Comics

How did Batman get so popular? It all started in 1939. “In 1939, National Comics (later to become DC Comics), was looking for a new super hero—a character who could build on the success of Superman” (Batman at 75: Highlights in the Life of the Caped Crusader). Editor Vin Sullivan asked Bob Kane to create a hero. Batman first started as an idea from writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane. Batman wasn’t always a superhero dressed in dark colors. Bob Kane originally drew Batman in brighter colors…

being addressed through a certain graphic novel. The combination of words and text in a graphic novel has helped in contributing to the growth of comics as a whole, which helps as a way to tell another part to the story, and add to the readers emotional attachment and engage in the story that is being told. In McCloud’s graphic novel Understanding Comics (pg. 153-155) he described the ways that we use pictures to complement the text in seven different categories (1) word specific, where…

a second comic book villain has been confirmed to make an appearance in Season 6, and he will be played by none other than former 24 star Xander Berkeley! The veteran actor was confirmed to join the cast of TWD back in September, although his role was not immediately announced. With only a month away from the mid-season premiere, TVLine has just broken the news that Berkeley will portray Gregory, the leader of the Hilltop Colony which includes Paul "Jesus" Monroe (Tom Payne). Comic book fans…

prize-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Chabon addresses many broad topics including the idea of escapism. Through the novella The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon explores escapism in society during the era of comics and WWII to convey how escape itself can be a valid solution. The novella itself uses escape to present solutions to many issues. Alter Klayman is a prime example…

Prisoner on the Hell Planet (pg. 102-105) is a past short comic written by Art. This comic is found and read by his father who becomes upset by it and Art explains that he “never thought Vladek would see it” (pg. 101). The reader sees a glimpse of this comic before turning the page and leaving the Maus style behind, focusing on this dark, depressing comic. The story describes Speigelman’s perspective of his mother’s suicide in 1968. Importantly, Speigelman portray’s himself in concentration…

Name: Kabita Paudel Analytical book review: The secret history of wonder women Book author: Jill Lepore In this female comic book “The secret history of wonder women” Jill Lepore offers new insights on the Wonder woman character and her creator. The Harvard professor of American history, Jill Lepore has saved Wonder Woman from being just a beautiful character of a comic-strip written by William Moulton Marston. Lepore has depicted her as an example of first-wave feminism and also introduced…

The characters in the comic face challenges of most Arabs by day and fight for their religion by night. The 99 is comic book created by Naif Al-Mutawa. In his story, knowledge is contained in 99 gemstones, which were created by the librarians of Dar Al-Hikma. The 99 gemstones choose characters in the story and give these characters’ special powers based on the 99 attributes of Allah. At first the characters start using the special powers for themselves. Throughout this comic Naif Al-Mutawa…

The comics Lighter Than My Shadow, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me, and “Adventures in Depression” and “Depression Part 2” from Hyperbole and a Half each depict the struggles of mental illness in distinct ways. Interestingly, all of them share a unique element in portraying this mental illness. Each comic uses imagery of the main character interacting with what seems to be another self. This fragmenting self is used to highlight each character’s growth and progress from their…

commix development of the late 1960s, Crumb built up a notoriety for a style and substance that was subversive, dim, mocking and to a great degree sexually express with the cognizant goal of not being endorsed by the Comics Magazine Association of America in this way not accepting the Comics Code Authority stamp on the cover. One of Crumb‟s manifestations, Fritz the Cat, turned into a most loved among his perusers and when Fritz the Cat was made into an energized film coordinated by Ralph Bakshi…

France’s people and government. The Charlie Hebdo attacks were a series of attacks committed throughout the course of three days, starting with a massacre at the Charlie Hebdo comics headquarters on Wednesday January 7, of 2015. These attacks were the result of the comic “Charlie Hebdo” writing lies about muslims in their comics. These lies angered many and Saïd and Chérif Kouachi decided to do something about it. On the first day, the two brothers attacked the Charlie Hebdo office. The next…