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Thursday, December 28, 2006
All work and no bloggin' fun make Janne a dull boy. Here's just a workplace quickie but just to keep all of you regular visitors coming back please :)! My new year's resolutions include updating this blog again more frequently and with some new good stuff. Here's hoping.
Happy New Year 2007 to everybody!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Again, returning after a long time of not posting, I feel ashamed and also compelled to post at least something. I apologize from those who have actually seen the trouble of returning to check my humble blog and not finding anything new or even old stuff. I've been busy with my day job and also doing a bit of freelance on top of that...The new year is approaching with it's new challenges and promises...I for example promise to get some new work and actual work done that I can post here.
Here is at least something now :) I collected a bunch of hippopotamus character design sketches that I did a while back on a project. It was quite fun and I think some them actually turned out pretty good. My favorite has to be the kinda middle aged hippo at the top getting it on at the dance floor, wheehee.
Here is at least something now :) I collected a bunch of hippopotamus character design sketches that I did a while back on a project. It was quite fun and I think some them actually turned out pretty good. My favorite has to be the kinda middle aged hippo at the top getting it on at the dance floor, wheehee.
Monday, December 11, 2006
This little sketch was done already over a year ago but I decided to post it 'cause it kinda fit my mood after I went to see "My Neighbor Totoro" by Hayao Miyazaki today. I've seen it a dozen times before from video but since it got a re-release I wanted to see it in a theatre. It is still one of the most genuinely heart warming, funny and innocently beautiful films I've seen.
Friday, December 08, 2006
I'm so ashamed that I haven't posted anything for quite a while. I was on a trip and after that I just didn't think I had anything to post. I'm not sure if these are worth a post either but hey, it's a free doodle country so here are couple of pages of them as random as they come :)
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
This was a really quick small doodle with a felt tip pen. But I liked the crooked look on the croc (haha) and the redneck from the swamps -appearence, so I gave him a little bit of color. An exercise really.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Well, this was a quickie at work (probably over a year ago) done with a pen and "enhanced" a bit with pencil. I like the pose of the snake.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Now something a bit different. Yes, it is a photo and although you might think that it is from the warehouses of 20th Century Fox ;D it was actually an alien "bust" made by a me and my good friend Mikko Paakkunainen when we were 17 or 18. We did it during art classes and boy, it took a few of them to get this done...
It was basically life-size and we were quite proud of it. Of course it wasn't all accurate in design of the original Alien but it was the first try on the subject..in "3D" I mean (I had done something like a hundred doodles of the creature by that time).
I'm saying how it was because it got battered several times in it's diffrent storage places and when I moved to Helsinki it fell a couple of times to the floor (or my head). That's the reason why the "shoulder" is cracked and plaster is showing through. So finally I got fed up with it and got rid of it. It should have been burned with gasoline or something but the garbage storage where I threw it, did have a garbage compactor of some sort. So it got the fitting death/funeral.
I'm sure that I'll do another one someday!
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Since I haven't been posting for a couple of days, I'll post a few pics. Again, these are just random doodles.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
This was a quickie done while back in an "art" pingpong with my good friend Mia. If I recall correctly the brief was to do a heavy metal cd-cover illustration. So I quickly tried some digital sketching and this came out. I know I call myself a graphic designer by profession but I really didn't put much thought to the typography on this one :D. I think it turned out quite funny..
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
It's been a bit slow around here. I'm trying to pick up some speed again! I went today for the annual Animatricks animation festival here in Helsinki and saw The Ugly Duckling & ME!, a CG animation film by the danish A-Film. I liked it! It really differed from the american mainstream animation features in it's design, humour and handling of the story. Of course it's not a Pixar film from a technical point of view but still they had done a pretty darn good job! Then there was a 2 hour collection (first of two) of new and recent finnish animation. There were several really good ones and that gives hope for the animation industry here.
These pics have nothing to do with animation but are in fact more recent sketches that I did while on the trip at the Azores. A lake and trees and some of the view from our hotel window. I really need to draw more landscapes and buildings, sheesh...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been on a vacation at the Azores (great place!) and last week I was just plain lazy.
Here's something though.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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Sunday, October 01, 2006
I went to see a concert at the Sibelius Academy on friday. It was part of the Clapping Music festival which celebrates the minimalistic style of composing. The choral pieces were really interesting and a big thing for me was to meet Michael Nyman. I've been a fan of his music for well over a decade. Naturally I had to be also a little bit of a fanboy and got "The Claim" CD signed for Janne. He reminded me to come also on saturday to hear the concert pieces performed with six pianos. The final piece by Steve Reich was quite extraordinary with all six pianos playing together and in different meters, creating sonic layers that sounded at times like completely different instruments.
Michael Nyman also gave some lectures at the academy. I attended the one concerning film music today. It was great to hear some "inside" perspective from the business. It ain't all easy or less meaningful then concert works and I feel that it is largely dismissed for no reason in the "classical" circles. I think that it is a little bit like the school of "fine art" and free art against professional illustration and graphic design. The traditional sides tend to think that it's like committing adultery or something. I say that in both music and visual art it's more of working under certain circumstances and a budget (patrons anyone?) to come up with art rather than drinking your grants in the local pub, ranting about the society and what is true meaningful art. Of course by saying this I don't mean that all film music is good or has great "artistic" value. Hell no, a large portion of it is bland crap and so is a large portion of illustration and design but that's the way it goes and some good ones find their way to the top of the heap.
What about this pic here then, is it art :)? You be the judge of it. I just felt inspired for a quick doodle after seeing a screening of Jane Campion's The Piano, which Michael Nyman presented and talked a little about composing the music. By the way, a fun fact was that Campion actually said to Nyman on the phone when she was hiring him to do the score that: "oh and I don't want any of your Greenaway shit." I rest my case.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Must be a MAD scientist of some sort, embarking on a diabolical scheme of poisoning the world with carrot juice...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
This striped doggiething is slowly developing into a character...a slightly different version was here.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
I have had trouble posting here in Blogger during the couple of days hence no new ones. Actually, this isn't new either. It's a several months old doodle but what the heck...
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
What was I thinking here...mmm, yeah man, I guess that we're all like one and like connected and yeah united as one being...Oh hell, just popped to the sketchbook page...a long long time ago.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Sorry for the violent content in this doodlepage post. The excellent EC comics and crime stories of of the 40&50's came to my mind the other day. Drawing a few page comic in that genre has been bubbling in my mind for awhile...
