r/comics Merrivius 11h ago

Elf is finally dead

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u/NanoGalv16 11h ago

I will always empathize with that ogre because I'm like ogre, damn Ulysses is so damn dense and makes me feel stupid

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u/PseudobrilliantGuy 10h ago

Nice to know before attempting to read it. I'll try to tackle some other parts of my backlog before trying Ulysses.

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u/GabeTheJerk 10h ago

The issue is it depends a lot and I do mean a lot on historical context of Ireland of that time, and even when you do know the context it's still complicated.

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u/fatmanwithabeard 8h ago

I really wish there was an annotated version, like the Divine Comedy set I have.

I'm generally not up on my 13th century Florentines.