Aren Agocha Comics and Graphic Narrative 2020

    (5 points) I read buddha 2 the four encounters by OSAMU TEZUKA. The art style was very kid-like and reminded me of manga-inspired rubber hose Disney cartoons. Like Astro boy comics. I was surprised to find how adult the topics were for this story. It was a very political story and very surrounded by the philosophy of death. However, the philosophy and the world-building in the story is what kept me invested. I enjoyed each character, as well. For a short story, each character was quite understandable in motive and personality. The protagonist was a young prince at the age of 15, and he feels his purpose in life is to leave the palace and become a Buddha. A very slow-paced story, but it still kept me interested in what the main character would do next when fighting against his royal responsibilities and fighting for what he believes in. Throughout the second book, it focuses on the prince learning about death through the animals and people around him, realizing that strengt...

 Volume 1:  So I read March a story about John Lewis and the fight for African Americans Human rights. I have wanted to read this comic for a long time.  The story starts with congressman Lewis in his office showing two young boys their history and beginning his life on this particular path. He was a very observant and very bright man. He learns so much from just chickens. His real dream was to become a preacher, so he preached funny enough in the barn, using the chickens as his audience.  Lewis grew compassion for these animals. I found it interesting that he grew so attached he provide eulogies and baptisms for new chicks. Of course, reality strikes him quite early, and one of his chicks die from the water in his baptisms, and he soon, like many, learns that everything passes away. Throughout the comic, the artist used black, white, and grey tones to establish the mood of the environments—Black for the darker scenes, especially the ones following more tragic memori...

 I read one of the Mobius comics. I have vaguely heard of the artist; however, I never saw his work until now. His comic opened with worlds beyond imagination, feeling like we landed on a new planet. I would put these stories in the category of Syfy fantasy. The illustrations are beautiful; the images and the colors the artist chose reminds me of 80's rock posters. The colors are vibrant, and the atmosphere is whimsical. The reader had to use context clues to understand the world-building. And the first story had no dialogue, which made it feel otherworldly.  However, these stories have no text boxes or words to describe what is happening, so it is not easy to follow the plot. There are different stories within one world. When reading the small text about the background of the book, it said that it didn't fit into the comic book genre, it plunges the reader into an alien world, and it succeeds by the reader vaguely being able to figure out how it works. The other comic stories...