Category Archives: Fall 2019 Archive (201 Blog)

The graphic novel I chose is Marathon by Boaz Yakin and Joe Infurnari. It is a story about the messenger who in 490 BC, ran from Sparta to Athens asking for help. His deeds resulted in the defeat of the … Continue reading →

  The graphic novel that I decided to pick was a Japanese manga called Nana. The main reason I chose it was because the author was a big fan of the jewelry designer, Vivienne Westwood, (whom I am also a … Continue reading →

For my Graphic Novel, I chose to read V For Vendetta, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare). I chose this novel because I have actually seen the movie and I thoroughly … Continue reading →

When thinking about closure and time frames, “The Killing Joke” offers and portrays many excellent instances of these techniques. “The Killing Joke” is an iconic graphic novel and one of its most notable scenes is the final page. As Batman … Continue reading →

These two panels show closure in the form of action to action. This is the case because in the first panel we see the subject drinking his coffee, and in the next panel he is handing his coffee to someone. … Continue reading →

Since my first project focused more on the mainstream side of comics, I wanted to dive into some deeper subject matter for this project. For that reason, I decided that I want to read Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest … Continue reading →

When picking out items, I always look for the most nostalgic items and upon looking for a graphic novel I stumbled upon the Charles M. Schulz “Peanuts” series. Just picking up this book sent my brain back to when I … Continue reading →

The graphic novel I chose to check out from the WSU libraries is Trees, by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard. I chose this novel because of the quick synopsis that was on the back. It talks about how something had … Continue reading →

At first, I thought this was an example of scene-to-scene, but since the frames don’t change by a significant distance or time that was not accurate. This is actually an example of subject-to-subject change because even though the location changes … Continue reading →