I just checked out Buddha from the library. So we'll see how that goes.
I wasn't really sure what to expect at the beginning before I even read it. Since I knew nothing about comics or graphic novels before this course, I especially didn't know what to expect when I saw I'd have to read manga. I'm not sure exactly when in my life I even heard the term manga, but I know I was young, and I guess then I heard it was like anime porn or something. I never looked into it, I assume since that's what my knowledge was about it, I never even went to learn about it because not only did anime never really interest me but why would i want to read or look at anime porn.
Anyways, I suppose I still had that idea in my head, so when I went to check out some book for this section of my reading I decided to go with the title that seemed less threatening? I've been getting into buddhism a bit anyways so I figured I'd give it a shot. There was some nudity in it, but nothing really too bad as I had imagined. (Not that I was imagining anything in specific!haha) I've only read the first volume so far, so the second could possibly prove my preconceived ideas!
I got through it pretty quick, not that there was that much to read anyways, but I found myself wanting to continue reading till I finished - at least the section. I liked the drawings in them but the way they spoke surprised me at times. I didn't find some of the dialogue believable, if you will, but seeing that it was published in the early 2000's, I understand the authors choices, but at times I didn't see it too fitting.
I'm looking forward to reading volume two, and finding out about the baby that was just born, Siddhartha.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
back to the underground
Just read the Tijuana Bible. In all honesty I usually get uncomfortable and don't want to read things like that, but I’m not sure why this one didn’t really bother me as much. I suppose when I read it my mind read it as a joke pretty much. I guess spending most of my time around guys that kind of already talk like that I read it in a joking/playful way. Perhaps I get offended by it in the past, because why would people talk to each other that way. I thought Tillie The Fire Woman was pretty funny, I didn’t even see that ending coming.
I remember growing up, my dad always had joke books around the house — he used to have a radio show where he’d say jokes for 4 hours every weekend – and he had some sexy spanish joke books if you will. The illustrations in Tijuana Bible kind of reminded me of the drawings that they had in the joke books, and I feel like Tillie, or something similar to ir probably would have been in a joke book like that.
I remember growing up, my dad always had joke books around the house — he used to have a radio show where he’d say jokes for 4 hours every weekend – and he had some sexy spanish joke books if you will. The illustrations in Tijuana Bible kind of reminded me of the drawings that they had in the joke books, and I feel like Tillie, or something similar to ir probably would have been in a joke book like that.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Happy Birthday
I saw this on Google this morning as the main Google name image for the day. I remembered The Spirit, and immediately knew it was about Will Eisner. There would have been absolutely no chance I would have known that last year. I knew nothing about comics before taking this class other than Charles Shultz did Peanuts so I was pretty impressed when I clicked on it and saw I was right. so, today is Will Eisners 94th birthday so, Happy Birthday to him.
That's all for this blog, I just wanted to share it.
I'm looking forward to reading some more comics and writing about it over break.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Maus
Like most of the things I've read for this class this semester, I didn't know what to expect from Art Spiegleman and Maus. I checked it out from the library and that was when I noticed the swastika on the cover.
As I started reading it I thought of the video we just watched about Robert Crumb and how his work was autobiographical. I liked how he had himself in this novel and the story was told from his perspective and conversations with his father.
I also thought it was funny that the mouse character of the mother Anja and Vladek's girlfriend Lucia looked identical but he was talking about how Lucia was much more good-looking then Anja.
Art used animals as his characters to portray the different people at the time. He used the stereotypes of animals and compared them to sereotypes of the Jews, and Germans and what not. The jews were portrayed as mice and the Germans we're cats.
As I started reading it I thought of the video we just watched about Robert Crumb and how his work was autobiographical. I liked how he had himself in this novel and the story was told from his perspective and conversations with his father.
I also thought it was funny that the mouse character of the mother Anja and Vladek's girlfriend Lucia looked identical but he was talking about how Lucia was much more good-looking then Anja.
Art used animals as his characters to portray the different people at the time. He used the stereotypes of animals and compared them to sereotypes of the Jews, and Germans and what not. The jews were portrayed as mice and the Germans we're cats.
underground comics
One of the comics I read looked just like Archie, except the underground version of Archie.. Cherry was in it too. The characters all looked similar, but the content was definitely different.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Little Nemo +
Loved Little Nemo!
Calvin and Hobbes!
Peanuts!
I loved Little Nemo. I thought it was really cool that the comics were all part of a recurring dream, and that they'd end with him falling out of bed. I really wanted to know what was going to happen but he'd wake up. It reminds me of my dreams, because I have some crazy ones sometimes and then I wake up and I get upset I won't know what was going to happen in the rest of it.
Calvin and Hobbes I used to read when I was younger. I couldn't relate to him though, my imagination was never like that! I wasn't really sure what was happening either, because it was all in his head but I couldn't imagine what his parents or friends were thinking or seeing. Cody showed me a clip from Robot Chicken where they were making fun of exactly what I was thinking.
I thought it was pretty funny.
And Peanuts was another comic I used to read when I was younger. I liked all these a lot. :) I remember my grandma wold always save to comics from the newspapers to give to my brother an I, and peanuts were one of my favorites, along with Garfield. And when I was in elementary school I would read Garfield comics in my spanish class as my homework since I was the only one who already spoke it, and I lived on Garfield street!
Calvin and Hobbes!
Peanuts!
I loved Little Nemo. I thought it was really cool that the comics were all part of a recurring dream, and that they'd end with him falling out of bed. I really wanted to know what was going to happen but he'd wake up. It reminds me of my dreams, because I have some crazy ones sometimes and then I wake up and I get upset I won't know what was going to happen in the rest of it.
Calvin and Hobbes I used to read when I was younger. I couldn't relate to him though, my imagination was never like that! I wasn't really sure what was happening either, because it was all in his head but I couldn't imagine what his parents or friends were thinking or seeing. Cody showed me a clip from Robot Chicken where they were making fun of exactly what I was thinking.
I thought it was pretty funny.
And Peanuts was another comic I used to read when I was younger. I liked all these a lot. :) I remember my grandma wold always save to comics from the newspapers to give to my brother an I, and peanuts were one of my favorites, along with Garfield. And when I was in elementary school I would read Garfield comics in my spanish class as my homework since I was the only one who already spoke it, and I lived on Garfield street!
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