The anatomy in the harsh scene on the lower right is a bit off. I guess I was just trying a difficult angle in this one.The other stuff on the sheet is just really random.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Started doodling around with a black felt pen on a A5 paper. Little pictures came here and there. I guess I got a little lazy with this one, when compared to my previous similar thingies here.
Sometimes I like to do these little people, kinda small croquis with just hinting the pose almost silhouette-like. The pissing one is of course my favourite.
This was a really fast little sketch and I kinda liked it, the trippy feeling of it. So I decided to give it some color.
Monday, August 28, 2006
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Australian shares ease on Fed worries
The Australian share market has reversed two days of strong gains, after the US Federal Reserve raised concerns about continuing its stimulus measures this year.
Midway through the session, the All Ordinaries index was down 22 points to 4,739 just before 1:00pm (AEDT).
The ASX 200 index had shed 21 points to 4,719.
The major mining stocks are lower despite the spot price of iron ore hitting a 15-month high of $US150 a tonne in China overnight.
Rio Tinto had slipped 1.3 per cent and Fortescue Metals had lost 2.8 per cent.
Media stocks are doing well - Fairfax had lifted another 2.3 per cent, building on recent strong gains, and the Ten Network was 1.8 per cent higher.
Market heavy weight Telstra was worth $4.48, flat on the day after recent solid gains.
The Australian dollar was buying 104.5 US cents.
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Easter is coming up fast and we're excited to be hosting a series of Easter meditations.
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Stockholm. Berlin. Warsaw. Prague. Rome. Paris. Amsterdam. Bruxelles. Barcelona….
All of these cities are very different, they all have their own cultural background and are in many ways unique, which is exactly why so many people love visiting these cities. You hope to experience something completely new and outstanding when you go there.
But while I love all these cities for their uniqueness, I cannot help but notice that these and other major European cities are also becoming more and more similar. They all got their fast food restaurants; They all have their H&M shops; They all got their overpriced street cafes; They all got their urban nightlife, where hipster youngsters celebrate their individualism.
If you visit all these amazing European cities during the main travelling season, it is easy to get the impression that the cities are more influenced by the tourists than the other way around. The cities adapt to the constant stream of travellers coming in.
Which brings me to the weekend that I recently spent in Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon is not an insiders' tip anymore, it has been a very popular destination among tourists for quite some time now. The beautiful old town, the perfect weather and the closeness to the ocean just make it too attractive to remain a secret. Therefore I expected the city to have adapted to that kind of mass tourism in the described ways. And especially in cities that are a bit smaller, this can noticeably influence its charme.
All the more delighted was I to find out that none of that was the case in Lisbon! There is no McDonald's or KFC or H&M. There are no overpriced cafes. There are no groups of badly dressed tourists squeezing themselves through narrow alleys. Nowhere in this city do you get the feeling that Lisbon is trying too much to adapt to the people who come visit.
Instead, you have small cafes everywhere, full of portugese people, drinking their Galão (a kind of Espresso with foamed milk) for 80 cents and chatting with friends and family members. You have old women leaning out of the windows in Alfama (the historical city district), just observing the street life. You have old buildings with high ceilings and beautiful staircases in top quality locations that haven't been renovated in decades.
Now of course I realize that not everything that I found positive during my stay there is necessarily good for the city as well. If coffee and food is very cheap there this is great for me, but it probably means that the people in Lisbon just couldn't afford higher prices. And if houses don't get rennovated, it probably means that there is just no money to do so.
But this is exactly what adds charme to any city! This is what makes different cultures different! The fact that Lisbon doesn't try to rip off tourists, even though they certainly could, and that they don't sell prime locations to international corporations even though they certainly could, makes the city all the more outstanding. Not everything looks perfectly polished in Lisbon, but this is exactly what I loved about it.
If you compare Lisbon with other beautiful and attractive cities in Europe, it has a uniqueness that is hard to find nowadays. People there seem to keep doing things their way, regardless of what is popular elsewhere in the world. And while they do their own thing, they are incredibly welcoming, friendly and passionate at the same time.
This became clear once more right before I flew back. I was already at the gate in the airport, waiting to board. A little boy was in in the queue in front of me, maybe three years old, and had been crying for a while. His mother had been unable to make him stop. So the portugese stewardess walked right up to the little boy, picked him up from the ground and just kissed him on both cheeks. Within seconds the boy was smiling again!
This is exactly the kind of friendly, passionate attitude that I noticed everywhere in Lisbon. People, very much like the city itself, don't seem to care too much about being "efficient" or "productive". They rather do things their way and do it with heart. And Lisbon, as well as its inhabitants, has a lot of it.


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Chris Rock Denies He Adopted The Little Girl Who Has Lived In His House For Years
After Chris Rock filed for divorce from his wife of 18 years, Malaak Compton-Rock, shit started getting all kinds of messy when they fought over custody of their children and cash. Well, now an extra thick layer of sad and shady has been added to their mess of a divorce fight.
TMZ says that ever since 2008, a girl from South Africa named Ntombi has been living with the Rocks in New Jersey. Ntombi started living with them when she was only 6 months old. 7-year-old Ntombi's biological parents live in South Africa and TMZ doesn't know how she ended up living with the Rocks full-time. Ntombi became a part of the family and there's several pictures of her with Chris Rock at events. Everything was rainbows and unicorn kisses until Chris and Malaak's marriage flatlined.
At around the same time that Chris Rock filed divorce papers, officials in South Africa started putting a giant magnifying glass over how Ntombi ended up in the US. South African officials apparently don't have any record of the Rocks adopting Ntombi. TMZ also couldn't find any record of the adoption. Sources say that Chris never signed papers to legally adopt Ntombi and Malaak was the one who brought her to the US.
Those sources also say that Chris Rock's heart is made of ice-wrapped anus scabs, because he regularly sees his 2 biological daughters, but hasn't seen Ntombi for more than a year. Chris' rep tells TMZ that he doesn't have an adopted child. Damn, that rep straight-up pulled some, "the kid is not my
son daughter" shit.
