Comments on: Pretty Young Things, conclusion http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/ Challenging the Law of Gravitas since 1993 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:51:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jenifer http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4123 Jenifer Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:31:20 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4123 What can I add but a tearful "thank you" to both Darrin and Michael. Truly stunning. I'm reminded of abused and neglected children I worked with several years ago, who lost their childhoods but were still children, and I remember their faces and their names, looking at that last panel. I wonder where they are now and if someone is hugging them. What can I add but a tearful "thank you" to both Darrin and Michael. Truly stunning. I'm reminded of abused and neglected children I worked with several years ago, who lost their childhoods but were still children, and I remember their faces and their names, looking at that last panel. I wonder where they are now and if someone is hugging them.

]]> By: Lee Wertman http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4121 Lee Wertman Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:15:22 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4121 That last strip was one of the most moving, remarkable and poignant strips I've ever seen and I'm a huge fan of the genre. This was much more than a comic strip. That last strip was one of the most moving, remarkable and poignant strips I've ever seen and I'm a huge fan of the genre. This was much more than a comic strip.

]]> By: Denae http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4119 Denae Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:41:10 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4119 This is the 1st time a comic strip has ever made me cry. Over the last 2 weeks so much has been written and said about MIchael Jackson but this was an absolutely beautiful tribute. Thank you Darrin... This is the 1st time a comic strip has ever made me cry. Over the last 2 weeks so much has been written and said about MIchael Jackson but this was an absolutely beautiful tribute. Thank you Darrin…

]]> By: @ChayaFradle http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4702 @ChayaFradle Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:30:00 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4702 Childhood Written and composed by michael jackson. Produced by michael jackson. Have you seen my childhood? I’m searching for the world that I come from ’cause I’ve been looking around In the lost and found of my heart... No one understands me They view it as such strange eccentricities... ’cause I keep kidding around Like a child, but pardon me... People say I’m not okay ’cause I love such elementary things... It’s been my fate to compensate, For the childhood I’ve never known... Have you seen my childhood? I’m searching for that wonder in my youth Like pirates in adventurous dreams, Of conquest and kings on the throne... Before you judge me, try hard to love me, Look within your heart then ask, Have you seen my childhood? People say I’m strange that way ’cause I love such elementary things, It’s been my fate to compensate, For the childhood I’ve never known... Have you seen my childhood? I’m searching for that wonder in my youth Like fantastical stories to share The dreams I would dare, watch me fly... Before you judge me, try hard to love me. The painful youth I’ve had Have you seen my childhood.... Childhood

Written and composed by michael jackson.
Produced by michael jackson.

Have you seen my childhood?
I’m searching for the world that I come from
’cause I’ve been looking around
In the lost and found of my heart…
No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities…
’cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me…

People say I’m not okay
’cause I love such elementary things…
It’s been my fate to compensate,
For the childhood
I’ve never known…

Have you seen my childhood?
I’m searching for that wonder in my youth
Like pirates in adventurous dreams,
Of conquest and kings on the throne…

Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my childhood?

People say I’m strange that way
’cause I love such elementary things,
It’s been my fate to compensate,
For the childhood I’ve never known…

Have you seen my childhood?
I’m searching for that wonder in my youth
Like fantastical stories to share
The dreams I would dare, watch me fly…

Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
The painful youth I’ve had

Have you seen my childhood….

]]> By: @ChayaFradle http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4698 @ChayaFradle Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:19:46 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4698 And Lemont is still on his train of life, traveling. And Lemont is still on his train of life, traveling.

]]> By: @ChayaFradle http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4705 @ChayaFradle Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:18:16 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4705 "The end of the line". What will catch any of us in a trap door at the end of our line? Will we all be reborn as an innocent child? Makes one think. "The end of the line". What will catch any of us in a trap door at the end of our line? Will we all be reborn as an innocent child? Makes one think.

]]> By: @ChayaFradle http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4713 @ChayaFradle Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:03:41 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4713 Great insight, Lou. I saw, however, an interview with Jackson where he said his dad told him bad things about his looks, and made fun of his nose. (Besides beating him with an ironing board cord and anything he could get his hands on, and throwing him up against the wall from the time he was five years old), and I can see that part of the psychology of his trying to get a "white" face was to A) please his father, B) separate himself from his father, and C) keep looking young as he grew older so he could try to be a child forever. In fact, when asked if he was like Peter Pan, he said and I quote, "No, I AM PETER PAN". So, he was messed up emotionally on the inside. We have to ask if perhaps a part of his genius was the pain he felt. Van Gogh was nuts, and cut off his own ear, right? It really had nothing to do with race for Van Gogh. I think sometimes pain creates a twisted kind of genius. Georgeous to the public, but hideous to himself in the mirror. Great insight, Lou. I saw, however, an interview with Jackson where he said his dad told him bad things about his looks, and made fun of his nose. (Besides beating him with an ironing board cord and anything he could get his hands on, and throwing him up against the wall from the time he was five years old), and I can see that part of the psychology of his trying to get a "white" face was to A) please his father, B) separate himself from his father, and C) keep looking young as he grew older so he could try to be a child forever. In fact, when asked if he was like Peter Pan, he said and I quote, "No, I AM PETER PAN". So, he was messed up emotionally on the inside. We have to ask if perhaps a part of his genius was the pain he felt. Van Gogh was nuts, and cut off his own ear, right? It really had nothing to do with race for Van Gogh. I think sometimes pain creates a twisted kind of genius. Georgeous to the public, but hideous to himself in the mirror.

]]> By: labradog http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4118 labradog Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:25:56 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4118 Darrin, that Pretty Young Things series was amazing. I wasn't a big MJ fan at all, liked a couple of his J5 songs enough to learn the bass part; not a hater. I'm a 56 year old white guy, and I teared up reading these last two (I didn't know how you'd top the lullaby strip. Jesus H., guy, you just barely did.) My wife and I both read you every day. Hope I'm not fuckin' up your youth cred, here. Darrin, that Pretty Young Things series was amazing.
I wasn't a big MJ fan at all, liked a couple of his J5 songs enough to learn the bass part; not a hater.
I'm a 56 year old white guy, and I teared up reading these last two (I didn't know how you'd top the lullaby strip. Jesus H., guy, you just barely did.)
My wife and I both read you every day. Hope I'm not fuckin' up your youth cred, here.

]]> By: LBurgess http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4117 LBurgess Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:37:28 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4117 dangit! I'm getting the keyboard wet... dangit! I'm getting the keyboard wet…

]]> By: Darrin Bell http://candorville.com/2009/07/10/pretty-young-things-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4115 Darrin Bell Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:42:32 +0000 http://candorville.com/?p=2279#comment-4115 Thanks, Bill. It did the same to me when I drew it. Thanks, Bill. It did the same to me when I drew it.

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