Last post, I wrote about reality in Szymon Kudranski’s Something Epic #1. Today I want to continue that discussion by looking at the beginning of issue #2 where Danny confronts his mother’s cancer diagnosis and discusses the semiotic nature of words, specifically the manner in which words only represent a part of reality, not the whole. When we read words on the page, we … Read More Words and Reality in Szymon Kudranski’s “Something Epic”
Being so far away from my comic book store, I only go and get my pulls every three to four weeks. Whenever I go in, I look around for anything new. I never know what’s coming out, unlsess I see someone mention it on Twitter or something, and I like it that way. Instead, I look around or ask someone if anything good just … Read More Reality in Szymon Kudranski’s “Something Epic”
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On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in Corinthian Hall in Rochester, NY, in front of the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society and told the crowd, “Feeling themselves too harshly and unjustly treated by the home government, your fathers, like men of honesty, and men of spirit, earnestly sought redress.” The British denied the redress, and thus the “fathers” fought the American Revolution. Douglass says … Read More The Power of Myths
Over the past couple of posts, I’ve written about the Graphic Narrative/Script assignment in I assigned in my “Monsters, Race, and Comics” course and on two of the student created products in that class. Today, I want to continue by looking at a final student created product, one that, again, draws heavily on Pornask Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell’s Infidel and Carmen Maria Machado and Dan’s The Low, Low Woods as well as … Read More “I am not a ‘thing’”: Student Project for Graphic Narrative/Script Assignment Part III
Over the past couple of posts, I’ve been writing about the Graphic Narrative/Script assignment I did in my “Monsters, Race, and Comics” class this semester. Today, I want to continue that topic by looking at another student crated project. Like the previous project that I wrote about last post, this project floored me. When I initially read it, I saw the influence of Rodney Barnes and Jason … Read More “The day I chose humanity over religion”: Student Project for Graphic Narrative/Script Assignment Part II
Interminable Rambling 