Category Archives: Fall 2019 Archive (201 Blog)

When choosing what graphic novel to use for this project, I was a bit lost. I have never read a graphic novel before and I didn’t know what I would like to read. After looking around I decided to go … Continue reading →

I decided to pick up the comic book Love is Love because I liked the way the book was laid out.  The example I chose for closure is moment-to-moment.  The panels are showing a man’s reaction to learning about the shooting … Continue reading →

For my graphic novel, I have chosen to read “Goodbye Chunky Rice” by Craig Thompson and after looking into the graphic novel, it was not hard to find examples of scenes of closure and scenes of serious viewer interpretation. This … Continue reading →

The graphic novel I chose for this blog is Urgent Request by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim. It is loosely about a woman named Janet who receives an email from a said Nigerian prince who needs her bank account information, … Continue reading →

The graphic novel that I have chosen for this blog is called Displacement a travelogue, by Lucy Knisley. This novel is about a granddaughter who leaves New York to go on a cruise to the Caribbean to accompany her elderly … Continue reading →

In this post, I pay homage to my inspirations through digitizing physical materials and curating graphic art in a Digital Comics Collage. Clothing brands, sports teams, musicians, and movies are all inspirations of mine that are present in this collage. … Continue reading →

The first thing that I scanned when preparing for this project was a piece of duct-tape.  I didn’t even know what I was going to go for in my final project.  The second thing I scanned was the chain on … Continue reading →

“Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer”. Scott McCloud’s definition of a comic in his book, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art can fit a wide variety of … Continue reading →