Victoria Provost_LMST 340: Literature of Comics and The Graphic Narrative

Victoria Provost Blog Post #12 Women Comic Book Artist             Reading Pretty Deadly was interesting because the interpretations of the female characters are interesting because there is a variety of female characters that are used. Some of the female characters are very typical characters that would be portrayed in comics acting as mothers and secondary characters such as the girl in the vulture cloak who is a young girl dependent on someone to take care of her which I find it interesting that the man is blind but he still takes care of the girl. Pretty Deadly has some women character who in the beginning does not seem like very strong characters who are dependent on the men to save them but towards the end of the series of comics, they develop into stronger characters who are not reliant on the men. I also like about this series of comics are the fantastical elements of it such as the concept of deat...

Blog post #11 Comics as contemporary literature             Reading the comics for this week I started to notice that the comics dealt with more real-life situations rather than fantastical subject matter and superheroes. The comics dealt with scenarios such as society and our perception of people and also a lot of metaphorical use. In comics, such as One Bad Rat and Optic Nerve the stories are about the issues that real-world people face and have to face real life villains rather than the fantastical super villains from superhero comics. I think that is why comics are becoming more part of contemporary literature because it isn’t fantastical but is realistic which in contemporary literature non-fiction becomes more prominent in society. People have associated comics with more fantastic things so the change to realistic has helped transition comics into contemporary literature. I think another thing ...

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

Blog Post #10 Manga                         Reading Battle Angel Alita “Last Order” I found it very interesting to read and the story is extremely interesting to me to read but following the action in the manga was difficult. The story of Gally and how she had become who she is now and her purpose of her creation is interesting. The use of science fiction elements in the manga are interesting because it has created a new world in the future that seems like something we aren’t even close to comprehending how to create. Gally is a cyborg who has advance technology that makes up her being but yet she has emotions of a human. Similar to Nora you want to learn more about who she is because she has interesting traits of that she is mechanically made and functions mechanically but she believes is human and acts human. One aspect that is difficult to understand i...