At the University of Mary Washington
History told by Different Perspectives By Stratton Gilmore I am a firm believer that graphic novels are a great way to educate students with both text and visual elements within literature. As students, we are able to see a point of view along with the narrative text. Both of these elements create interest in the […]
Gutter Balls By Stratton Gilmore I’m not a very good bowler. I have bowled at various points in my life, but was never really good at it. Growing up in Wisconsin, (home of the bowling hall of fame), a sport like bowling gave people another excuse to drink beer in the winter-time. Plenty of […]
Many popular video games often get adapted into a manga series. It was done with Pokemon, it was done with Mega Man and it was done with Kingdom Hearts. The manga series I will be focusing on comes from my favorite video game series Kingdom Hearts. Released in 2002 the game has had a […]
Depression has always been something difficult to talk about. It’s really something you need to have experienced to really understand and even then it effects everyone differently. Person A and Person B could both have depression but have completely separate stories and feelings than one another. Depression isn’t the only mental illness that is like this […]
Unlike many characters from the Detective Comics Universe, Harley Quinn did not premier in the comic books. Instead, this leading lady was created for Batman: The Animated Series as a female companion for the Joker. Harley first appeared in the episode titled “Jokers Favor” (1992) and has steadily grown in popularity ever sense. In the animated […]
During the creation of my group’s webcomic, I took up the role as artist. I had learned how to create digital art via Photoshop during this semester in a different class, so I considered using it for the webcomic. However, I don’t actually own the program on my own computer, and drawing in the digital […]
A bit of a disclaimer before getting to the juicy stuff, if you are uncomfortable with bondage or lesbians you have hit on the wrong post to read. Now that that’s over with, back on topic. Since coming to college I have been shown and dragged to many things. One of these things being a […]
Reason #17 to hate Jack: He woke me up. At 4 AM. To skate at Faber. On a Sunday. Because Jack Zimmerman works harder than God. Despite never having been a “sports” person, I’ve always been inexplicably attracted to certain kinds of sports narratives. One of my favorite books, Winger, is about rugby players. I’m […]
After a few months of studying graphic novels I feel as if I have obtained some knowledge on the subject which is something I am enthusiastic about considering I didn’t read too many comics prior to this class. When thinking of what graphic novel I wanted to write my second blog post about, my first […]