Archie Comics

Comic books can portray one thing and mean another. The reader, while reading, doesn’t think about the shading or spacing as they read a comic book, but it could change the whole outcome because of the setting or characters mood. Scott McCloud showed many examples of different concepts based on image, language, and composition. All of these concepts seen in Kindred by Octavia E. Butler are transition, the connection between image and language, and lastly closure. The others that can catch a reader's

Why Study Comics Storytelling is a part of human culture. As Barthes (1966) explains that stories are told through “articulated language, whether oral or written, pictures, still or moving” (p.237), and in that includes comics. Comic books have become part of our storytelling tradition. One unique aspect of comic books in their storytelling is that it does not follow a normal passage of time, especially when it comes to superheroes. Over the years, there have been several stories of the same superheroes

Clowns and Cubicles      (A look at workplace stereotypes through their appearance in comic strips)            Stereotypes can be found in just about every aspect of society. A person engaging in any type of social interaction is either consciously or unconsciously engaging or affected by the many ways we stereotype people. Stereotypes while usually given a negative connotation seem to be an inherent part of human nature

consider. In general, graphic novels are seen as low-brow, mass culture entertainment or as pedagogical tools (Long 6). In recent years graphic novels have proven to be worthy of being considered great literature and valuable tools in the classroom. Comic books should not be viewed simply as aesthetic objects, but rather as texts which function when read by their audience within a specific context. Our education curriculums are heavily relied on reading comprehension, which has proven to be a struggle

to study the fandom of The Walking Dead. For the purpose of this paper, I will refer to The Walking Dead as a comic, a video game, and a TV show series. The focus of this ethnography is to understand how the comic book culture influences many fans. Since the series is based on a graphic novel series, and some of the fans are schooled in comic culture; they arrive with literacy in comic storytelling. Others who are not fans may recognize the visually and narrative of zombie films, in the horror

Albeit a majority of Snoopy fans spent a large amount of time reading and enjoying in the funny stories in the comics, most of them seldom noticed that a certain sum of the plots in the comic strips are related to the life of its illustrator, Charles Schulz, including not only his daily-life events but also his life experiences. As a matter of fact, the settings of each character in this comic all contained lots of effort that the cartoonist paid due to his intention to convey his own standpoint and

creating an entire comic from scratch was much more of a challenge. After hours of planning and hours of carefully putting pencil to paper, I finally completed a full three page graphic narrative. However difficult this assignment may have been, the final product and feeling of accomplishment was well worth it. “For your final project, you must make a comic.” The first sentence of the guidelines for this project seemed simple enough, so that’s what I set out to do, make a comic. I got off to a rough

Essay #1 Human Senses in Comics (word balloons and symbols) In graphic novels the reader rely a lot on the panels to tell the story. Since it is a book the only sense we can use to help understand the book is sight. Even though in the book there are many times when the characters use the other senses. We can see the characters talk but we can’t hear or smell what they do. So two of many things the artists rely on symbols and word balloons. Word Balloons show us sound and symbols show us smell. Without

novels are being translated into comics, graphic novels, and even manga. The illustrated pages should be used to promote reading and writing. Everyone can recognize a novel as a book that tells a fictional story. Not many people know about comic books, graphic novels and manga. There is a difference between these picture books. Comic books were traditionally staple bound, but during the recent resurgence they were hardbound to better endure wear and tear. Comics center themselves around the misadventures

White. I selected this section of the story as it portrays Snow White’s continuously growing beauty and the Queen’s competitive envious response, which is a main insight into her identity as an innocent pawn in the Queen’s cruel games of life. In my comic strip, I have chosen of employ the use of my layout, different angles and annotations or speech. I focused my first page on the setting of the story and the birth and death of Snow White’s mother. This was told in 5 panels and 2 separate blocks of