We need to talk (about depression).

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 […]

Harley Quinn: Younger than You Think

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 […]

FireAlpaca: Digital Art Lite

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 […]

Hockey Shit With Ngozi Ukazu: Why You Should Be Reading Check, Please!

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 […]

From Graphic Novel to Hollywood Film

A noticeable trend has been growing in the film industry in recent years. Graphic novel adaptations have been becoming more and more apparent thanks to a positive audience response asking for more. This topic has been covered in previous blog posts, however the authors focused on one particular adaptation of a film. For this particular blog […]

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

In this class we have briefly touched on what makes a graphic novel a graphic novel. Some define a graphic novel as simply a novel in comic strip format. Other definitions are slightly more complicated, but they usually all involve mention of sequential art as the defining feature of a graphic novel. As my research […]

Scooby Doo Where are You?…Surviving the Apocalypse.

Almost everyone knows who Scooby and the Mystery Gang are. And throughout the years the fans have gotten use to the gang’s appearance and their story line which has not changed a whole lot. But just recently Scooby and his friends have gotten a huge update. In a new DC comic called “Scooby Apocalypse“, Scooby-Doo and the […]