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Karasik & Mazzucchelli

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…

Posted in blogs, lb4-2016 | Tagged with Auster, graphic novel, Karasik & Mazzucchelli

The Significance of Font Variation in the Graphic Novel Adaptation of City of Glass

The graphic novel adaptation of Paul Auster’s City of Glass by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli illustrates each significance voice with a distinct font. The typewriter font is used for the narrator to indicate the final draft of the narrative as the … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb1-2015 | Tagged with Auster, City of Glass, graphic novel, Karasik & Mazzucchelli

Humpty Dumpty and the Great Fall

For some reason, I found the Humpty Dumpty/egg motif in City of Glass really interesting. At first I thought it was just a humorous idea put in to make Peter Stillman Sr sound even crazier, but the egg motif continues … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with City of Glass, Karasik & Mazzucchelli

Mystery and identity in City of Glass

In Arts One this week we discussed City of Glass in two versions: the original novel by Paul Auster, and a graphic novel adaptation by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli. We only had one seminar discussion on these two works rather than the usual two we have in a week, due to the Easter holiday. […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Auster, City of Glass, graphic novel, Karasik & Mazzucchelli

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