Nawlins has always been a mysterious, exotic land that borders on imaginary. I think the first time I realized that was when I saw an episode of Scooby-Doo that was set in New Orleans, with a plot that was of course woven through an ill-researched Mardi Gras. And ducked into the voodoo-infested swamps like they were just one block west of Bourbon.
(Parenthetically: Yeah sure Mardi Gras is a big colorful crazy thing but does every freaking story set in the city have to happen during Mardi Gras? Drowning City does not explicitly touch upon Carnival and maybe I should make that deliberate.)
And yeah, the first logo worked out surprisingly well. The story's never had one that was really satisfying to me; that one's come closer than anything else ever has.
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Date: 2010-02-17 04:58 am (UTC)(Parenthetically: Yeah sure Mardi Gras is a big colorful crazy thing but does every freaking story set in the city have to happen during Mardi Gras? Drowning City does not explicitly touch upon Carnival and maybe I should make that deliberate.)
And yeah, the first logo worked out surprisingly well. The story's never had one that was really satisfying to me; that one's come closer than anything else ever has.