Coming into this class I was really
familiar with manga, and it inspired my dream to become a graphic novelist when
I grow up. My experience reading McCloud was very eye opening and it’s allowing
me to look at comics and mangas differently. For example when we were looking
at the panels from the Romeo and Juliette manga I just realized how much work
was put into those pages. Reading manga in high school was just a good story
with cool artwork, but now I can see how these stories made me feel connected
and engaged.
Also after reading “ The Arrival” I
became more aware of how to read images. I’ve had a lot of experience with
novels with just words, but never read one with just pictures. Now that I’ve
experienced both I have more of an understanding of how to put them together.
When we looked at the panels of the woman chopping in the kitchen I realized you
truly hear what’s going on and smell the food in the kitchen. I think it’s
amazing how pictures with very little detail, sometimes with no color, and just
a few words can create such a vivid reading experience. Allowing the reader to
fill things in for themselves and letting them feel their own feelings while
only gently being nudged by the writer makes it feel like you’re really going
on the journey the author creates for us.
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