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You won’t find a single person on this planet who has gotten off a plane without a major grievance to be sympathized over. That’s exactly this artist has done, in his own, humorous way. Christoph Niemann is a doodle aficionado and his a well established illustrator and author. His work has appeared on the covers The New Yorker, Time, Wired, The New York Times Magazine and American Illustration. As illustrious as his career has been so far, Niemann still enjoys making fun and smart drawings from…

Scott Mccloud’s discussion in Chapter 7 identifies comics as one of the various forms of “self-expression and communication” (Mccloud 162). Mccloud elaborates on his ideology by denoting art is anything that does not involve reproduction or survival (Mccloud 165). For example, making music or dancing is not imperative for our survival, however they strengthen our mental statues and overall health (i.e. exercise). Lastly, Scott states there are six steps that every work in every medium will…

A mix of religion and politics is what hardens Hamas as it allows them to win the hearts of the Palestinian people. Since Hamas governs by the doctrine of Islam and are helping to end Israeli occupation it comes as no surprise that the population highly approves of them despite their acts of violence and crimes. Hamas uses religion to push political messages. Just looking at Article 6 of their Covenant, explains exactly how they mix religion and politics. Furthermore, the preamble clearly…

Political cartoons during the late 19th century Gilded Age revealed, on a large scale, key issues at stake throughout the era. These drawings flourished in the 1860s due to advances in new technology of mass circulation and because people of all kinds; young, old, black, white, educated, illiterate could interpret the intense meaning from the artists. Cartoonists emerged by the names of Thomas Nast from Harper’s Weekly, Joseph Kepper of Puck, Frank Beard, Eugene Zimmerman, Grant Hamilton, etc.…

‘On the other hand, taking business classes would probably help dancers learn marketing and sales skills’” (Moye). It is said that a young woman can be gorgeous, with a knock-out body and still leave a strip club with less money than say a much less attractive woman, and that is because of the way she chooses to interact with her costumers. Just like any other “traditional” job, stripping requires skills that are able to be applied in different areas of…

The article Show and Tell by Scott McCloud highlights the 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.…

Within this paper there are three major areas that I will focus on: narration and the narrators, the visual elements of the comic, specifically the use of color, and the presentation and handling of social issues, including gender and sexuality. This paper will aim to consider and analyze these areas within the comic through the critical approach of narratology, with some assistance from the cognitive approach. First, let’s talk about our narrator. For most of the comic, our narrator is Suzie.…

World war two ended in September 2, 1945, however, this was not the complete end of all the battles. The post-war was a time of more conflicts such as juvenile delinquency and civil rights for equality in the United States. There was racial tension between blacks and whites that caused complications for both parties. Whites did not show equality towards blacks, they discriminated them and treated them in an inhumane manner. Blacks always fought for equality and whites fought against them. Racism…

I grew up surrounded by women, but with women who were enclosed in the mentalities of a male-dominated society. We spun on the axis of sexism. We walked the grounds of bias opinions. We got caught up in the silent winds of voices unheard and cloudless skies of faces unseen. Now fast-forward twenty years, my niece is growing up surrounded by women. Times have changed. The women surrounding her have broken out of this enclosure. We have created our own rotational spin of balance. We walk the…

Which ended up being some of the most famous Peanuts Comic Strips that were sung and acted out for the audience. The original musical was performed in 1967, and was directed by Clark Gesner. During the presentation of the musical on Thursday, very few members of the audience knew what was going on, because it did not have a plot. Although, the musical was enjoyable for the older generation because they grew up reading the Peanuts Comic Strips and could relate to the production. Now the musical…