When walking into a library in America, one can look through the comics section and find American comics as well as a very wide range of manga. Manga and anime have had a great influence on American culture and the media that we produce. American comics have also had a influence on Japanese comics and culture. I argue that Japanese… Read more →
When we remember things, we aren’t aware of how much are representations of the past can be altered by time and the discourses surrounding us. Art Spiegelman’s Maus deals with autobiographical recollections of the past. Specifically, Art Spiegelman’s father Vladek provides a narrative about his hardships in Auschwitz. Art presents Vladek’s memories by remembering what his father told him about… Read more →
I started reading manga in middle school when a group of friends handed me a copy of Fruits Basket. I didn’t read much manga after that and went straight to anime. I started with Naruto and found my favorite anime in Durarara! Only when I got more into anime did I start reading more manga. The main thing that made… Read more →
Over the years, storytelling has expanded across multiple types of media. This idea of transmedia content has greatly affected the world of comic books and how we see our favorite characters. These days new superhero movies are coming out every year that bring a light to characters that were only before found in comics. When producing movies like The Avengers… Read more →
When I first started reading Lynda Barry’s “What It Is”, I was confused. It was so different to the other books we have read in class and it felt like a scrapbook with no solid point. After reading through it, one theme stuck out to me. Throughout the novel, Lynda Barry asks questions that focus on perspective and images. We… Read more →
Manga can be found in libraries and can be bought in stories but one of the most widely used method of obtaining manga is to find it online and read it. Finding manga online can be convenient for the readers themselves but can cause problems for the artists that produce the manga. While it won’t be illegal to just read… Read more →
Spoiler Warning My first time experiencing Watchmen, I saw the beginning of the movie one morning for school on day. I remember seeing Rorschach fighting and I thought this was just another superhero movie that was just super violent. Typically in these types of movies or media, there is a definite evil character and a definite good character. Without the… Read more →
This is a panel from the manga adaptation of the anime and light novel, Durarara! Durarara! is about a large cast of characters living in a city with gangs and secrets. The panel on the top is of one of the main characters, Shizuo. He is around 24 years old and works as a bodyguard for the debt collector, Tom… Read more →
There always seems to be problems when one changes a narrative from one media to next. Things tend to be different, some things are added and some things are lost. In the world of mange, fans always hope for their favorite characters to be animated. But, everyone has expectations for their story in a new medium. Overall, one thing that… Read more →
There were many different interesting points posed in our discussion in class about Die Stadt by Frans Masereel. Many people have brought up the treatment of women within the city, what the city does to the people within it and if the city could be a graphic novel if it doesn’t contain words. I think the city tells an interesting… Read more →