Did you hear this phrase “waste of time”? Why people say it? Do you think when they don’t understand their tiny minds closed and don’t want be bothered to know more so they just say, “it’s a waste of time.” If you thought that reading comics book is a wasting of time. I advise you immediately to check out Scott McCloud's book the Understanding Comics. McCloud’s literally show the reader what comics can do not tells which is very interesting. In my point of view, I agree with McCloud how we understating the massage and secret language of comics.
Scott McCloud’s simple show us in his first chapter the power of comics. First McCloud’s needed to define the art of the comics itself, he said, “If people failed to understand comics, it was because they defined what comics could
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“(Understanding Comics, page 3). True, a large number of people don’t know what the true meaning of comics. Scott him self when he was little boy he rather to spent his time on reading a real book instead of comics. His friend convinces him to give it another chance to comics and try to read them again. If he knows the meaning of comics why he said, “Comics were those bright, colorful magazines filled with bad art, stupid stories and guys in tights. “(Understanding Comics, page 2). That shows his point of view before he gives it another chance. Also, Scott McCloud's said, “The artform, the medium, known as comics is a vessel which can hold any number of ideas and images. The “content” of those images and ideas is, of course up to creators, and we all have different tastes.” (Understanding Comics, page 6). I agree with him there is a bond relationship between pictures and words. Through the art form the reader will feel a sense of closure to the topics because the reader is experiencing the world of comics first-handedly. He did that by speaking directly to the reader through the iconic of himself.
In this speech he expresses the significance of creating comics for children and how comic books have evolved into a much more sophisticated nonrelation to children industry. This is where producers and illustrators can express themselves through art and other near adult expressions. The gory and dark themes of today comics appeal themselves to a more adult audience However, in this process the audience for children has resulted in a loss. He wants the comic industry to bring it back to the children. His solution is this: to give children stories to hold on to. To let the imagination of children, soar to new heights with stories
By creating a rhyming function, the shapes, sizes and sites across panels privilege a unique composition of the image compared to all other pages. Also, the dimensions of panel 1, 2 and 4 associated with a rhetorical layout which intends to conform to the movement and track of Lucy and random gamers on the street from left-hand page to right-hand page within the pre-existing framework of narrative (Peeters, 41-60). Concerning the speech balloon of one gamer outside the gutter across panel 1 and panel 2, the words function an addictive combination elaborate and amplify the image that the reader is not able to understand why they run away without the words, and vice versa (McCloud, 154). All panels in this page interact with each other and lead to the identical sequence – Lucy runs away for Pikachu, by following this coherent narrative, iconic solidarity as an approach to the hypothesizing linear reading method across all panels (Groensteen, 114). A similar page layout emphasizes the movement of the protagonists in Michael Straczynski’s Thor comic by creating dynamism
...ictures as well as words; the pictures show the true emotions of the characters and the words convey the messages. Mayer is a simple writer who has complex meanings behind his sentences and is not extremely descriptive in his wording because of the pictures he draws. Although his books are simple, there is so much more to them than meets the eye.
The power of a picture being that of a thousand words, is true to the sense that not everyone has the same ideals, thoughts, behaviors, and assumptions as anyone else. In order to captive the reader why not put pictures into the work and let them put the images and own assumptions into their heads. Jennifer Egan did just that in her work A Visit from the Goon Squad a novel in which each story is published as its own piece, then put into one whole book. Meaning that each chapter is an image she is painting independently in the mind of her readers. Each chapter is that of a thousand words can be interpreted in many different ways, like the way she did her chapter 12 “Great Rock and Roll Pauses”. Her vision is only concluded by
...or political artists. Obviously I did my share of creating a few comics and then explaining the ideas behind them but having said that, the comics I created were all meant for younger kids to be able to understand. Also, they didn’t necessarily show the reader that I had much more intelligence on the topic than most other people.
