Lilibeth Robles

Wow, this comic was so interesting in so many different ways and it's probably one of my favorite comic I've read this entire semester. The art style, the way the comic is structures, the way the writer created the comic to be read is all great. It kind of reminds me of the way a movie would be shot, the way the "scenes" are in this comic. The depth of field, different angles, etc. I think this comic could be recreated into a movie or something. This weeks topic of the Future of Comic is something I'm really interested in after taking this course. There's a lot that can be done with Comics now than when they first started them. The Sinking Ship is a great representation of that exact thought. The different opportunities that someone can have when you create a digital comic book are pretty interesting. The author was able to create this comic around technology and it opened a lot of different doors for what the author could do with the comic itself. For examp...

1: What is your reaction to the text you just read? I thought this comic was amazing and I really enjoyed reading it. The artwork is something I thought of first, it's so beautiful. Having never heard or read The Killing Joke, but really liking Batman & The Joker I was really interested in the storyline. I feel like all we see with the two is just them fighting and trying to kill each other. But to see each character have their own struggles with identity or how they feel about certain things really humanizes them. It's almost like you push to the side that they're actually a superhero & villain. 2: What connection did you make with the story? Discuss the elements of the story with which you were able to connect. Since I really enjoy learning about The Joker and who he is as a character I think I connected with the flashbacks that were in the comic. Not in the fact that I related and connected to what he was going through. But knowing that The Joker is portra...

For the give links for Authority, I picked the August one to read. Just because my birthday is in August and I didn't want to read just the first one given. Anyways, this comic was reminded me exactly what I'd expect a superhero comic book to look like. In both the art style and storylines, they both represent the traditional comic book style. Not saying that it's a bad thing because it's all about how it's portrayed and written for its audience. I really enjoyed reading this comic because it wasn't about a very known superhero, at least a known superhero for me and what I've been introduced to.  Since I read the comic series in the middle I didn't expect to actually know the hero and how they came to be. I just already knew there were a superhero and supervillains in this comic so I didn't really need to know much more. I think the storyline of this specific comic was very interesting and although I knew the basics of it I was still intrigued...

If I'm being completely honest, I really just clicked on this comic because "Stan Lee" was in the title on the Resource Page. However, after reading the first 2 pages I was so interested in the story to where I just continue reading all of them until I was finished. Something I noticed right off the bat was that the art style of these comics reminded me of the Archie Comics. I'm not sure if the same artist created the art style or if whoever created it found inspiration from the Archie Comics. Anyways, after reading the first story I figured out that "My Friend Irma" isn't a comic that children should read. Not so much because there's nudity or profanity in it and it's not suitable for them. But because the humor seems to be a little bit more young adult/adult humor and jokes that children wouldn't understand. Not saying that's a bad thing, but it's just something I noticed while reading. Another thing I really enjoyed about the ...

Alice in Sunderland - Imagery - Weird (similar to Alice in Wonderland) - Thrown into the story Optic Nerve - Simple language - What you'd expect from a typical comic (language, art style & layout) - The story is a real-world story Pride of Baghdad - Similar style to pop art comics (color, conversation bubbles) - The story reminds me of a version of the Lion King or Jungle Book (not made by Disney) - A real story within a story Death: The Time of Your Life - Very descriptive - Visually interesting The Fountain - The art style is beautiful - Simple text - The art mostly does the talking

I definitely had my expectations when reading this comic and there were some things that surprised me as well. I've never read other adaptations of Alice in Wonderland before this one and I really enjoyed it though. Although the story was very good, I think the thing I enjoyed a lot more was the art style. For something similar to Alice in Wonderland, I really wanted color and these weird drawings included. Which is exactly what was apart of this comic.The use of simple black and white line drawings and including these elaborate colors drawings with them. It really gives you a different feel when reading the story and it really makes your imagination expand. Adding to that I think the fact that they didn't just make the entire comic color was a great inclusion with what you get out of the comic. The type of line work that is used includes similar chaos to the comic book because it's so detailed, but there's no color to it. I could imagine having this comic in my ac...

I'm always up to reading things that are about different religions, it's all interesting. For this story, the title caught my attention and I'm really glad that it didn't lie to me. I really did expect a religious comic or at least just some type of religion in it. Something I thought was interesting about the comics art style was that it reminded of an old comic my great-grandmother used to show me, it was about the story of Jesus. Especially when the character is in the village talking to people on the street. It was a simple comic, but still, go the point across. However, the comic I read when I was younger didn't have as much text as this one did. Which I mean isn't bad and I didn't mind all the reading.

