Need Help With Them There Comics Do Ya?!
Here's some "Slick em' " to get the ball rolling!
Along with my classmates I've compiled a few resources that can sort of get your relationship with comics underway. The world of comics is a wonderful and intriguing world that is way more broad than I ever imagined when signing up for this course. These articles will show you what I mean. They will fill you in on the work of one of the genre's best, Chris Ware, all-the-while teaching you the basics when it comes to the formal structure, content, and usage of comics aka "THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!" (Echo). Chris Ware is known for his unique way of using every square inch of his page and also for his way of sort of bringing out the emotion in the reader. I hope these will be as helpful to you as they were to me and I hope they show you just how amazing comics can be! PEACE HOMIE!
~Ethan West
-Managing Editor
~Ethan West
-Managing Editor
Baker, Anthony D.. “Chris Ware’s Postmodern Pictographic Experiments.” Teaching the Graphic Novel. Ed. Stephen E. Tabachnick. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2009. 111-119.
Baker goes into detail about Chris Ware’s work in regards to its content, layout, and overall beauty as a work of art. He talks about Chris Ware’s career as a cartoonist/graphic novelist and touches on each of his works. Baker also takes specific examples from Ware’s works and kind of breaks them down for the reader. He talks about Ware’s almost “experimentation” with pictures.
This article could be very useful to a teacher who is teaching an American literature course. They could use this article as a supplement to “Jimmy Corrigan.” On the contrary, the article could also be very useful to a student who is trying to grasp the complexity of Ware’s works.
Baker goes into detail about Chris Ware’s work in regards to its content, layout, and overall beauty as a work of art. He talks about Chris Ware’s career as a cartoonist/graphic novelist and touches on each of his works. Baker also takes specific examples from Ware’s works and kind of breaks them down for the reader. He talks about Ware’s almost “experimentation” with pictures.
This article could be very useful to a teacher who is teaching an American literature course. They could use this article as a supplement to “Jimmy Corrigan.” On the contrary, the article could also be very useful to a student who is trying to grasp the complexity of Ware’s works.
Bearden-White, Roy. “Inheriting Trauma in Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth.” International Journal of Comic Art. 12.2/3 (2010): 354-366. Print.
In his essay “Inheriting Trauma in Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth,” Roy Bearden-White attempts to unravel the symbolism of the bird and the peaches. His theory is that the two images are used to show that the passage of time and change do not equal progress.
Bearden-White’s essay could greatly aid those confused by the meaning and context of Ware’s novel. It introduces secondary research about the cyclical nature of emotional trauma victims and how it relates to the Corrigan men. It also asserts that Jimmy achieved some emotional growth at the end of the novel.
In his essay “Inheriting Trauma in Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth,” Roy Bearden-White attempts to unravel the symbolism of the bird and the peaches. His theory is that the two images are used to show that the passage of time and change do not equal progress.
Bearden-White’s essay could greatly aid those confused by the meaning and context of Ware’s novel. It introduces secondary research about the cyclical nature of emotional trauma victims and how it relates to the Corrigan men. It also asserts that Jimmy achieved some emotional growth at the end of the novel.
Bredehoft, Thomas A."Comics Architecture, Multidimensionality, and Time: Chris Ware's 'Jimmy Corrigan; The Smartest Kid on Earth." Modern Fiction Studies; Winter2006, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p869-890
This article explores the architectural arrangement of panels in JCTSKE. Bredehoft explains how Ware’s use of two and three dimensional narrative strategies complicates linear understandings of narrative structure, and calls into question the notion of a narrative line.
This article will be useful to students and teachers who wish to explore the physical, formal elements of JCTSKE and their roles in thematizing the issues engaged by the book; narrative time, circularity, and continuity.
This article explores the architectural arrangement of panels in JCTSKE. Bredehoft explains how Ware’s use of two and three dimensional narrative strategies complicates linear understandings of narrative structure, and calls into question the notion of a narrative line.
This article will be useful to students and teachers who wish to explore the physical, formal elements of JCTSKE and their roles in thematizing the issues engaged by the book; narrative time, circularity, and continuity.
Drucker, J. "What is Graphic about Graphic Novels." English Language Notes 46.2 (2008): 39-55. Web. 24 Jun 2011. <http://web.ebscohost.com.easydb.angelo.edu/ehost/detail?sid=554530c1-a2fb-41b2-a478-ffa753aec326%40sessionmgr12&vid=1&hid=25&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=36280883>.
In this resource, Johanna Drucker explains how graphic novels get the term graphic novels. She also takes the graphic novel and compares them to other works to see the comparisons and the differences there are between them. She also goes into great detail of different types of form and content that a graphic novel can consist of.
This article can be helpful to graphic novel readers because of the different explanation it gives for different elements of graphic novels such as plot and story. This article can also be helpful to readers to prejudge if a graphic novel is the type of reading material for them by comparing this genre to different genres such as magazines and journals.
In this resource, Johanna Drucker explains how graphic novels get the term graphic novels. She also takes the graphic novel and compares them to other works to see the comparisons and the differences there are between them. She also goes into great detail of different types of form and content that a graphic novel can consist of.
This article can be helpful to graphic novel readers because of the different explanation it gives for different elements of graphic novels such as plot and story. This article can also be helpful to readers to prejudge if a graphic novel is the type of reading material for them by comparing this genre to different genres such as magazines and journals.
Nissen, Beth. “A Not-So-Comic Comic Book.” CNN.com Cable News Network, 3 October 2000. Web. 27 June 2011.
"A Not-So-Comic Comic" Chris Ware and Jimmy Corrigan
In the October 2000 article “A Not-So-Comic Comic Book”, Beth Nissen reviews Jimmy Corrigan and interviews Chris Ware. Ware reveals that Jimmy was an analogue for his childhood as Ware was an awkward child who never met his father until he began the book. Their meeting was equally as disastrous.
This article helps to explore the emotional depth of Jimmy Corrigan as the reader now knows the basis for Jimmy’s turbulent childhood. Ware’s feelings of guilt and doubt helped shape the novel’s story, and the knowledge of his past can help the reader sympathize with the mess that is Jimmy.
"A Not-So-Comic Comic" Chris Ware and Jimmy Corrigan
In the October 2000 article “A Not-So-Comic Comic Book”, Beth Nissen reviews Jimmy Corrigan and interviews Chris Ware. Ware reveals that Jimmy was an analogue for his childhood as Ware was an awkward child who never met his father until he began the book. Their meeting was equally as disastrous.
This article helps to explore the emotional depth of Jimmy Corrigan as the reader now knows the basis for Jimmy’s turbulent childhood. Ware’s feelings of guilt and doubt helped shape the novel’s story, and the knowledge of his past can help the reader sympathize with the mess that is Jimmy.
