History of Comics and Graphic Novel`

1. what is your reaction to the text you just read? I thought the story was pretty good until the ending, I think it showed a sinister side to all of the villains of superman who up until this comic event were pretty harmless. I was kind of shocked that bizarro had committed genocide i don't know if he had killed until this point. but the fact that it was Mxypltz behind the rouse i felt a little let down by that reveal as its not a very recurring character in today's comic villains as he isn't dark enough for writers to use in the new52. 2. I already knew that Lex Luthor would be taken over by brainiac, in a lot of series lex gets taken over by brainiac. also superman killing has reused over and over again, in the face of crisis especially in todays comics. 3. one change i would make is not have Mxypltz as the mastermind or puppet master behind everything I think he's not a very threatening villain because he looks like a leprechaun, and not a threatening charac...

John Lewis' comic on march is really inspirational. it starts on the day of the inauguration of Barack Obama. Two kids visit him in office to hear his story of how much of a journey he went through to get equal rights. John Lewis starts with talking about his chickens and how much he cared for them to go to school, even going against his family's wishes to have him help with the farm.he then tells the kids about the struggle of being black in a segregated country, having to travel up through the south without stopping in fear for their safety. while this is a good introduction to the events that lead to the march up in Washington the story doesn't really gain traction until we reach the sit ins at white only restaurants. I knew about how white patrons would beat up the protesters but what i didn't know was how long they would sit sometimes even passed the closing the very restaurant and the employees leaving. some of the owners even went out of their the lengths some of...

I think its interesting that the author starts his story with the use of a hitler quote "Jews are undoubtedly a race but they're not human" and proceeds to draw the Jews in this story as anthropomorphic mice.In the first sequence is about Artie crying that his friends left him behind skating. Artie's father Vladek says you'll find who your real friends are when you and them are tied to a tree with nothing to eat. I think because the Polish were called pigs. the art style is woodcut like and transitions of the comics are. I like format of how it goes from the artist and his father talking about the story of the Nazis and the holocaust to back to their current.I find the personality of the father to be humorous to balance out the seriousness of the holocaust.there also seems to be some sort of behavioral pattern that the artist draws to about his father.he'll go from throwing out Artie's coat and replacing it to picking up wires on the street,and not wan...

So... I have to say I was kind of uncomfortable reading Mickey mouse with a sexual nature to it.I can see how Disney takes their copyright seriously as their company takes their image very seriously. I know from experience because I used to work at Walt Disney World and you would get fired right away. I dont think these comics were written to challenge the norm of the comic book industry in a mindful way. there is power in sexuality, but i think this for slapping Disney's family values in his face. If Im honest I dont even find humor in this comic because i dont think it makes sense and it might be intentional it just feels sloppy in execution. It was probably distributed as a parody of Disney but it feel detrimental to genre of parody. Maybe i dont want to admit I'm bias because i did state in this same post that I worked for Disney but I've seen other parodies of Disney from SNL and online that I found funny. but the humor for this seems detached almost as it seems tha...

Well normally I dont read comics or watch media that talk about God unless if its a biblical story. I dont know why but it feels out of place for me to be reading a fictional story about God, or that I'm reading someone else's opinion about belief. which usually doesn't sit well with me as I am raised with a catholic background, strict on using the Lord's name in vain. which is a separate subject on its own but I wanted to write this as a way to say I was bias when I was about to read this comic. But I think this story is good as the contract is a hubris to the main character who thinks God owes him for his hardships and past actions. and a contract means that both parties have to be on equal standing or terms. The story starts with Frimehleh , a Russian Jew who was told growing up that god will reward him for his deeds. but as the attacks on his village kept coming and then the village elders were going to send him to America. the small tablet Frimehleh uses to mak...

I read Carl Bank's Donald duck comics which helped bring the whole duck-verse to life which transitioned to Disney Television show "duck tales". I enjoyed the cartoon adventure and shenanigans that Donald did to win, be right, etc. and how he was still somehow the underdog in this series compared to his nephews. but i think that the point since the graphic novel was garnered at young readers. But in same way i like it also because the comic shows that Donald and his nephews rivalry is good natured and still come through for one another. like in one instance Donald tried to outsmart and cheat his way in a horse-race against his nephews but still lost and got fined for disturbing the public, his nephews who won the race gave him the winning money to pay off the fine. I read E.C comics the Haunt of fear issue 14. where the format is short stories told by 3 stereotypical old women, one being a witch and the others being the vault keeper and the crypt keeper. even thought th...

Scott McCloud wrote a analysis of a comic within a grander comic. He differentiates what makes comics different from other mediums of entertainment. he says in his in cartoon form "what timing does film, spacing does for comics". his analysis of transitions almost bring me back to film and narrative, in how similar the transitions give a perceive idea like soviet montage. but its also interesting how the panel transitions of comics are similar to other works of authors Herge's Tintin, and any jack kirby superrhero comic have similar transitions but are radically different in the execution and stylistic use of the panels apparently their most common type of transitions were subject to subject and action to action. he then looks over Tezuka's work which i found interesting,he uses a different variety of transitions, in almost equal amount. from subject to subject and action to action,  to one that's almost unique to Japanese manga and thats the Aspect to Aspect ...