Though people can look into color and composition, others can still even look into the source of the art itself. Cole goes deeper, delving into the source of the art, looking in particular into the idea of cultural appropriation and the view a person can give others. Though it is good for people to be exposed to different opinions of a group or an object, sometimes people can find it difficult to tell the difference between the reality and the art itself. Sometimes art can be so powerful that its message stays and impacts its audience to the point where the viewer’s image of the subject of the art changes entirely. Cole brings up an important question about art, however. Art has become some kind of media for spreading awareness and even wisdom at times, but in reality, “there is also the question of what the photograph is for, what role it plays within the economic circulation of images” (973). Cole might even be implying that Nussbaum’s advertisement can sometimes be the point of some media, and that sometimes the different genres of art can just be to make someone with a particular interest happy. One more point that Cole makes is that “[a]rt is always difficult, but it is especially difficult when it comes to telling other people’s stories.” (974) Truthfully, awareness and other like-concepts are difficult to keep going when a person or a group is not directly involved.
In the 40s, comic books had a large audience. There would have been at least a dozen people in your class who read comics, claims Chabon. A few years later in the 70s, there would have been less than a dozen but more than one or two people who read comics. Now, it is hard to find more than a few people that you know who actually read comics. If you read comics today, you are considered unique. Children are loosing interest in everything that stimulates the mind in a positive way. Chabon claims that the obvious decline in interest in comic books should make authors want to take initiative and fix the
What I have latterly noticed about graphic novels and their original texts is that their lengths have a significant difference. People who read graphic novels tend to read through the panels in an expeditious amount of time because there is not as much words to read.
When comics were first coming out, they were not all that popular but in todays’ world, they have become very popular and well known. Several of these comics have been turned into films, which is one of the many reasons why the popularity has been rising over the years. One of the most well known comics is Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. This comic was composed and released in 1986 by Frank Miller. With the usage of Frank Miller’s powerful, intense lines and the artwork done by Klaus Janson’s and Lynn Varley’s it has elevated this comic up to the very top of mainstream comics. In Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, the skillful illustrations on the pages successfully create the thought that there are underlying meanings, which makes the atmosphere a very intense one throughout the comic. The work of art that is presented on the pages in this comic are embedded in such a way that the pages become the continuum for the meaning. One of the main themes that are imbedded on the pages through the artwork in this book is the ideological struggle between Bruce Wayne and Batman.
This marked the beginning of his inspiration to form a personal, expressive, and religious stance on his art values and style. He has found his process and content that will be apparent in his future work.
The episode follows the narrative of a typical comic book. It is over-dramatic at times and features a scene split into comic book panels.
These two contrasting moods help create a feeling of division within the narrator. When viewing her father’s casket, she claimed that she didn’t feel sad, rather the only thing she felt was irritation when someone put their hand on her. The narrator wants to grief her father’s death properly, but she is unable as something is making her emotions divisive. The scene does an amazing job of building up a sense of pity and grief for the audience as we are meant to resonate with the character and feel as though we are in her shoes. I Scott McClouds Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, he claims that the comic is “a vacuum into which our identity and awareness are pulled” and that we, the audience, “don’t just observe the cartoon, we become it” (36)! The whole purpose of this chapter in Fun Home is to help us understand the narrator’s situation and feel for her character. The author wants us to emotionally connect with the situation and feel as though we are one with the character. This is the idea that McCloud was talking about. We are meant to dive into this whole new realm and become a part of the
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Most people believe that graphic novels are just an art book with minimal text. They believe it is just for entertainment for kids or young adults. They think that graphic novels are just like comics. But to get to the point, graphic novels are just like all the other novels. They are a piece of literature that tells a story and pulls out the reader’s imagination, so that they feel that they are a part of the story or can even relate to the story. Graphic novels have changed and developed into such remarkable pieces of literature and should be accepted by all scholars to be placed in that category. According to John Ridley, “There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti know graphic novels are-at their best-an amazing blend of art, literature and the theater of the mind”.
Comic strips are especially beneficial for migrant workers who are uneducated and may find reading difficult. It has been found that for a reluctant reader or an English language learner, a prose text can be incredibly daunting. The key to getting these learners to read is to engage their imagination and attention by using comic strips as a learning tool .