If I had to speculate, I'd say that right after Chris Rock filed divorce papers and things started to hit train wreck territory, someone called the South African Adoption Department tip line and let them know about a possible illegal adoption scandal in New Jersey. If that's the case, Kelly Rutherford is going to slide up right next to Chris Rock, because she'll want him to teach her his ways.
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A portrait of My aZhen. Baby SuZhen was the original model for Miki Lee....she found it amusing. I guess in my minds eye Suzy will always be Miki ( Spooky Little Girl ).
I found myself dreaming of my lost love when the Buckinghams' song 'Susan' came on the radio. I really miss her sometimes. I thought I would be over this crap by now, but some women get in your soul. So I did this little comic pic of her from an old picture.
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For a while it seemed as if the true essence of thrash metal was lost. Suddenly there was a group of Scandinavian bands that combined their melodic death metal with torturing moaning and called it thrash. A similar thing happened in the US! But every true thrasher knew deep in his heart that this wasn't his music and kept true to the ancient thrash metal. Thrash the way Slayer and Metallica played in their early days and many other bands like Exodus, Testament, Overkill, Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, Sabbat and Onslaught. Now we can add the British Evile to that group, because with the release of their debut album 'Enter The Grave' last month, they proved that there are still people out there who know how real thrash must sound. Guitar player Ol Drake speaks about his band and his beloved music.
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Congratulations on your debut album 'Enter The Grave'. Evile is a pretty young band, so please take the time to introduce the band to our readers.
Thank you! We started out as a covers band about seven or eight years ago. Playing all the covers you'd expect from thrash fans wanting to play thrash. We did that for a few years and eventually got bored. Playing other people's songs just loses its novelty from our point of view, especially after three years of it. We decided to try out writing something of our own. When we threw it in with our covers set, people seemed to love it more than the covers, so we decided to do only that. We spent a long time writing our own stuff, progressing through an EP called 'All Hallows Eve' and a demo 'Hell', whilst gigging extensively to get our music out there. Eventually people started taking notice of what we were doing, which is no nonsense thrash metal. Matt Drake on rhythm guitar and vocals, Mike Alexander on bass, Ben Carter on drums and myself on lead guitar. Due to several incorrect magazine articles we also have magical additional members such as Nick Drake and Ben Drake. We're now signed to Earache Records and we'll be around to thrash in your face soon.
The first time I heard 'Enter The Grave' I got a nostalgic feeling and I must admit it was great hearing some old school thrash metal again. If I hadn't read the biography I could have sworn that you guys were from the Bay Area. What can you tell us about the musical direction the band chose? I mean, there are a lot of bands that try to sound old school, but still use a modern sound, but you guys kept to the roots so to speak.
We didn't intentionally plan to "sound old school" or anything like that. The fact that we've all listened to that stuff for years upon years became the only thing we could work with. We love thrash the way it's supposed to be played, so when we write our music we naturally write what we think sounds good, or what would sound good to a thrasher. If we don't genuinely like something about a song we'll scrap it until we do something that works for us. We know good thrash when we hear it. We're still fans of thrash, we still go and see bands and get involved in the pit or get down the front. We love the music and the whole thrash scene, and I think that comes out in our music.
You have to admit that luck was surely on your side that your talent was soon discovered by one of the majors in the metal; Earache. Of course you've had your share of luck concerning gigs as well, but still (and fortunately) finding a record deal went pretty fast. How did that happen?
I think luck was a factor, but not all of it. We put a lot of work into getting where we are. We gigged all the time, as much as we could. If someone asked us to play somewhere we'd go play there. We got selected to headline the second stage at the UK's Bloodstock Open Air in 2006, which we're actually playing again next year. We didn't know that the Earache guys were also there checking out bands and getting wasted. We had an awesome show in the beer tent and everyone was having a good time. Metal Church had just finished on the main stage as we started, then everyone crammed into the tent. A few days after the show we received an e-mail from label boss Digby Pearson asking if we'd be interested in signing with Earache. After lots of talking and meetings we signed with Earache in October of 2006. At first it was daunting as they are the home of some of our favourite bands like Morbid Angel and Carcass.
I know this question may not be one you're waiting for, but of course working with Earache gave you the opportunity to work with Flemming Rasmussen! Not many bands get the chance to work with such a legend, especially for their debut album. How was it work with Flemming and I wonder what you felt while you were working on the album with him.
I think the fact that we were on Earache gave us the chance to work with Flemming, but he genuinely liked what we were doing and, from what I remember him saying, he would have liked to work with us either way. It was brilliant working with Flemming. The first day we got there we walked into this huge studio. As we walked down one hallway we saw countless gold and silver Metallica discs. As you walked down the number of sales went from two hundred thousand to five hundred, a million and to twelve million haha. Because Flemming is such a nice, friendly guy, the recording experience was awesome. He made us feel really welcome and relaxed. He even invited us to help him move house, to which we asked "Are you producing us just so you've got someone to help you move house?" to which he replied "yeah" and probably added "FOCKKKK!". Although the studio isn't the same location as the "Lightning/Puppets" home, we were going through the same gear. Going through the same desk as lightning and puppets were done through was weird but cool. The recording process was very fluid. We didn't use any samples or triggers, we just recorded the natural sounds of everything. The drums just miked up, same with the cabs. He told us he wanted to make an album that sounds like it was made back in the glory days of Thrash. I think he did an excellent job and I don't see a reason why we won't be working with him again. Flemming is the man!
Listening to the album I think the influences are quite obvious. I know you don't name Slayer as your main influence, but in my opinion you sound more like Slayer than Slayer itself nowadays, partly because of the vocals! How far can you agree?
Slayer are a huge influence on us, but mainly to Matt and Mike. At first Matt sounded quite a lot like Tom Araya/Hetfield, and it wasn't intentional, it just naturally came out like that after years of listening to those two. So after a while he developed his own "voice". Although a lot of people would still argue "but he sounds like so and so" we think Matt's voice perfectly suits our music. He's been compared to vocalists such as Schmier (Destruction), Araya (Slayer) and Cronos (Venom). Personally I can't hear too much of that in his voice, I'm just used to his own voice. I don't think we sound more like Slayer than Slayer do as whatever Slayer do will be how they sound at the time. You can't expect a band to stay the same for the rest of their lives, you've got to progress, it just depends how you do it and which direction you go in. Slayer went down a road some people didn't like, but personally I still like them. If we sound like old Slayer it wouldn't surprise me as we listen to Slayer a lot, but we don't sit down and intentionally try to rip them off. I've heard some bands that sounded TOO Slayer, as if the riffs are practically the same, just with a few different notes.
