics Worth Reading reviews the first volume of Queenie Chan’s The Dreaming. [...]

[...] Reviews: At TokyoSpace, ChunHyang72 hearts Sorcerors and Secretaries. Over at the MangaCast, Jack takes on three shonen titles and Ed counters with some shoujo. And Johanna at Comics Worth Reading reviews the first volume of Queenie Chan’s The Dreaming. [...]

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