Friday Debate

This Friday, member of the merit writing program, John Bultena, lectured on the significance of images in comic books. The lecture was interactive since it required the audience to interpret various comics. For every comic, it seemed like each audience member had their own unique interpretation. During this process, Bultena also elaborated on the significances we failed to notice. For example, he pointed out the different methods in which time can be depicted in comics. Adding that the context of the images can also tell us a lot about how much time has elapsed between each image. Furthermore, Bultena explained how comics can also integrate the use of metaphors to convey deeper meaning. He also made it clear that the context of the audience …show more content…
Since most people tend to have either conservative or liberal viewpoints, certain comics might have a greater impact on a specific party. Political comics is the best example when it comes to identifying how comics convey meaning with little to no text. Most of these comics critique either party through metaphorical illustrations. In consequence, one party may feel offended while the other may get a chuckle out of it. For instance, I recently came across a comic where Donald Trump is depicted as a mischievous cat doing. In this case, the illustrator may have depicted Donald Trump as a cat with a certain critique in mind, but the audience may interpret it differently. Conservatives can either take offense to seeing the President depicted as an animal or associate this depiction with positive attributes of cats. In contrast, liberals may again either take offense for seeing the POTUS depicted as a cat or will associate the cat version of the cat with the negative attributes of cats. Each interpretation is a direct result of context, in this case political context. Creamer explains in her text Reducing Americas Economic… how perception of each party has become extreme therefore creating a tense context for each