I also see the album as an answer to all the bands that claim thrash metal is what a band like Killswitch Engage does in their aggressive parts or all the bands that think thrash should be played in the Scandinavian way. 'Enter The Grave' is like a fist in the faces of this type of bands and a record that shows how real thrash should be played. Am I wrong or was that somehow the intention a little bit?
It wasn't our original intention to "show" bands how thrash is done. We'd have played the exact same music if we thought, "let's show these bands how to thrash". The only thing I can say about some bands claiming to be thrash, is that it's slightly embarrassing. Every single real thrash fan knows a fake when they see/hear one. When one of these bands says they're thrash they stand out like a fat blue woman. Every thrasher can see through it. I don't get it. If you're not thrash, you know you're not thrash. If you've got a small percent of your set/album that could be deemed "thrash", then you're not thrash. You might be for fifteen seconds, but you're not thrash. You've got to live and love thrash, not just say it. It's like Metallica's 'Fight Fire with Fire'. The classical-sequel intro doesn't mean they're Neo Classical or whatever.
As a thrasher, how do you look back at the developments of the scene in the past few years? Except bands like Exodus, Overkill, Destruction and Kreator the scene hasn't brought any good old fashioned thrash from the bigger names. Even the latest Slayer albums can't match up.
Other than the mentioned bands there hasn't been much going on. But I don't hold it against the bands that are no longer thrashing. Metallica for instance; even though 'St. Anger' was absolute pump, I still like them and I'm still interested in seeing what they have to offer. Everyone knows it will never be 'Master of Puppets' again, but I still like them. I even liked 'Load' and 'Reload'. A lot of people didn't but I thought the song writing and production on those albums was great. I wonder what 'St. Anger' would have sounded like with 'Reload's production. I think the developments now will be interesting. Thrash is becoming so much more "acceptable" again. Whereas in the UK you could have seen Anthrax playing to fifty people in 2000, now they play to thousands upon thousands again. Plus Testament are doing a new album, how can that not be a good thing?
As I mentioned earlier in the interview, I couldn't have guessed you guys were from the UK and to be honest I didn't expect old school thrash from your country. Sometimes there's a nice heavy metal album coming and of course the good releases come from the bigger bands. On the thrash front I think the only band that came with a decent album was Onslaught. Is everything so underground or is there just not much happening there at the moment?
There's a lot happening in the UK when it comes to thrash. A lot of the bands are not globally known. But there are some great bands. Check out Mutant from London. There are so many UK thrash bands playing in some crap hole somewhere who would blow away a lot of signed/recognized bands. When it comes to thrash releases from the UK you can't miss out Xentrix and Sabbat. Sabbat's 'History of a Time to Come' is an awesome thrash album; a different style of thrash but somehow still in same vein.
Back to the old school aspect, vinyl is coming back more and more and I think you agree that metal sounds better on vinyl. Seeing that Earache is already providing a lucky group with a 7-inch, do you know if there is plans to release 'Enter The Grave' will be released on vinyl?
I provided myself with a 7-inch. We've recently started talking about vinyl, and it looks like it will happen. Some limited versions may also be done soon. Can't really say much as not much has been said! Personally I think vinyl sounds way much better than CD. My dad brought me up on seventies rock/progressive and he had thousands of vinyl's. There's just nothing better than having that huge cover with more detail, awesome booklets or a gatefold album. I just love it. I just looked at my Nuclear Assault 'Game Over' vinyl the other night. That vinyl RULES!
You have a lot of gigs planned for the coming months and in December you're also playing with the legendary Sabbat! All of them planned for the UK however. If I'm correct there was also a European tour planned with Susperia, which unfortunately was cancelled. Is there already something planned for a tour outside the UK or do we have to be patient for a bit longer?
2008 will be the year we finally get out there properly. We're going to try and get everywhere. USA, Europe, Japan etc, working on it right now! Obviously we don't have the pulling power to do our own tours but we'll be visiting with some awesome bands.
For the future, what "dream line-up" would you like to be part of in a tour?
Metallica would be the dream, but I can't see them taking a thrash band out. I'd hope they would though. Other than that I'd love to tour with Destruction, Exodus, Anthrax, Possessed, Testament and Minibosses, a band who cover tunes from the old NES Games console!
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If you're in the know, you'll be aware that DC recently did a big relaunch of all their comic titles, now distributed across 52 lines. This has meant a number of shakeups both in terms of creative team and internally to the story and characters of the DC universe. Obviously this was to a significant extent a ploy to sucker people like me into buying more comics, because what better time could there be to get into these stories than now, with new number 1s and new volumes for everything? So being the good little consumer that I am I've been visiting the comic shop over the last month picking up various titles. Now that I've read my fill, I decided to post some thoughts here. Instead of posting for every issue, which seems excessive given their relatively short length, I decided to just go through title by title here and give some opinions. Obviously I didn't read all 52; I couldn't give two hoots about Firestorm or Aquaman or whoever "Resurrection Man" is but that's DC's problem for not making me care, not mine. Anyway, here we go.
Action Comics:
I really enjoyed this one. Often these days we see Superman spending his time fighting burly aliens or averting disasters. Here, however, we have a younger Superman, early in his career, who's using his powers to fight crime. It was an interesting scenario, because normally this is the purview of the unpowered heroes like Batman and I thought it was an effective way of displaying how a superhuman could operate in a vigilante scenario. Superman doesn't have to trick or manipulate people the way Batman does; he knows the police can't hurt him any more than the criminals can, and it's really entertaining to see Clark being threatening towards the cops and crooks alike as his idealism rubs up against the corruption of Metropolis. Grant Morrison's writing of this scenario is excellently assisted by Rags Morales' pencils, which are very clear and easy on the eye whilst equally conveying the power of Superman and his potentially sinister nature. Consider the third frame on page six where he grins at the cops, face shadowed with nothing but heat vision for illumination. It's a very readable combo.
