Doctor Strange!
The First page of Doctor Strange “Most people find it difficult to understand purely verbal concepts. They suspect the ear; they don't trust it. In general we feel more secure when things are visible, when we can "see for ourselves."” -Marshall McLuhan For my project, I decided to adapt a the first page of the very first comic Dr. Strange comic, opening with a man restless in bed due to recurring nightmare, deciding to call for the titular Doctor. I thought it would be interesting to adapt something from a comic since a comic is an inherently visual medium (I should know, it’s my medium of choice), and adapt the energy of a comic panel into audio form, so I tried to capture the haunting atmosphere of the visuals into background noise. In the comic it’s raining, so I recorded myself on the shower and used that for the noises, I also recorded other noises like me tapping on a window, some sounds of a dryer, and myself whispering, the comic doesn’t show any noises like this...