The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
When I first started thinking about this sketch, the hardest thing for me was to come up with an idea. It was hard to come up with a narrative that told a story through three panels only. However, I knew that I wanted my triptych to be something that represented me, so I decided to […]
Read moreThis task was definitely one which completely changed the way I viewed the graphic text, but also in the way I viewed comics as a medium. By making us trace through pages which we thought were interesting really made me question why I found something particularly noticeable. “Why were my eyes drawn to something as simple as two […]
Read moreWhenever I hear people who talk about video games who haven’t had a lot of exposure to said video games (and this would usually be adults), I get a bit apprehensive about what they say. That’s because it’s almost always going to be associated with things like how lazy teenagers are or how the violence […]
Read moreThe process of completing the Tracing Maus project was a lot more than I anticipated, but I ended up really enjoying the outcome. The part the took me the longest was the actual tracing part of the two comic pages, however, I think this really helped me to take time look more closely at…Continue reading »
Read moreThe process of completing the Tracing Maus project was a lot more than I anticipated, but I ended up really enjoying the outcome. The part the took me the longest was the actual tracing part of the two comic pages, however, I think this really helped me to take time look more closely at…Continue reading »
Read moreIt has rapidly become clear to me that reading comics was vastly different than other kinds of reading I usually dealt with. Not only must you observe the images and read the words, but figure out the relation of the two, then see the page as a whole. It’s a much longer process than simply… Continue reading Down the MAUS Hole…
Read moreBefore beginning the assignment I thought that this would be the most difficult writing assignment I have worked on, as I don’t have a background in drawing and I don’t really have that much experience using WordPress. However, after beginning the tracing process (and even though it was explicitly stated in class), I realized the […]
Read moreAfter nearly a month of higher education, I have finished the strenuous journey that is reading and analyzing Maus. And it was a journey, let me tell you. I have recently completed an extensive project for my first-year writing class, (“The one about comic books?” you might ask. Yes, that’s the one! Good job, you)…Continue reading »
Read moreWhen first given this assignment, I was honestly petrified. I thought that it was one of the more confusing assignments I had been assigned, and that it was going to take much longer than intended. However, after finally finishing the project, I can confidently say that the only true, difficult part about this project was … Continue reading My Take On Tracing Maus →
Read moreTo be honest, I went into this book talk not knowing anything about film or media. I wasn’t even sure if this would be interesting to me. However, I found myself entertained about the history of media and war. I never thought about all of the viewpoints she was discussing when watching war movies or […]
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