An analysis of the original 1989 version of Richard McGuire’s Here
Predeceasing Narrative and Space
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Babymouse: Exploring Mental Disorders in children’s comics
Babymouse has always been a favorite childhood comic of mine. I first started reading it in the fifth grade when I came across it in my school’s library. The story follows a sassy little mouse girl named Babymouse, whom of which gets stuck in her daydreams, which ends up getting herself in trouble at school. […]
Written for the Male Gaze by the Male Gaze- Watchmen’s Misogyny
. “Watchmen” by Alan Moore is said to be a revolutionary piece in comic history, and sure it may stray away from the classic, static superheros that came before but that remains true for only its male characters. So how revolutionary can it be? Let’s dive into Moore’s misogynist representation of women in the “Watchmen” […]
Manga Madness
Many people in the US are familiar with comic books and graphic novels, books or pieces of literature told with a sequence of illustrations that tell a story. As stated in our class, graphic novels and comics are different from just the regular picture book as picture books encourage readers to interpret scenes based on […]
Graphic Novels Fall Victim to “Social Norms” too
I used to read all the time. My mom would get mad at me for staying up so late reading my book under the covers, pages illuminated by my book light (that she got me, so what did she expect), once I started I wanted to finish. I don’t feel that way about novels anymore, […]
Whose Comic Is It Anyway?
Piracy has long been an issue in almost every segment of the creative media production industry from film to music to comics. Of course, in the twentieth century this really only extended to as many physical copies as one person could make and sell to people they knew. Since the dawn of the internet, however, […]
From the Book to the Big Screen, the Dissonance of Comic Heroes
How Mad Lead to a Gold Mine
November 4, 2022 By wpilson Article, History Mad comics, politics, cartoons, celebrities Before artists developed their own style in cartoons, there were comic books. Comic books allowed artists to develop their own style and put it to print. Mad Magazines allowed artists to be experimental and craft their own stories using either existing characters […]
Superman Is Not An Overpowered Boy Scout, He’s THE Overpowered Boy Scout.
What can be said about the Last Son of Krypton that hasn’t already been said? We all already know everything about him, his origins, his secret identity, his powers, his supporting cast, his personality, etc. But lets think all of that over again, because, while we all already know these things, I feel like there’s […]