Comparing 'WE3' And Quitely's Graphic Novel

Visual imagery is often the first step to subconsciously sending the reader into a parallel state of mind as the protagonist, and letting them experience what the characters experienced throughout the story. The visuals used in the beginning of this story convince readers that they have been placed in a safe, secure environment, therefore having a positive effect on readers when they

The illustrations should help readers anticipate the unfolding of a story’s action and its climax.

The Graphic Novel Club is a school club that I have unofficially led for the past two years. In this club we encourage the members to look deeper into any passion they have for comics, anime, superheroes, or cartoon design. We look at a broad range of art from comic strips to the full scale production of the latest Marvel movie and why components of the art have changed to accommodate the changing demographic.

Within the short story A&P by John Updike, the use of complex imagery allows the narrator to depict a scene that is vividly understood and makes the reader feel as if they were there in person. With examples such as, “The one that caught my eye first was the one in the plaid green two-piece.” , “..with his usual luck draws an old party in baggy gray pants who stumbles up with four giant cans of pineapple juice.” , and, “His face was dark gray and his back stiff, Updike paints the boundaries of the best possible imagery that depicts the image, but also allows the mind the ability to create it's own outcomes. Imagery is the most important aspect of writing, because without it the novel would be just a blank canvas.

Creative titles and illustrations are yet another component of graphic novels that allow people to depict the Holocaust in their own perspective, while still properly telling the reader what needs to be

ways as the each author’s intentions are to direct the reader to the main plot by describing the

For example, a simple thought bubble in place of speech can communicate that upon realizing a piece of information, a person decides to keep their knowledge of it a secret. “My grandpa was a prince”, written in swirly childish lettering, accompanied by a picture of an angry lion holding a sword, a smiling sun and a man riding an elephant all serve to provide insight into the comically infantile perspective a young developing mind might still hold. Certainly, the use of artwork with text provides a uniquely immersive experience for readers, but that is not to say that there are no drawbacks either. At times, this simplification becomes apparent, and the victories or losses experienced by characters come across as

The book WE is a novel written in 1921 by a Russian author named Yevgeny Zamyatin, in which the future is depicted as totalitarian and possibly dystopian society. A totalitarian society because the government is centralized and dictatorial, a dystopian society because the community depicted in the novel is undesirable and frightening by the standards of the day. The style in which Zamyatin wrote the novel is graphic in both the visual context and the ideology of the story. The book is written in journal form and which provides the reader insight into the intimate thoughts and observations of the main character. Throughout the novel, the reader is able begin to comprehend the world in which the protagonist D-503

non-visualized space. Lefevre highlights how these concepts can, “[Make] a flat medium…suggest a three-dimensional space,” and that this “three-dimensional” space is necessary to make a great comic. The characters, locations and emotions can be seen clearly in the diegetic space, but what may be seen as “less important” in the extradiegetic space really creates the “world” the reader gets to step

Graphic memoirs are comics or sequential art that express some form of autobiographical account. Most graphic memoirs do not incorporate the same broad breadth that a print memoir would. Graphic memoirs have a way of showing that while they are lacking breath, they compensate with multitudes of depth. Because graphic memoirs are usually more concentrated, they generally grant the author the ability to centralize their memoir on their outlooks towards either a certain occurrence, a precise block of time, or a specific person etc. A key advantage of using the comics medium is the ability to show rather than merely tell. Every little illustrated detail helps to tell the story.  When writing a graphic memoir, this helps the author to communicate an

Meta-narrative in graphic novels is the idea that in a given narrative, there exists a whole other narrative that can truly bring completion to the entire work as a whole. By paying attention to the meta-narrative, readers can connect the entire work’s scattered theme and ideas to its central theme. Noticeable examples of meta-narrating can be seen throughout Blankets as Thompson uses subtle change in intertextual content and transitions between light and dark that can be interpreted

Choosing the graphic novel format has significant advantages. “They can be a brilliant way of bringing literature to reluctant readers and are particularly useful for those who don’t speak English as their first language. The more sophisticated examples contain the kind of complex

To obtain a wider range of an audience, graphic novels will just do that. Graphic novels have many positives to the reader that it helps the reader view the novel in the author’s light of thinking. Graphic novels illustrate the scene in comic strip form that only narrative is needed to bring the images to life. In Boxers and Saints, the story of Bao and Vibiana is illustrated so beautifully

Henning Wagenbreth is a German illustrator, designer and typographer. He has illustrated many books (for both children and adults), posters, newspaper and magazine editorials and comic strips (Wagenbreth 2014: ONLINE). For the purpose of this analyzing a narrative text, I have chosen his comic strip series called ‘Plastic Dog’. I will specifically focus on the two comics shown as Figure 1 and Figure 2.

4) Discuss how and why the graphic novel form is a particularly effective way to capture travel experiences in Guy Delisle’s Burma Chronicles. While examining textual elements such as character and plot, you should also consider visual elements such as layout, shading, and perspective.