The Underwater Welder
Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel, The Underwater Welder, is about Jack Joseph and his supernatural experience underwater when he discovers an old watch which he received from his father when younger, which brought back nostalgic memories of his father (who passed away) and life in general. The unique artwork and the way The Underwater Welder is presented makes the reader experience the characterization of Jack, the theme of the story, and the plot. Lemire tends to have a pattern when it comes to the layout/design and angles of the graphic novel during specific moments such as when Jack has flashbacks and for his general characterization. The 3 parts of a comic that is most used by Lemire to show the characterization of Jack is a splash page, narratory blocks, and close-ups.
All of the three characteristics contribute to the characterization of Jack Joseph, however they are used for certain parts of Jack’s characterization. For example splash pages in The Underwater Welder are used to show the physical and mental experiences that Jack goes …show more content…
They emphasize more on Jack’s deep feelings on topics such as his family but more specifically his father, in a different type of way.. Narrator blocks in this graphic novel are different from the usual because rather than the narrator’s voice being used, it is Jack’s voice. An example is on pages 79-84 where Jack talks about how he used to sit on the dock with his father and his father told him that the world was round rather than flat. These memories of his father triggered another thought of how Jack imagined swimming through the earth to the other side of the world to meet his father who was waiting for him, however he knew this was impossible. These types of memories are very sentimental to Jack and are in the narrator boxes for this reason and to share some special information with the reader about Jack’s
Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel, The Underwater Welder, is about Jack Joseph and his supernatural experience underwater when he discovers an old watch which he received from his father when younger, which brought back nostalgic memories of his father (who passed away) and life in general. The unique artwork and the way The Underwater Welder is presented makes the reader experience the characterization of Jack, the theme of the story, and the plot. Lemire tends to have a pattern when it comes to the layout/design and angles of the graphic novel during specific moments such as when Jack has flashbacks and for his general characterization. The 3 parts of a comic that is most used by Lemire to show the characterization of Jack is a splash page, narratory blocks, and close-ups.
All of the three characteristics contribute to the characterization of Jack Joseph, however they are used for certain parts of Jack’s characterization. For example splash pages in The Underwater Welder are used to show the physical and mental experiences that Jack goes …show more content…
They emphasize more on Jack’s deep feelings on topics such as his family but more specifically his father, in a different type of way.. Narrator blocks in this graphic novel are different from the usual because rather than the narrator’s voice being used, it is Jack’s voice. An example is on pages 79-84 where Jack talks about how he used to sit on the dock with his father and his father told him that the world was round rather than flat. These memories of his father triggered another thought of how Jack imagined swimming through the earth to the other side of the world to meet his father who was waiting for him, however he knew this was impossible. These types of memories are very sentimental to Jack and are in the narrator boxes for this reason and to share some special information with the reader about Jack’s