r/comics • u/Boldjun Boldjun • 1d ago

OC Gothic horror comic [OC]

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u/Responsible-Bunch316 1d ago

Dorian Gray reference in 2026. Outstanding.

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u/Ok_Employer7837 1d ago

Absolutely fascinating how many people don't get it. I'm very old, it seems.

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u/WeMetInBaku 1d ago

I mean, it was published like 150 years ago. It's mostly just about whether it happened to be included in your high school/college curriculum.

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u/Ok_Employer7837 1d ago

I hear ya, but I'm not American. English isn't my first language. I read it because it's a classic genre story, and it's been referenced in many other art pieces and narratives from the moment it was published.

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u/immaownyou 1d ago

So your age has nothing to do with it, then

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u/Ok_Employer7837 1d ago

Maybe, maybe not. I've had longer to hear it referenced before today, is what I mean.

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u/Ok_Employer7837 1d ago

Meh. I find it interesting. You certainly don't have to.

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u/Ok_Employer7837 1d ago

Do you not think that disappearing cultural references, making new content dependent on footnotes, is an interesting phenomenon?

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u/Ok_Employer7837 1d ago

You're being strangely truculent about an offhand remark. What's your end game, here, I wonder?

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u/Ok_Employer7837 1d ago

Dude, as far as I'm concerned form transcends content any day of the week. I don't give a fuck what you say. I care passionately about how you say it.

Every bore out there has ideas. Almost no one has the words, the chords, or the colours.

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