Lilibeth Robles

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 ...