Essays Tagged: "Graphic novel"
Art Spiegleman
rt. In 1986, Art Spiegelman, hailed by some as the "new Kafka," published Maus: A Survivors Tale, a graphic-novel depiction of his troubled relationship with his father, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's ... nd other artists contribute work. It is basically a magazine devoted to new and unusual work in the graphic story medium. For example, one of the most famous "practitioner of the underground," Robert ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists
Comedy and Tragedy in Alan Moore's "Watchmen"
different.The first thing I thought of when I heard this was The Comedian.In Alan Moore's brilliant graphic novel Watchmen, cited in Wizard: The Comics Magazine as the best American comic of the Twent ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Analysis of "MAUS," by Art Spiegelman, and effect on readers
tional barriers of the past between comics and what were then considered to be serious novels. As a graphic novel about a horrific atrocity, Maus is the first work of its kind. Through the style of hi ... s can be proven to be in actuality not coincidences at all, but carefully planned components of the graphic novel.Maus is a refreshing transgression from the norm. As art, it is impressive in its magn ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
This is a film review of the Movie "Sin City" which I wrote for my college newspaper.
even worse.In "Sin City," two of today's greatest stylists join forces in an audacious synthesis of graphic novel and movie. It has the logic of a nightmare. It is movie-making pared down to the essen ... ctors Guild to bring on as his co-director Frank Miller, the writer/artist who created the Sin City graphic novels. The result is a faithful, shot-for-shot rendition of each stunning panel. Hard, reso ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for graphic novel. Although having the total number of fans of millions of people, manga is considered a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
300 - Film Review
amounts of arse. The movie is a two hour, R-rated version of that trailer. 300 is adapted from the graphic novel ‘the battle of Thermopylae’ by Frank Miller. Telling the story of the 300 Sp ... minic West, but really the movie is about the battle, which is a technically accomplished series of graphical battle scenes like I have never seen before. Seriously, you'll think about comparing them ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Metamorphosis by Peter Kuper
san TariqDr. WENDY EBERLE-SINATRA603-102-04 LITERARY GENRES section 24March, 16, 07In Peter Kuper's graphic novel, "Metamorphosis", the main character, Gregor is not the only one to experience a trans ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Graphic Novel: Kingdom Come
Graphic Novel: Kingdom Come The graphic novel I chose to write about is Kingdom Come #1 by A ... t as framing devices for the action that takes place in the center. In closing, I found this graphic novel to be enjoyable in its visual communication as well as a good story line and character ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art
Safe Area Gorazde Essay (Summary)
and is based on conversations with Bosniaks trapped within the enclave of Gorazde. Considered as a graphic journalist, the author depicts the real nature of this atrocious war by alternating between ... stic comic book is written in a readable and organized manner. When coupled with the imagery of the graphic novel genre it delivers a great deal of insight into daily existence during a horrible era i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Marjanes Transformation
is able to understand what is going on and able to make informative decisions on their own. In the graphic novel, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Marjanes makes a bold transformation from a young girl ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Sturken's Tangled Memories vs. Spiegelman's Maus
orical facts (Sturken 3). These types of memories are very prevalent in literary works, such as the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. Maus serves as a vehicle to artistically portray the Holocaust ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Maus I and II - Objects
: Maus. As the child of a Holocaust survivor, Spiegelman1 sought to embody the Jewish experience in graphic novel form. Little did he know, the information he dug up would haunt him forever. Spiegelma ... I use Spiegelman to reference the author of the comics whereas I use Artie to signify the autobibliographic narrator within the story.I chose to focus on five particular objects (pills, cigarettes, di ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature