I’m really fascinated by how different Unity looks with her halves swapped, after all these years of seeing her the way she normally is. That is so surprising.
Perhaps more fascinating is that I (and apparently others) didn’t notice the change at all until someone else mentioned it. Brains are weird.
I do have a question though – did you grow up playing video games, and did those video games employ sprite-flipping? Because I totally did, and from a very early age got used to visually reading such flips as second nature.
What I’m finding interesting here is that I ‘see’ regular-Unity as being black, while I ‘see’ mirror-Unity as being white. I mean, obviously the character is a literal patchwork; but apparently my brain picks whatever the right side of the face looks like and uses it for pattern recognition. I dunno whether that’s a neurological thing, or a just-me-being-weird thing.
I’ve seen studies that show that we (at least dogs and humans) tend to bias attention to the right sides of faces… partially die to the fact that the right sides are (on average) more expressive. [One study involved evaluating emotional information obtained using face images where the left side was mirrored over the right to create a left/mirrored left view, and vice-versa; another evaluated where a dog looked first when shown images of human faces. The dogs looked at the right side of human faces first, but not the right sides of other animals’ faces…]
I also have the same issues with perceiving Unity as black or white depending on her mirroring, but I think it’s because the left-to-right reading direction of the strip makes it natural for the characters to be seen predominantly from the right when there’s a sense of movement forwards being conveyed. So in many panels, you can see more of the right side of the face for many characters. It’s just particularly noticeable with Unity’s unusually assymetrical looks!
Did we lose some of this morning’s comments again? ‘Cause I already posted my song parody of the week…oh, what the hell, I’ll do it again.
From “It’s the Same Old Song,” the Four Tops. Holland-Dozier-Holland.
It’s good (it’s good) as a comic strip.
But like a comic strip chore,
It’s gone and done it before.
Unity (Unity) took the swamp to the mat.
All that’s left is a vicious hat.
It used to be sweet victory (sweet victory).
But does Artie have a small goatee?
Now it’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean.
It’s the same, same old scene.
But with a different view (if you know what I mean),
And it puzzles me to see it.
Ah, oh, ah, isn’t it just cool and neat (good memories)
To see a classic strip and think “repeat?”
But the imagery confuses me,
Reminding me how it all used to be.
Faces right-to-left, identity theft,
Is it Sergio or is it just some Joe?
New art (rearranging)
New start (something’s changing)
(Now it’s the same old scene) Can’t wait to find out!
(With a different view if you know what I mean.)
Oh, I hope we find out!
It’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean.
I had memories of a scene with Tip,
But he’s nowhere near in this reworked strip.
Monday’s come,
It’s a brand new day.
I can let this stay, move on to other things.
It makes me think what’s coming (It makes me think what’s coming.)
And rethink what’s coming (And rethink what’s coming.)
Now it’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean.
Now it’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean.
I, oh, I, can’t wait till Tuesday!
It’s the same old scene,
(But with a different view if you know what I mean.)
Ooh, it hurts to wait till Tuesday!
It’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean…
When the strip was originally posted, it was listed as another part of “Mixed-Up Files”; it’s now the beginning of “Looking Glass Land”. (I noticed because it seemed so odd that this *wasn’t* a new story.) I’m guessing there was a mistake somewhere, and they had to reload the strip.
The question is, are we seeing something That Might Have Been, or something That Might Yet Be? Sentient swamps can regenerate their components as seeds bloom and animals breed, and the team is being shaken up a bit with Sweetheart (nominally) in charge.
I thought that was Tip for a second…
It WAS Tip for a second: http://skin-horse.com/comic/itll-be-five/
Imfel extremely silly for not noticing Unity’s two face alves were mirror-imaged until I followed your linkback. :*
Artie has goggles! Like Speedy!
I see Unity doesn’t bother with a hazmat suit…
Oooh, parallel universes!
