Comments on: New Reliable Previews: True Loves 2, Jan’s Atomic Heart http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/26/new-reliable-previews-true-loves-2-jans-atomic-heart/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 26 May 2012 17:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/26/new-reliable-previews-true-loves-2-jans-atomic-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-103446 Johanna Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:28:25 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6387#comment-103446 I had no idea that was the way things were in Vancouver! Interesting to learn. And you're right, it is handled very naturally and casually in the story. I just figured some readers would want to know about it, either one way or another. I had no idea that was the way things were in Vancouver! Interesting to learn. And you’re right, it is handled very naturally and casually in the story. I just figured some readers would want to know about it, either one way or another.

]]> By: Ed Brisson http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/04/26/new-reliable-previews-true-loves-2-jans-atomic-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-103445 Ed Brisson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:09:54 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=6387#comment-103445 It's interesting that you pointed out the pot smoking, Jason and I were talking the other night about how people might react to the use of pot in True Loves. In Vancouver, pot use is nearly as common as alcohol consumption and is, in a sense, really not viewed as "drug use". People walk down the street openly smoking pot, etc... (this is why Vancouver is nick-named Vansterdam). The difference, to my mind, is that in True Loves, there is not a lot of attention drawn to it. It's just something that is going on, part of the lives of the characters, like going to the pub or local coffee shop. Humour or story doesn't hinge on it, it's not a "stoner" story. It’s interesting that you pointed out the pot smoking, Jason and I were talking the other night about how people might react to the use of pot in True Loves. In Vancouver, pot use is nearly as common as alcohol consumption and is, in a sense, really not viewed as “drug use”. People walk down the street openly smoking pot, etc… (this is why Vancouver is nick-named Vansterdam).

The difference, to my mind, is that in True Loves, there is not a lot of attention drawn to it. It’s just something that is going on, part of the lives of the characters, like going to the pub or local coffee shop. Humour or story doesn’t hinge on it, it’s not a “stoner” story.

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