Identity of the Sketchy Face
So, as Jenna had pointed out in our Monday lecture, there are pictures of a strange, sketchy, screaming face dispersed throughout the City of Glass graphic novel. It is actually on the cover page too, though broken right down the middle just like Quinn’s face on the other side of the cover (I have no…
The Screaming Face in the City of Glass graphic novel
Even on the front cover, this strange, and frightening misshapen face, mouth open in a seemingly endless cry, accompanies the other non-descript faces, standing out from the visual style of the comic. It represents some sort of symbol, a diversion from the norm, or maybe even a culmination of events. In this blog post, I … Continue reading The Screaming Face in the City of Glass graphic novel
The Nine Panels
It’s no surprise that the title refers to the number of panels on each page that determines the panel structure…
Narrative Voice in “City of Glass”
Narrative voice in both the comic adaptation of Paul Auster’s mystery novel City of Glass and the text in its original form plays a crucial role that, if altered, would significantly alter the reader’s interpretation of the storyline itself. The constant shifts in the identity of main character Quinn add a dynamic aspect that moves the reader through the […]
Fun Home- essay rejects
Hi, I’m sorry that I’m only just doing this now but better late than never? These are just a couple of things that I had wanted to include in my essay but didn’t make the cut, because I wasn’t too sure what exactly to do with them. The first thing is a sequence on pages […]
No Message is a Message – Fun Home
No message is a message. I used to say this to all my friends who had a crush on somebody that didn’t reciprocate their feelings. Besides this phrase being quite applicable in the ‘romance department’, I think ‘no message is a message’ (or in other words, SILENCE), is quite fitting in ‘Fun Home’. So what […]
Graphic Novel & Adult Swim…A Validation of Both
The graphic novel offers a combination of prose and images that are able to further communicate ideas of depth. This medium allows authors to both show and tell, and advantage over the classic novels. Where novels demand pages of description, … Continue reading →
Airplane & Icarus in Bechdel’s Fun Home
In Arts One last week we were discussing several graphic works, including selections from Nick Sousanis’ Unflattening, Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, and also the whole of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home. We were very lucky to have a distance lecture/discussion by Nick Sousanis through live stream from San Francisco on Monday, March 20! He spoke about […]
Questions on Jazz
This post is regarding my presentation questions from our last Jazz seminar! Yeah, I know I’m super late, I’m sorry. What is the significance of the lack parenting? What importance does the parrot that says “I love you” have? Why does Violet leave the knife in his cage? Firstly, the theme of parents affects many characters … Continue reading Questions on Jazz →
Thoughts On Uses of Graphic Vs. Written Memoirs
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home is a memoir that has been written/drawn as a graphic novel (apparently it is also described as a graphic memoir because to call it a graphic “novel” would be technically wrong, what with it being a totally different genre but I digress). I’ve read my fair share of graphic novels and…