I’m not sure if I’m more worried about why Tip and Sweetheart aren’t part of The Team, or why Artie and Sergio are.
Oh wait, Artie was a part of *that* Team.
At least in the other universe I had a name.
I’m really fascinated by how different Unity looks with her halves swapped, after all these years of seeing her the way she normally is. That is so surprising.
Perhaps more fascinating is that I (and apparently others) didn’t notice the change at all until someone else mentioned it. Brains are weird.
I do have a question though – did you grow up playing video games, and did those video games employ sprite-flipping? Because I totally did, and from a very early age got used to visually reading such flips as second nature.
What I’m finding interesting here is that I ‘see’ regular-Unity as being black, while I ‘see’ mirror-Unity as being white. I mean, obviously the character is a literal patchwork; but apparently my brain picks whatever the right side of the face looks like and uses it for pattern recognition. I dunno whether that’s a neurological thing, or a just-me-being-weird thing.
I’ve seen studies that show that we (at least dogs and humans) tend to bias attention to the right sides of faces… partially die to the fact that the right sides are (on average) more expressive. [One study involved evaluating emotional information obtained using face images where the left side was mirrored over the right to create a left/mirrored left view, and vice-versa; another evaluated where a dog looked first when shown images of human faces. The dogs looked at the right side of human faces first, but not the right sides of other animals’ faces…]
…Huh. Well, that’s probably my ‘interesting thing learned for today,’ then. Thanks. 🙂
I also have the same issues with perceiving Unity as black or white depending on her mirroring, but I think it’s because the left-to-right reading direction of the strip makes it natural for the characters to be seen predominantly from the right when there’s a sense of movement forwards being conveyed. So in many panels, you can see more of the right side of the face for many characters. It’s just particularly noticeable with Unity’s unusually assymetrical looks!
Did we lose some of this morning’s comments again? ‘Cause I already posted my song parody of the week…oh, what the hell, I’ll do it again.
From “It’s the Same Old Song,” the Four Tops. Holland-Dozier-Holland.
It’s good (it’s good) as a comic strip.
But like a comic strip chore,
It’s gone and done it before.
Unity (Unity) took the swamp to the mat.
All that’s left is a vicious hat.
It used to be sweet victory (sweet victory).
But does Artie have a small goatee?
Now it’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean.
It’s the same, same old scene.
But with a different view (if you know what I mean),
And it puzzles me to see it.
Ah, oh, ah, isn’t it just cool and neat (good memories)
To see a classic strip and think “repeat?”
But the imagery confuses me,
Reminding me how it all used to be.
Faces right-to-left, identity theft,
Is it Sergio or is it just some Joe?
New art (rearranging)
New start (something’s changing)
(Now it’s the same old scene) Can’t wait to find out!
(With a different view if you know what I mean.)
Oh, I hope we find out!
It’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean.
I had memories of a scene with Tip,
But he’s nowhere near in this reworked strip.
Monday’s come,
It’s a brand new day.
I can let this stay, move on to other things.
It makes me think what’s coming (It makes me think what’s coming.)
And rethink what’s coming (And rethink what’s coming.)
Now it’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean.
Now it’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean.
I, oh, I, can’t wait till Tuesday!
It’s the same old scene,
(But with a different view if you know what I mean.)
Ooh, it hurts to wait till Tuesday!
It’s the same old scene,
But with a different view if you know what I mean…
Also seems to have switched around a few Gravstar icons. Have we all stumbled into an alternate universe?
When the strip was originally posted, it was listed as another part of “Mixed-Up Files”; it’s now the beginning of “Looking Glass Land”. (I noticed because it seemed so odd that this *wasn’t* a new story.) I’m guessing there was a mistake somewhere, and they had to reload the strip.
Well, this is something different . . .
The question is, are we seeing something That Might Have Been, or something That Might Yet Be? Sentient swamps can regenerate their components as seeds bloom and animals breed, and the team is being shaken up a bit with Sweetheart (nominally) in charge.