Category: David Aja

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One Continuous Image in Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s “Nightwing” #87

Over the past few posts I have been writing about some of my favorite comic issues and how these issues use the comics’ medium in engaging and experimental ways to tell compelling stories. Today, I want to continue that thread by looking at Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s Nightwing #87, an issue that, Like Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye #11, present readers with a new way to … Read More One Continuous Image in Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s “Nightwing” #87

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“Pizza Dog” and The Innovative Storytelling of Matt Fraction and David Aja’s “Hawkeye” #11

Over the past few semesters I’ve taught various comics in my courses. Last fall, I used EC Comics from the 1950s in my composition class, and when students read these books they encountered what I would call “traditional” comics that relied heavily of distinct panels and layouts in conjunction with both narrative text and speech bubbles. Some of these stories broke with convention, having panels that … Read More “Pizza Dog” and The Innovative Storytelling of Matt Fraction and David Aja’s “Hawkeye” #11