What I also appreciated was the sheer amount of content; we have enough space allocated to both Superman's activities in the crime bust and Clark's reporting duties later on. My only quibble would be that the plot becomes rather rushed and difficult to follow towards the end as the train hijacking and Luthor's plot to incapacitate Superman become piled on top of each other and at times I wasn't really sure what was going on. Often instances seem to occur with cluey characters like Supes and Lois where they know a good deal more than the reader and we're left to draw plot links which may not be astoundingly evident.
I may as well give a mention to the second issue as well, featuring the study of Superman in custody. While this was a more predictable encounter I enjoyed the characterisation of Luthor. My main complaint, and it's kind of a big one, is that obviously there was some issue resulting from the use of two artists, with Brent Anderson and Morales sharing the credit, because there are some extremely ugly pencils in the second half of the issue, especially featuring Lois and a frame where Superman appears in an elevator and looks bizarre. Nonetheless I'm glad I looked into Action Comics; it's an interesting exploration of Superman's origins.
What I also appreciated was the sheer amount of content; we have enough space allocated to both Superman's activities in the crime bust and Clark's reporting duties later on. My only quibble would be that the plot becomes rather rushed and difficult to follow towards the end as the train hijacking and Luthor's plot to incapacitate Superman become piled on top of each other and at times I wasn't really sure what was going on. Often instances seem to occur with cluey characters like Supes and Lois where they know a good deal more than the reader and we're left to draw plot links which may not be astoundingly evident.
I may as well give a mention to the second issue as well, featuring the study of Superman in custody. While this was a more predictable encounter I enjoyed the characterisation of Luthor. My main complaint, and it's kind of a big one, is that obviously there was some issue resulting from the use of two artists, with Brent Anderson and Morales sharing the credit, because there are some extremely ugly pencils in the second half of the issue, especially featuring Lois and a frame where Superman appears in an elevator and looks bizarre. Nonetheless I'm glad I looked into Action Comics; it's an interesting exploration of Superman's origins.
I wasn't expecting to read Batgirl but I have to admit I was intrigued by the idea of Barbara Gordon returning to the cowl after all these years. Frankly I always considered her paralysis in The Killing Joke to be a rather crass and somewhat shallow piece of shock vaue on the part of Alan Moore and I agree with the notion that a universe where characters can recover enormous injuries and come back from the dead made her permanent disability a somewhat uncomfortable scenario. People have complained about Barbara regaining the use of her legs but I think it was time for a change. I found this to be surprisingly enjoyable; it's rare to see an intellectual outlook from the younger characters in comics and I appreciated her characterisation as her somewhat self-conscious and self-deprecating inner monologue was contrasted to her combat and detective skills. The plot wasn't bad either, and in another reference to the second issue I thought the idea of the villain Mirror was quite interesting. The point at which Batgirl "chokes" when a gun is pointed at her was quite powerful too. I must confess myself intrigued, although I think I would like to see the crime fighting family connection reinforced by having her team up with or at least encounter Bruce Wayne sometime soon.
You can always count on Batman comics to be good value. He's a universally appealing character, and as long as the plots don't become too ridiculous in relying on science fiction or magic for their progression and stick to devious crimes and criminal investigations there's always something you can find to enjoy about the story of an ordinary man who does extraordinary things. This first issue of the second ever volume of Batman is a strong opener, with a good hook and some nice writing. Of course Batman's inner monologue is pretty par for the course these days but it's strong and punchy here. The 'Gotham is' section is a nice reintroduction to Batman's personal ethos, the setting and the villains, and the teamup with what appears to be the Joker is an intriguing twist. Batman's attitude is also nicely compared to Bruce Wayne's plan to revitalise Gothamn. It's not pushing any serious envelopes but it's a solid piece of Batman writing. If I had one complaint it would be that the art is a little inconsistent. While Batman himself looks good I feel that he looks to young as Bruce Wayne, as well as a little too scruffy. Maybe that's my personal quibble as one of the last men on Earth to actually comb my hair. The shot of Bruce, Dick, Tim and Damian standing around in Wayne Manor also reinforces how awfully similar they all are. I personally would have made Dick a little taller and Bruce a little older. Even Tim seems too short; having Bruce a full head taller than Dick makes him look absurdly oversized.
I also thought the villains at the beginning were a bit of a mixed bag. While Two-Face and Killer Croc look good, Riddler and Mr Freeze look kind of silly. Nonetheless it was a strong opener and I'll be curious to see how this story develops.
Batman and Robin
You can never really have too much Batman. I wasn't too familiar with Damian as Robin, however, and what I had read was of course from the era of Bruce Wayne's absence where the rather dour child was contrasted with a much more light-hearted and facetious Batman in the form of Dick Grayson, a reverse of the normal scenario. Now we have Bruce and Damian as a father-son Batman and Robin team and I have to say it works really well. They're both dark and brooding characters, but in different ways. It's very striking to see Batman lightening up in a sense, deciding to no loner commemorate his parents' deaths but rather their marriage, and the way this is contrasted with Damian's apathy and emotional disconnection. That being said the plot is a little hard to follow at times and the sense of a not-yet-relevant arc was a little frustrating. However the art is good and if Damian occasionally looks a tad awkward I can forgive it in a medium where the characters are normally adult and built like yaks. It's worth it simply for the cleverness of how two equally serious characters are turned into foils for each other in some very elegant writing and characterisation.
Batman: Detective Comics
I must say that Detective Comics is traditionally my favourite Batman series. I have a bit of a soft spot for crime fiction and I'll take the mystery and intrigue of a good detective case over mindless action any day of the week. However I felt like the first issue didn't have enough of this. While we did get the seeds of a good arc mystery in regards to this 'Dollmaker' person I can't help but feel like having a rather long-winded run-around with the Joker was kind of missing the point and also didn't contribute a great deal to the development of Batman's arch enemy. The art was nice and appropriately gruesome at the right times and having read the second issue I want to see where things go but I think there was a missed opportunity here: having Batman hunt Joker down doesn't necessarily entail an interesting investigation, and I feel like the title can feel a bit stronger when the arc is supported by individual cases rather than just having a chase to tease towards bigger problems.
