Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Graphic Memoirs Come of Age

I can relate to this reading a lot. Many people can be biased against comic books or books with imagery and automatically downcast its importance. It is somewhat like people comparing Japanese anime to american cartoon, or down playing Disney movies because it is created by technology and not with people acting physically. It seems as if people prevent diversity from expanding at times and force people to conform to their way the world should work, but that leaves it dull at the end.
She gave a great description about batman and the batarang. I can defiantly get more out of a picture at times than reading a whole paragraph of that one small event. Like they saying goes, a picture is worth a thousands words. Though actual words leave room for your own imagination to develop a graphic novel, or drawing can also bring in excitement, understanding what specifically the author wants to portray. This shows what the author is think and how they develop the story, rather each person have there own interpretation and then mis-tell or misunderstand certain parts, which i have seen many times.
Also comparing to Graphic Journies: Graphic novels read a couple of weeks ago, maybe people are better able to read and understand a story through images rather than a book full of words. It also allows a huge audience to to enjoy reading in a different way such as others like me, would rather stay away.

1 comment:

  1. Hey,

    I agree with your reactions to this text, pictures do grant readers with a new dimension of interpretation and understanding that words simply cannot, in my opinion. Also, I see your point regarding people having an easier time digesting graphic novels as opposed to strict written ones, it does make the work more exciting and more enjoyable .

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