Having thumbed through comics books and graphic novels in the bookstores over the years, I’ve noticed something about them: Every leading male character has the sculpted look to them, with muscles larger than life and virtually every ounce of fat sucked out. Their jaws are always chiseled their biceps are always bulging, and they always have buns of steel. And… Read more →
Let me just restate my disclaimer: I have virtually no foreknowledge whatsoever of more than a few graphic novels or comic books, so I admit that it’s a little presumptuous of me to undertake the task of comparing the genres to another. But I have started down this path already in an earlier post and I promised more to come,… Read more →
As someone who has little reading experience with graphic novels or comic books, I sometimes feel like I missed a prerequisite for this class. The only ones I have ever read are Persepolis and V for Vendetta, both for other college classes. When I was trying to think of a blog topic, though, it dawned on me: I’ve read Captain… Read more →