Blue spent a few days trying to assemble the pieces of "Leer" together. After the initial rejection letters, he had scrapped the idea of photographic reproductions with text bubbles overlayed by hand and Xeroxed on a color copier. Now, twenty-plus years later, with scanner technology being what it is, Blue is entertaining the idea once again. He reasons that the print industry has developed step by step with other industries, utilizing the latest hardware and software innovations, making it possible to use much of what was rejected so many years ago. the biggest drawback Blue was running into was that there was simply no way he could meld the first version with the second. Finally, Blue decides not to try.
"I'm going to use it all. I'm going to just lay it out there, mix it all together and let everybody figure it out for themselves. People are smart. If Leer is dreaming about Mona in color on one page and black and white on another, so what. Hell, I thought he was dreaming about Catherine Kent! And maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Too bad, there's just way too much good shit in here to waste it by trimming the fat. This is like good fat. This is Porterhouse fat, charbroiled and sizzlin'." Blue concluded.
Four days worth of posts in one day because of a disc golf trip with the boys.
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