Captain Atom
I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Captain Atom. I was always a fan of Doctor Manhattan in Watchmen and as a result I've become intrigued by the character upon which he was based. I appreciated the characterisation of Captain Atom in this opening title: he is actively trying to embrace the instinctive side of humanity's animal nature and reject the notion of specialness. Obviously he has to include himself to avoid the conception that he's somehow above or superior to other people purely due to his great power. I also enjoyed the idea that a lot of his energy is derived from being able to perform nuclear fission upon the atoms of his own body, and that if this procedure occurred in his brain he could lose his identity or his life. It was a nice way of introducing a bit of plausibility to his powers. One thing which gave me pause was when Atom tells Dr Megala "I was a pilot, not a scientist." It'd be interesting, I think, if a guy who'd become a walking nuclear reactor had taken an interest in science and was trying to learn. Similarly the "volcano in New York" scenario was just bizarre and kind of silly. I desperately hope that it gets a worthwhile resolution in the next issue. Nonetheless it's good to see some love being given to one of the second-stringers.
The Flash
I don't buy into the whole Barry Allen/Wally West divide in fandom. Wally was the first Flash I read but Barry has similar strengths. My problem is that ever since he was brought back I think Barry has lost some of the robustness and solidity which was inherent to his Silver Age character. These days writers seem to go too far with his idealism and good old fashioned Mid West values to the point that he comes across as naïve and ineffectual. Geoff Johns made him tiresomely angst-ridden and wracked with self doubt but with Francis Manapul's writing he just feels like a cipher. His date with Patty seems slightly forced and hard to believe; Barry says he's "methodical", which seems like the kind of self-relection he wouldn't really do, and Patty replies "Methodical is kind of hot." Huh. Not the most vibrant dialogue, huh? Sure, Patty lampshades the weirdness of this remark in the very next frame but it's easy to see how prosaic the whole thing is. "This tech symposium is amazing!" Barry remarks redundantly, since we can see high-tech stuff and socialites wandering around right there in the frame. There's a lot of telling rather than showing going on and it's kind of dull. It's not helped by the army of generic-looking high tech crims who show up to steal some McGuffin and scarper. It only adds to the sense of blandness. In my opinion if they wanted to go for a snappy opener they would have had a battle with a traditional foe like Mirror Master or Captain Cold, or even a few Rogues together. None of this is helped by an equally bland art style which is probably most disserviced by pallid colours which lack a sense of depth and substance. Failing to give Barry his traditional clean-cut look further serves to make him seem like just a "boring guy" rather than a bit old-fashioned and curious. Then there's some silly flashback to Barry's past and he flirts with Iris West and so on. I don't really care that Iris and Barry are pre-relationship again but it seems like unnecessary titillation. The ending was pointless and predictable, as we're asked to care about some old friend of Barry's who we don't really know who's been cloned and who runs with Barry for no reason. Overall it was kind of unimpressive and as a Flash fan I found the whole thing to be a bit of a disappointment.
Green Lantern
I've never been a huge Green Lantern fan. As I stated in my post on the film I have two main quibbles with the line. The first is that I find stories about guys flying around in space having punch ups with aliens and shooting different coloured lights at each other to be a bit boring. The second is that the main Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, is an idiotic character who is written in a way which I find completely unlikeable but which apparently is meant to make us love him. So when I heard that the first issue of the new Green Lantern would be starring Sinestro, not Hal, my interest was piqued. I could forgive space punch-ups if Sinestro was involved too, because he's simply an interesting character. Unfortunately I was let down by the fact that about half of the issue was about Sinestro while the other half revolved basically around Hal being hopeless and incompetent on Earth without his ring. I think it was meant to be heartwarming and funny but I found it cretinous and dull. There was simply not enough Sinestro. When he was there I was enjoying myself but whenever it cut back to Hal being a doof I was disappointed. Geoff Johns needs to learn that not everyone is in love with this fictional character the way he is. The art is pretty nice but a little simplistic. The thing where Hal jumps in to stop an assault but is actually interrupting a film set, however, is ridiculously cliché and stupid. It was only worth it to see Sinestro killing his own dudes, of which there was not enough. Fortunately all this was redeemed to an extent by the second issue, which had Sinestro and Hal together for a better balance. It's nice to see the extremely ruthless, utilitarian Sinestro being praised as a hero. I think I'll have to see where this one goes. I'm not as blind as some Green Lantern fans appear to be.
Green Lantern: New Guardians
I like Kyle Rayner. Maybe it's because I don't really like Hal but I've often found Kyle to be a more interesting Lantern than his predecessor. He's an artist, which works well with the whole 'ring construct' idea, and it makes him easier to empathise with than the usual 'cop or army guy turned hero' thing we have with Hal. As such when I heard that Kyle was getting his own series where he was part of a team of Lanterns from each colour Corps I thought it could be kind of cool. The reintroduction of Kyle's backstory and his public perception as one of the "secondary" human Lanterns was interesting enough. My main complaint would be that the issue felt like so much introduction. I was hoping the all-Corps Lantern team would get going straight away. However, a good deal of space is spent showing various other Lanterns losing their rings. While it's slightly amusing and kind of disturbing to see how utterly without hope most Lanterns would be if they lost access to their one source of power it does feel like it takes us a while to get to where we need to go. Nonetheless it's good enough for Kyle and the concept alone and I'm looking forward to what happens once the premise has been firmly established.
Justice League
One of the big selling points for this title was that we were returning to a traditional conception of the Justice League: the traditional 'Big Seven' of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash and Aquaman with Cyborg replacing Martian Manhunter presumably for reasons of slightly forced ethnic diversity. However it looks like we're going to have a bit of a drag before we get anywhere, because for all intents and purposes this first issue is a Batman and Green Lantern story with Superman not appearing until the very end and the other heroes completely absent apart from a brief and completely unrelated Cyborg scene. It's meant to be set five years before the DC Universe's present as the League comes together but it's a little too obvious that Geoff Johns just wanted to have Hal team up with Batman. I really can't think of much to say about it; it just felt like time-wasting. We really needed to see Wonder Woman, Aquaman and the Flash as well.
