Comics and Graphic Novels
I
saw a thread concerning Archies, which made me think of the following:
When I see pictures of the Archie and Veronica animation/cartoons, I
hear the voices of these cartoon characters. Not a big fan, but I see
the lives of these funny kids - the way they live so much fun - I never
do any of the things they do in the books though! I only like to see
what they do, I would not enjoy doing it as they do. Sometimes, to enjoy
something, you not only have to do/make the specific gestures, the
things, but all around the context has to be concurring otherwise, its a
kind of tourism. Reading comic books are a kind of pop tourism, but
comics are not yet graphic novels I dont think. Its light and fun just
like what a comic books should be, doesnt touch anything deeper than
that. ie Archie and Verconic gang could get in trouble and we never hear
of what actually happened in such a situation? I just watched the film
Nebraska - here is a story told with all the tiny consequences of each
apparently good life - with the surface and the tremor underneath. A
comic book doesnt need to do that, graphic novels are like a film, a
comic book is there for light and lively fun reading. No heavy stuff. :)
thread: Amercian Born Chinese - Chinese version
The Chinese title is "美生中国人".
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Maus is one of the most powerful tale I have seen in graphic novels - because of the stories and the things the characters in the book had to live through. After I read it, I am so convinced that this book is worthy of all its fame. The writer/story/ artist has to have so much sensitivity and strength to get it out here. This is much more than a pretty graphics book.
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Shaun Tan
http://www.shauntan.net/books/the-arrival.html
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Posted in Proust in Comics
Remembrance
of Things Past: Combray (Remembrance of Things Past) (Vol 1)
Remembrance of Things Past: Combray (Remembrance of Things Past) (Vol 1)
Paperback
by Stephane Heuet (Adapter, Author) , Marcel Proust (Author)
Even though I enjoy reading little snippets of Proust every now and then
and never continuously to finish any of his books, I must say its a joy
to read Proust in a comic form. Thin ink lined drawings in the style
of TinTin... Somebody has done a great deal of work to present this
humongous story - shortened into a thin little comic book. :) Try it,
you would soon have read Proust too.
Feedback for wk 1
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re: thread
Realist Painting vs. Craziness,
Justin sloan
I dont think the second example is ugly - its a color patch type of painting, very lively. Though the colors are high contrast, so not a soothing type of eye experience. Its like lemon juice - and not banana milk shake. :) The first example is realist drawing, we see the loving time and efforts spent by the artists. Little by little, even the artist in the first group doesnt do a v gd job, we could still see the loving time and effort and the work is still good. But if the result is not good and the loving time and effort also not visible , then its really not worthy of the name of art. :) It would be a rush job for some other purpose - like a quickie ad, quickie commercial ad ! :)---
Carla Guillen
Sketchbook assignment 1 - Art for me / Art for them
I like your sketches very much. Its in a clean and innocent style - like some New Yorker cartoons. Art for you and Art for them... Them - There is only one YOU and many THEM... who are the possible THEM's?Are we allowed to say what THEM's are saying in their place? Who gets to be the speaker?
Anyway, I like the ideas in what you say, and your picture v much. Especially the one that represents YOU.
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re:
Perfect World Art - Publicly Integrated Moments (Beautiful Decay)
K. McCann
Shuengit Chow·
I
like these pictures v much. Public Art and Private art, some you put
inside your home. Others out there to prepare for the possiblity of an
echo. If its for the public, the artist is making a great gift of their
time and love. If its private, its a private contract between the
collector and the maker. If its in your own sketchbook, then, its a
secret for your eyes only. Thats what I think Art for the self and Art
for THEM... :)
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