Literature of Comics & The Graphic Narrative

 Midterm total: 41 Absence: 1 After Midterm: 45 Total: 92

 Ah yes, the 1920s and Cats what more can you ask for? I've heard of Lackadaisy from my cousin who loves the webcomic and I can see why Tracy has such a charming style that I love seeing how expressive the characters are while being amazed by the details of everything and I also like the sepia touch since it gives it that old photograph look to it which I think it fits since it takes place in the 20s. I found myself to be quickly sucked into the story as I liked the pacing of it a lot and I love the cast of characters. I enjoy how Tracy does action in her comic I find the ways she does it to be engaging and interesting like the panels where Rocky is dodging from getting accidentally shot at by Freckle were great like it just makes me look at everything like her panel flow is just so well done. I love the cast of characters and their own unique personalities and even their manner of speaking makes me really imagine what the characters sound like, which to me brings them more to life

1) I love the Killing Joke, I have read it many years ago but I vividly remember I was initially shocked and amazed at how dark this story was for a Batman comic like yes Batman is more gritty and edgy when it comes to the story but how situations were pushed in the story were pretty intense as the part with Barbara and Commissioner Gordon was pretty graphic. I remember being initially shocked that Joker shot Babs and was the cause of her becoming paralyzed but even kidnapping Commissioner Gordon and psychologically torturing him was intense and shocking since I did not expect the comic to be pushed in such a dark direction but I honestly thought it was great since I do enjoy darker stories.  2) I connect with "All it takes is one bad day." of course not to the extremes like Joker or Batman but I understand and feel certain days where extremes happen everything can be fine and in one instance it can immediately change. I've had days where one thing can completely change m

 I never read or watched The Handmaid's tale before but I have been interested in it, so I have to say the graphic novel adaption I liked the art and the traditional watercolor. I also like the color choices they would use in the story like I know the women have set color and outfits for their role in the story's society but how it is used in the comic very much sets the mood or even when they do completely black backgrounds to make the characters and scenes really pop and call to the attention to the reader is very interesting. I found the flow to be appealing too like some pages are not all panels some are more illustrative or out of frame, I found to be really enamored with those pages. Besides the aesthetic appeal of the art, I found the story to be very disturbing like the setting of it, in this dystopian society where women are subjugated in a patriarchal society and are forcibly assigned into roles like the handmaids which are assigned to commanders so they can produce c

 I'm glad Lumberjanes was on the reading list since I always wanted to read it, I know a lot of people talk about this series and how similar it is to the show, Gravity Falls; like how both have a similar setting and there is an overall supernatural mystery happening. I can tell that it is meant for younger audiences but I find it still an enjoyable read and I do find myself engaged in wanting to know what is happening in the camp. I also find the cast of characters to be great and diverse, I also like the representation that is there which is great for younger audiences like the obvious romantic interest between Molly and Mal, and that Jo is trans. It is great they have that kind of representation especially for younger audiences and it is a positive representation too. I enjoy the female empowerment the campers have and how strong and individual they are and when they work together they are an absolute force. I like that April who looks the least physically imposing is actually t

 I thought "The Tale of One Bad Rat" to be interesting like I thought the art was simple but naturalistic and I like the painted color choices which are interesting cause I feel like the colors used are not something typical in comics. I thought the series as a whole was interesting and had a good pace to it since you saw Helen's progression and growth from the hardships she experienced along with the abuse of her parents in the past. Honestly, even if I can't fully relate to Helen on everything I understand the feelings of wanting things to just end and just imagining it but coming back and saying to yourself no I have people who rely on me and all that like I really relate to that feeling. In terms of how Talbot illustrated Helen's trauma, I thought it was really well done without being graphic about it, as I knew by the heavy implications and I felt the sense of dread of her abuse and like when Helen remembers one of her traumatic experiences with her father an

 I don't think I have actually read any of Osamu's works but I have always known of his work like Astro boy. At first reading Pheonix, it took some time for me to get used to the style since it is very cartoonish despite some of the violence and deaths that happen in the story but I felt despite how cartoonish the style was the death still felt very impactful and sometimes sudden like very much sometimes you would not expect it to happen. Like when Saruta dies by getting shot by a lot of arrows but he does not die immediately it was kind of jarring like there were many moments I did not expect the kind of violence that would happen in the story. I also found it interesting that the story progresses chronologically so you see the characters age or have children and it shifts to them being more of the main focus besides the Pheonix. It is also interesting when Osamu would put it comedic moments like making a break of the 4th wall kind of joke or even when there is some interestin

    I'm so glad  Tank Girl  was on the Euro comic list, I always wanted to read because I love Jamie Hewlett's art but also I knew my cousin loved the comics. First off I love how wild and humorous  Tank Girl  is and I love how some of the colors in the comic were wild and almost psychedelic in some panels like it would be cool to see this in the original black and white but there is something about it being color really sets it for me. Like it really gives off the mood of something crazy and out there is going to happen in the comic and I enjoy that a lot, also really like blue shadows. I enjoy the other characters on the bottom panel who are pretty much reading along with you and reacting to what is happening in the story, I thought it is pretty funny the small blurp even though it did not happen all the time at the bottom of the page I just thought it is a cute little snip it. I love Tank Girl and her in your face attitude and I like how she is also funny along with her cru

  March was an interesting read in a sense I sometimes find biographies to be not as engaging but I think the fact that it is put in a comic format engaged me in a sense it put the reader there in the moments of John Lewis' life, I also thought it was more impactful on how it was presented. Like in volume 1 when it starts with Lewis and people participating in the civil rights movement march across Edmund Pettus Bridge it such an impactful opening along with the imagery of the violence happening despite it being a peaceful protest. John Lewis is an inspiration but also he is just an overall nice normal guy, I feel like figures like him are beyond normal people because of the things they accomplished but in the end, he is a normal man but there is still so much respect for him. Throughout the volumes, I empathized with the struggles that happened and sometimes I felt so much rage and sorrow at the actions and violence people would do to those peaceful protestors and I know it happen