I just finished watching a DVD on the behind the scenes of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and Roger Waters mentioned something that instantly made me think of JB's work. Roger said that as a producer, when he works with bands he tells them to "leave a gap".

By that, Roger said he wants them to not fill in every section of the music. Leave a little something for the listener to stop and think.

JB's (and Stan Lee's 60's) work is a lot like that to me. He doesn't fill in every hole in the story. He leaves parts of it to the reader's imgagination.

Thanks for noticing! Even better, thanks for assuming I do it deliberately! You would be surprised (or maybe not) the number of times I have been chided by fans who thought I had "forgotten" to underline something 15 times.

Eric Clapton once said something to the effect of "it's not what you play, it's what you leave out."

Brendan Howard

Even better, thanks for assuming I do it deliberately!

Yeah, I'm sure there are some of those happy accidents where you've left yourself an opening in a story that you can go back in later to fill in a little bit more (but still not all the way.) Though the example that immediately came to me was the identity of Bruce Wayne's wife in Generations.

Actually, in all of Generations you left gaps (a Generations Gap, if you will) that allow the reader to make up their own stories. I think that type of writing inspires creativity, which, I would say, is something dearly lacking in the bulk of all popular media these days. (Both creativity on the side of the creator and the viewer.)
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You're welcome.

Lisa Simpson to a bored jazz club patron: "You have to listen to the notes she's NOT playing!"

Bored patron: "I can do that at home."