Tag: spinning & stitches

Spinning by Tillie Walden and Stitchesby David Small are a part of the newfound “graphic narrative” genre that Hilary Chute elaborates on in her introduction to Graphic Women. While each memoir uses the comic medium to their advantage in expressing the memory effects of traumatic events, the way each memoir uses the ability of a … Continue reading Spinning and Stitches →

Tillie Walden and David Small, their graphic novels “Spinning” and “Stitches”, skillfully demonstrated their experience with trauma. While Small’s memoir shows the struggles of family relationships and health complications, Walden’s tells the story of her struggles with pretending to be someone she isn’t. Both authors slowly discover how to find their voice through different courses…

Comparing Stitches and Spinning: https://languagesofcomicswithmimi.wordpress.com/materializing-limited-by-memory-gaps/

As stated in Hillary Chute’s Women, Comics, and the Risks of Representation, “comic books are what novels used to be-an accessible, vernacular form with mass appeal.” Graphic novels illustrate a real-life story in various manners, either through their style or specific page design, in order to attract the reader and make the situations portrayed on… Continue reading Unrealistic Tale of Harsh Reality

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Before comparing the stories of David Small and Tillie Walden, along with Hilary Chute’s, “Women, Comics, and the Risks of Representation,” I would like to first mention the emotional attachment I discovered for each of these graphic novels. There were certain aspects of David and Tillie’s lives, stated in their perspective novels, that I was … Continue reading Traumatic, Courageous, Inspiring →

Before comparing the stories of David Small and Tillie Walden, along with Hilary Chute’s, “Women, Comics, and the Risks of Representation,” I would like to first mention the emotional attachment I discovered for each of these graphic novels. There were certain aspects of David and Tillie’s lives, stated in their perspective novels, that I was … Continue reading Traumatic, Courageous, Inspiring →