Comics

Stigma: Comic Books There is no question that the nerd ethos is active as another summer approaches presenting a plethora of superhero movies. But Hollywood supremacy aside, there is still a stigma involved in this culture. I am going to discredit some of the stereotypes. The stigma I address of is what individuals normally think of as the “nerd of comic books”. You know the type: kind of an underdog, a Star Wars or comic book fanatic, unaware of the superior world around them. Superhero movies…

On page 20-21 of the Ghost of the Grotto, the most prominent panel-to-panel transition is the action-to-action transition, which is the most used in comics books. These transitions gives the impression that the story is progressing rather quickly, similarly to an action scene. Given the subject of the scene, when we understand that one character is being held captive, it gives the narration a sense of urgency. By using aspect-to-aspect transition, Barks’ shows us simultaneous scenes, the one on…

perhaps refer it as a haven— a disparate realm void of burdens of society, enabling one to pursue in the attainment of knowledge. For some however, school is what Matt Groening explicitly states within the title of his works: school is hell. Groening’s comics are fused with hilarity: the generalization of teachers and students, the sardonic remarks about the hierarchical structure of the institutionalized setting. His portrayals of school life are cynical, even sarcastic at times. Still, it…

challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising and comic books. One of its aims was to emphasize the elements of any culture, most often through the use of irony. Jack Kirby a forerunner of comic book illustration was a resounding artist who led much of what pop artists drew their inspiration from. Revolutionizing the styles and techniques used by comic artists of the time, Kirby took a more coloristic and surreal approach to his art, this…

The comic strip my body is about a girl who thinks her body isn’t good enough to impress others. She contemplates if she should change the way she looks in order to look like the girls she sees in magazines. She is very insecure and worries about what others think. At the end of the comic strip, she comes to realize that everyone is different and that she is happy the way she looks. The girl comes to figure out that she is lucky, this is from when she says “My body is great! It walks, it runs,…

“[It is] tempting to suggest, in [recollection], that our family was a sham. That our house was not a real home at all but the simulacrum of one, a museum. Yet we really were a family, and we really did live in those period rooms.” (Bechdel 17) These words of Alison Bechdel perfectly describe her family. Bechdel may not be widely recognized, however she did introduce the uniqueness of her book to the world as a tragicomic. As the writer and artist of this tragicomic, she only shows what she…

evolution and changes of comics throughout history. Specifically, he illuminates the development from pictures as words in language, to the reemergence of pictures and words working harmoniously together to enhance the ideas of a piece of writing of art. My own view of comics was very limited before reading this article. I had preconceived notions that comics were always around as a more laid-back, artistic style of writing. Truthfully, I never completely connected comics as a writing…

When and How to Go Graphic Comics and graphic novels are more popular than ever. Every comic convention that I exhibit Flutter, my graphic series, I meet more people who are exploring the world of comics for the first time. The response to Flutter has been wonderful by comic fans new and old. Currently, I’m doing a Kickstarter for the upcoming release of Flutter Vol. 2, and the response to that has been amazing. I’m often asked why I decided to write Flutter as a graphic novel. Like many…

The passage and lecture are both discussing comics which is it really uniquely American art form or not. The author believes that the initial popular comic strip and also, the first famous comic book is from the United States which is completely wrong fact that is proven by the lecturer. Lecturer argues not only America created comic, but the whole world did. On the reading, the writer points out the first popular comic strip was Hogan’s Alley, published in the 1890s by American cartoonist R.F.…

representation of her coming to a realization of her own homosexuality and a complex relationship with her father. However, Bechdel offers a graphic narrative… 2: presentation Comic can be used as an adjective which has the meaning of “funny,” or as pertaining to comedians, which can cause confusion and readers usually steer clear of such comic books for the most part. Highlights the maturity, non-comedic content, as well as emphasizes the hybrid nature of the medium. Sequential art. Graphic…