Justice League International
Traditionally this has been the 'funny comic' of DC team-ups and while that isn't strictly a hard and fast rule it was disappointingly absent. The first issue of JLI really was quite bland and boring, albeit redeemed by a surprisingly strong second issue. While the idea of choosing Booster Gold as leader was a very interesting idea the political side wasn't handled in a very interesting manner and the journey to an exotic locale to fight mud men and robots felt a little old hat. On the plus side I like the choices of heroes such as Rocket Red and August General in Iron, who could be sure to be interesting in future, and the exploration of a UN-representative hero force was one which might work well. As I say, the second issue was a good deal stronger and more enjoyable. Perhaps it was just a matter of the series finding its feet.
While perhaps not as strong an opener as we received in Action Comics this was still a good Superman story. Once again the focus on the ownership of the Daily Planet grounded Clark Kent's activities squarely in the tension of a superhuman dealing with matters of a more mundane variety, which was nice to see, especially in terms of his conflict with Lois and resultant awkwardness. It wasn't helped, however, by the giant flame alien which he fought in the second half of the story. There was also a segue in which we the readers were encouraged to invest in the first issue of Stormwatch, to my irritation. You'd hope that Superman of all things could stand on its own. As I say, though, the battle with the fire alien, although not devoid of interesting elements, felt an awful lot like action for its own sake. Nonetheless I'm keen to see where things go and it was nice to see the journalism element, so integral to Clark Kent's character, playing a role in the storytelling itself. If Superman comics are to maintain their effectiveness they have to continue exploring the tension of how a man who could live without rules fits into human society.
Wonder Woman
This one was just bizarre. It was rushed, the plot didn't make much sense and Wonder Woman was barely in it. This isn't to say it was bad per se but it was hard to follow. What made up for it was some delightfully grotesque imagery, such as a horse being decapitated so that the man-part of a Centaur can grow from the stump. I wish things had been explained better, however. Too much of it was left until the end, making a great deal of the events just feel like random bits of dialogue and action with no connection to each other. As I said, for a Wonder Woman comic it didn't feature Diana in a role beyond that of fighting bad guys, which was unfortunate. I believe in the rule of three, however, which I'm applying to these comics. If they become good by issue 3, then I'll keep reading. At this rate Wonder Woman is really the only one which still hasn't proven itself, so I suppose I must give kudos to the writers and artists at DC for making a good start on their new 52.


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Cindia as a name for girls means "from Mount Kynthos". Cindia is a version of Cindy (English, Greek): a contraction of Cynthia.
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Why you should not eliminate blog comments
Interesting viewpoints energize your online community, and filters catch most spam, so why not let your readers give you feedback and make connections through your blog?
Recently, a few top-notch bloggers, including Copyblogger and Jay Dolan of The Anti Social Media have opted to get rid of blog comments.
I have read (and re-read) each of their posts multiple times, trying desperately to understand the rationale for this move. Their reasons include:
- Too much spam
- No meaningful discussions
- The conversations have moved to Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, etc.
As much as I respect these bloggers and the amazing content they crank out week after week, I find serious flaws in each of these reasons. I just can't wrap my head around what would cause someone to remove blog comments from such large, thriving blogs.
Getting rid of blog comments is like getting rid of the essence of your community. Jeff Atwood, who founded StackOverflow, went as far as to say, "A blog without comments is not a blog."
Though this may sound extreme, a blog is nothing without an audience. Most people are content to be passive readers and will never comment. This is one reason why Rich Millington, who runs the Feverbee blog, removed comments more than a year ago.
"For every great discussion we typically see take place via blog comments, there are a lot more no discussions or bad discussions," Millington says.
Many posts never get a comment. Generally, the comments will come from your most loyal fans. It's one reason I try to acknowledge and respond to every comment on my blog. If you want to build an avid, active community, you should make it as easy as possible for readers to leave their thoughts. A comments section does just that.
Combatting blog spam
Copyblogger wrote that of the hundreds of thousands of comments they had received, only 4 percent were legitimate comments. Everything else was spam.
Although spam comments are annoying, I can't see that problem as so severe that you would remove comments altogether, especially given that spam filtering keeps getting better. Tools such as Disqus and Livefyre have filters that catch the vast majority of spam.
'No meaningful conversation'
Jay went so far as to write, "There is no meaningful conversation in the comments. None."
That's a shame. Some of the best posts I have ever read were in the comments section of a blog. There's the post from Chris Brogan, where he announced his Twitter unfollow experiment. It generated more than 350 comments; most brought valuable knowledge, context, or points of view to the table.
I think of Gini Dietrich's Livefyre Q&As. She brings in authors and PR professionals to host a chat—all within the blog comments.
When you can generate hundreds of comments, all bringing unique points of view and information to the table, that's when you know you have hit comment gold.
"I'm a fan of comments, warts and all," says Jeff Atwood. "They're noisy, sure, but in my experience they reliably produce crowdsourced knowledge in aggregate."
Does this require a little more work to manage? Of course. However, with strong commenting guidelines and a great moderator, the experience for your readers can be become so much richer.
Why would any blogger want to give that up?
Conversations have moved to social media channels
Your blog is something that you own, assuming you go the self-hosted route instead of using Tumblr or Medium.
People who take the time to write comments (even if you don't have a lot) are generally your most passionate, loyal readers.
"Blog comments demonstrate a level of commitment and participation in the community that amplifies their quality," says Nick Westergaard of Brand Driven Digital.
Moving comments/discussions from an owned platform, such as a blog, to a public space that you "rent," such as a Facebook page, Twitter, Google Plus, Linkedin, etc., is one of the dumbest things you can do for your community.
Putting all your comments on social media is risky. What would happen if Facebook were to make a massive algorithm change or just disappear tomorrow? How long would it take you to recover?
It's great to use social media to increase awareness and exposure. When you rely too heavily on it and make it your only way to get feedback from your community, though, you are heading into dangerous waters.
Given how big the Copyblogger blog is, all I can hope is that this doesn't become a new industry standard. I would strongly caution bloggers to think twice before they get rid of their comments section.
A version of this article first appeared on Jessica Malnik's blog.
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I Ching Hexagram 33 - Tun / Retreat
- Above Ch'ien the Creative, Heaven
- Below Ken Keeping Still, Mountain
The power of the dark is ascending. The light retreats to security, so that the dark cannot encroach upon it. This retreat is a matter not of man's will but of natural law. Therefore in this case withdrawal is proper; it is the correct way to behave in order not to exhaust one's forces. In the calendar this hexagram is linked with the sixth month (July-August), in which the forces of winter are already showing their influence.
