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Has anyone ever told you that “sometimes words get in the way?” In some cases, the best option is just to take them out, or at least limit the words that are used. In the graphic novel, Here, that is exactly what was done. Focused on the same corner of the same room, Here tells […]
We’ve read some really amazing graphic novels in this class. A Contract with God made me think about expectations from life and the reality of human beings, Watchmen made me consider how time is always running out, how rules and order aren’t always right, and so much more, Fun Home visually showed me the complexity of human relationships and […]
Boundless was an interesting comic to read because of its episodic nature. It was so different from everything else we’ve read in that all the different stories stood on their own instead of being interconnected (although style and similar content remained consistent throughout.) This reminded me a bit of A Contract With God due to […]
If you’ve heard the phrase “Original character, pls don’t steal,” you know what I’m talking about. The internet is quick to judge kids who make characters to fit into their favorite franchises. Sure, many of these characters might be wildly recolored replicas of characters that already exist within the canon universe, or they might be […]
If you imagine explaining comic and graphic novel genres to an alien, it might look like something out of the Mean Girls lunch tour scene. Webcomics in particular are interesting to look at because they don’t require any capital investment before reading. The author creates the story in front of an audience who consumes the […]
Introduction So, I’ve done my past three blog posts on either the MCU, Marvel in general, or a Marvel franchise. I thought it would be fitting to finish up with another Marvel post. This time I’ll be perusing the Fantastic Four franchise to figure out why it always ends up being terrible movies. I’ve mentioned […]
One of the things that my grandson, PJ, loves to do is to look at his reflection anywhere he can see it. He talks, laughs, dances, and loves doing various poses. Watching his growth changes throughout his short nine years has been a joy. PJ has gone from being reclusive, except with his mother and […]
This semester, I am taking an education class that teaches how to incorporate the different arts into the classroom. Recently, we completed an example lesson where we had to create a dance based on the process of how a cloud is formed. This incorporation of art to teach about the clouds reminded me of an […]
Alison Bechdel’s father, Bruce, is characterized in Fun Home by his passion for historic preservation and obsessive desire to restore their historic home to its original glory. As a historic preservation major, I thought it might be nice to provide some basic background information about the subject. Standards for historic preservation are set by the […]