Going about this week's topic I didn't really know what to expect when it came to what we'd be reading. However, after learning that we were literally learning about a whole different array of comics from different parts interested me. Throughout the whole list of comics, we would read, I think "Stories from Heavy Metal" was an interesting comic to read for this week. At first, I wanted to read it because the word "Heavy Metal" stuck out to me. But as I kept reading I noticed there were actually multiple stories in it from different artists which I loved. I was able to get a feel of multiple artists and read multiple stories as well. The first thing I noticed about this strip of different comics was the art style. There was something about the details and fine lines that each artist used in the comics that really gave me a different feel about each story. Compared to other comics where they just draw the person and a little bit of the environment with...

Reading the 1st March Book was very interesting and I really enjoyed reading it as well. There's a lot of different aspects that I liked, but something that stuck out was the art style. I think it really worked with the subject matter and it kind of reminded me of old time comics. However, focusing on stereotypes I think there were a couple that stood out to me that I have comments on. For example, the whole thing about enjoying chicken was something I noticed right off the bat. Which I personally think is a stupid stereotype for African Americans because literally, almost everyone likes chicken. But the twist about this stereotype in this comic was that the little boy didn't like eating the chicken very much, because he got attached to them. Another thing that was included in the comic was the use of the N-word a lot when the family traveled. I dislike that word so much, for obvious reasons of course and I know that it's apart of our history, but it still doesn't ...

This week's readings and films that were assigned were all very heavy and serious. Personally, I think anything about World War II, The Bombings on Hiroshima and anything about Hitler is very interesting. Not because I enjoy the death and wars, it's because that part of history is something I reflect on when I think of humanity. The fact that we do these things to other people and how angry people can be to actually think these actions will make anything better is mind-bottling. It's sad and watching Barefoot Gen made me reflect on these events again. I've never really been interested in Manga's before, but I was really interested in this specific one because of what it was about. Getting the audience connected to the characters first was something I noticed, but once most of the family died I was still upset and hurt. It was all very graphic as well when the bombing happened. I didn't expect so much of it, but it was definitely interesting and now that I thin...

Reading and learning about Underground Comics was very interesting and it’s one of my favorite topics we’ve talked about. I think because it’s so controversial and there’s a lot of pushing boundaries that I love about them. The Comic that I read was Gay Comix no.1 -3 and it was great, I loved it all. I was at first taken back by it and a little shocked of what was in it considering what we’ve been reading thus far. There’s a lot of sex and nudity in this comic and it’s something that I wasn’t used to seeing in a comic book, but I think it’s great that there’s comics like this. The stories that were in it were all about this person finding their sexuality and going back and forth on if what they’re feeling is real. The certain comic I read was made in the 1980s and around that time being gay and lesbians were perceived as “wrong” and a lot of people who were gay didn’t want to come out. And that’s what a lot of these stories show, the main character is going back and forth o...

The Will Eisner’s comics that we read and the Donald Duck shorts that we saw were all great and I really enjoyed learning more about him as an artist. There’s a lot of different comics that I’ve seen of his, but I never bothered to look more into him as a person. Another reason I enjoyed learning about Eisner was because I remember my grandfather having all kinds of Eisner comics. Particularly the Spirits comics, he loved those especially and I never asked him about them. For this week about Eisner I read A Contract with God because I have never heard of it before and I thought the title was interesting. Right off the bat I thought the art work was wonderful and the style that Eisner chose to go with for this comic was fitting. The font that was used to make it seem like it was a part of an old bible or testament was really interesting. Eisner’s style is something I really enjoy about his comics and it’s why I really enjoyed reading this comic as well. The way...

I really enjoy reading comics that have different stories in them because there’s each story has its own thing that makes its special and I think that’s really cool. Something we discussed in class is how different these stories were compared to the other comics we read. This particular comic book wasn’t intended for children at all. There were stories about war and someone falling off of a building which completely took me by surprise considering I had just read a comic about The Flash and Superman. There was a Fall in Winter which starting with this man on a ledge of a building and there were people below him scared for him and the fire department came to catch him when he fell. But this guy fell and it ended up going into a flashback as he was falling. Turns out this guy lost his job and was fixing to go on the bus when this lady dropped her purse and he picked it up, but she accused him of being a purse snatcher. He ended up running away from the cop who she called and winded ...