Characteristics of Contemporary Literature

Defining Characteristics
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot
  • Use of realistic images 
  • Not very Alice in Wonderland because it doesn't have any strange characteristics that would be expected
Optic Nerve Number 7 by Adrian Tomine
  • Traditional Comic style 
  • What is expected of a comic 
  • Real world scenarios
The Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
  • A darker version of The Lion King or The Jungle Book
  • Took a real-life story but made it from a different perspective
  • A lot of metaphors for people through the animals represent certain people (similar to Maus) 
Death-The Time of Your Life
  • Very descriptive
  • Simple depictions but very real to life
  • A battle between life and death
The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky and Ken Williams
  • Very dark settings and colors 
  • A mixture of color and simple pencil drawings that don't seem to belong

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