If Ulysses is unfilmable, we hope our work so far has shown that it is not undrawable. Laboriously, slowly drawable, but drawable. And as if to immediately challenge the foregoing statement, Rob is presented with the task of putting the “action” of the Nestor episode to pen and ink (and watercolor). I am not saying […]
Ulysses “Seen”
Bookmarking the days – a message from Rob Berry
-As we draw closer and closer to Bloomsday (and to the premier of our new chapters of ULYSSES “SEEN”) I’ve been cooking up some nice little appetizers in the studio each morning. Just something to tide us all over before the big meal. Those of you who are linked to the Twitterverse probably know that […]
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[singlepic id=391 w=320 h=240 float=left] Haines has been trying to get Stephen’s Hamlet theory out of him, but Stephen isn’t interested in telling it, and Mulligan is running interference, trying to get at least a pint out of the deal. Haines’ wants to prove his intellectual mettle with Stephen. He’s eager to show that he […]
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[singlepic id=390 w=320 h=240 float=left] To anyone out there who’s reading this book for the first time, I’d suggest you not spend too much time trying to parse Mulligan’s summary of Stephen’s theory of Shakespeare. I will tell you, however, it is far more concise than Stephen’s own version, which you will read in Episode […]
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[singlepic id=396 w=320 h=240 float=left] The tryptich of the three men is quite wonderful here. Despite the clarity of the arrangement, however, the politics of this moment are quite complex. Haines, the Englishman, asks about the tower, “Martello, you call it?,” apparently unaware of who built the towers or why, or how they represent a […]
