Saturday, September 11, 2010
Readings
Our group was assigned He Done Her Wrong, and I was honestly impressed. For not having any words in it, its was able to convey its story clearly and keep the reader engaged. Tiger Tea was also fun to read. I do have to agree with the author, I believe Tiger Tea was a marijuana reference. There were times when it was hard to understand what Kat was saying, due to his completely broken English, but it wasn't difficult to figure out. It's generally hard for me to laugh from something that I read, but there were a few times in both He Done Her Wrong and Tiger Tea that gave me a good chuckle. Seeing Hal Foster's work in The Comics Before 1945 was pretty cool. compared to other strips of the time that we have seen, his backgrounds are stunning. I stared at the scene with Prince Valiant on his horse before the castle for a good while. Also, seeing the action scenes he did for Prince Valiant, you can see how action has changed in comics. When he cuts down the viking, nothing is really shown, but it shows enough to be dramatic and interesting. Sometimes, the most impactful things are what you don't see. I believe that things can be more graphic when it is left to the imagination as to what has happened. Anyway, that's my take on the readings.
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Not exactly sure how this blogging thing is supposed to work, but here goes! (this is Maya, by the way... but I think it will show that)
ReplyDeleteI accidentally did the reading for the wrong group at first (I read the Milt Gross and Disney Treasures) but I rectified that to day... except for the He Done Her Wrong. Unfortunately, I couldn't find that one... so I guess I'll have to read that later.
Anyway, I really enjoyed the Krazy & Ignatz book. I found the characters endearing and the weird love-hate-love relationship was very entertaining. I think Ignatz was my favorite character because he was the pseudo voice of sense with a vengeance -- the vindictive judge, or something along those lines. I loved the artwork -- it took some getting used to at first, but it was just so lively and illustrative that I ended up captured.
It was interesting to see the Hal Foster comics. I can definitely see how he fathered the action comic -- it seems his style is echoed in a lot of the genre. What was most interesting to me, though, was how he intentionally compressed history. Often, historical inaccuracies are due to lack of research or the writer's whim, but in this case it was very obviously calculated for a specific effect. He wanted to keep what he thought was really vital and sacrificed what he knew would hold his story back due to the public's general lack of knowledge on the subject.
I will hopefully be able to find a copy of He Done Her Wrong before class tomorrow and be able to comment on that; if not, then after that....
Hey y'all, I think He Done Her Wrong is Group 3, Ravenclaw. Disney Treasures/Milt Gross was our group's readings for this week!
ReplyDeletethen I did do it correctly! well, I guess I'll just comment on that, then...
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