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Retreat. Success. In what is small, perseverance furthers.
Judgement Commentary
Conditions are such that the hostile forces favored by the time are advancing. In this case retreat is the right course, and it is not to be confused with flight. Flight means saving oneself under any circumstances, whereas retreat is a sign of strength. We must be careful not to miss the right moment while we are in full possession of power and position. Then we shall be able to interpret the signs of the time before it is too late and to prepare for provisional retreat instead of being drawn into a desperate life-and-death struggle. Thus we do not simple abandon the field to the opponent; we make it difficult for him to advance by showing perseverance in single acts of resistance. In this way we prepare, while retreating, for the counter-movement. Understanding the laws of a constructive retreat of this sort is not easy. The meaning that lies hidden in such a time is important.
The Image
Mountain under heaven: the image of Retreat. Thus the superior man keeps the inferior man at a distance, not angrily but with reserve.
Image Commentary
The mountain rises up under heaven, but owing to its nature it finally comes to a stop. Heaven on the other hand retreats upward before it into the distance and remains out of reach. This symbolizes the behavior of the superior man toward a climbing inferior; he retreats into his own thoughts as the inferior man comes forward. He does not hate him, for hatred is a form of subjective involvement by which we are bound to the hated object. The superior man shows strength (heaven) in that he brings the inferior man to a standstill (mountain) by his dignified reserve.
The Lines
Six at the beginning means: At the tail in retreat, this is dangerous, one must not wish to undertake anything.
Since the hexagram is the picture of something that is retreating, the lowest line represents the tail and the top line the head. In a retreat it is advantageous to be at the front. Here one is at the back, in immediate contact with the pursuing enemy. This is dangerous, and under such circumstances it is not advisable to undertake anything. Keeping still is the easiest way of escaping from the threatening danger.
Changing only this line creates Hexagram 13 - T'ung Jen / Fellowship with Men. The rear guard of an army has the job of protecting the main body of a retreating army from attack. This line is facing similar peril. Keep your head down and stay safe. The description Legge gives shows the us "The position is perilous. No movement in any direction should be made." The resultant hexagram 13, Fellowship with Men, tell us that our future safety lies in the company of others.
Six in the second place means: He holds him fast with yellow oxhide. No one can tear him loose.
Yellow is the color of the middle. It indicates that which is correct and in line with duty. Oxhide is strong and not to be torn. While the superior men retreat and the inferior press after them, the inferior man represented here holds on so firmly and tightly to the superior man that the latter cannot shake him off. And because he is in quest of what is right an so strong in purpose, he reaches his goal. Thus the line confirms what is said in the Judgment: In what is small, here equivalent to in the inferior man, perseverance furthers.
Changing only this line creates Hexagram 44 - Kou / Coming to Meet. This lines determination of purpose means that his desire is attained despite dangerous circumstances. Legge's version of this line is "...shows its subject holding his purpose fast". The resultant hexagram 44, Coming to Meet, suggests that this determination, whilst good for the individual concerned, may not be so good for the greater good.
Nine in the third place means: A halted retreat is nerve-wracking and dangerous. To retain people as men- and maidservants brings good fortune.
When it is time to retreat it is both unpleasant and dangerous to be held back, because then one no longer has freedom of action. In such a case the only expedient is to take into one's service, so to speak, those who refuse to let one go, so that one may at least keep one's initiative and not fall helplessly under their domination. But even with this expedient the situation is far from satisfactory, for what can one hope to accomplish with such servants?
Changing only this line creates Hexagram 12 - P'i / Standstill (Stagnation). To have to employ or associate with those who we are seeking to retreat from seems futile. In some situations there is no other choice. Still this is not a comfortable place to be. How can one trust those who one wishes to flee from? Legge says this lines "...subject allows himself to be entangled and impeded" by those he knows "He is too familiar with them, and they presume, and fetter his movements." The resultant hexagram 12, Standstill, shows that the outcome of this circumstance is not a good nor comfortable one.
Nine in the fourth place means: Voluntary retreat brings good fortune to the superior man and downfall to the inferior man.
In retreating the superior man is intent on taking his departure willingly and in all friendliness. He easily adjusts his mind to retreat, because in retreating he does not have to do violence to his convictions. The only one who suffers is the inferior man from whom he retreats, who will degenerate when deprived of the guidance of the superior man.
Changing only this line creates Hexagram 53 - Chien / Development (Gradual Progress). To retreat is an acceptable tactic when faced with superior force. Smaller people may find the prospect shameful and unacceptable and suffer the consequences of confronting that which can not be defeated. Legge has it "...shows its subject retiring notwithstanding his likings". The resultant hexagram 53, Development (Gradual Progress), shows that we can gain a place of safety and achieve success through a process of gradual movement towards our goals.
Nine in the fifth place means: Friendly retreat. Perseverance brings good fortune.
It is the business of the superior man to recognize in time that the moment for retreat has come. If the right moment is chosen, the retreat can be carried out within the forms of perfect friendliness, without the necessity of disagreeable discussions. Yet, for all the observance of amenities, absolute firmness of decision is necessary if one is not to be led astray by irrelevant considerations.
Changing only this line creates Hexagram 56 - Lu / The Wanderer. Not all retreat refers to time of war. Sometimes we need to understand that social conflicts can create the need to retreat from a position we believe in. This line shows us that this can be done without generating further animosity. Legge's interpretation states this line "...shows its subject retiring in an admirable way." The resultant hexagram 56, The Wanderer, counsels that if we should remain modest and unobtrusive we will obtain some small measure of success.
Nine at the top means: Cheerful retreat. Everything serves to further.
The situation is unequivocal. Inner detachment has become an established fact, and we are at liberty to depart. When one sees the way ahead thus clearly, free of all doubt, a cheerful mood sets in, and one chooses what is right without further thought. Such a clear path ahead always leads to the good.
Changing only this line creates Hexagram 31 - Hsien / Influence (Wooing). This lines retreat is successful because it retreats in the correct way for the correct reasons. Legge says this line "...shows its subject retiring in an admirable way". The resultant hexagram 31, Influence, presents us with a good augury. We will regain our influence and success will eventually return. The need for retreat will be over.
See the James Legge - I Ching Hexagram 33 - Tun / Retreat translation of this hexagram.