Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Graphic novels

For this assignment I read "Bone Volume 1"
not because the other graphic novel was boring or anything but simply because I couldn't stop looking at this one. I loved everything about it. The beautiful clear style of it, that appealing adorable characters, the simple but effective dialogue. Everything. Perfect.
I even went so far as to rent volume2 from the library. Thanks for this. How have I not reads these before??
Anyways, in graphic novels I think the authors voice is also shown through their drawing style. This one is whimsical to say the least. The world that the author has created has taken a lot of creativity and dreaming and the characters each have their own very distinct personalities
An interesting thing that the author has done in this graphic novel, unlike many others has made the main characters the simplest possible designs, while all the side characters along with the environment designs are far more complex. Its a funny thing. The author shows that he can draw complex things, yet he chooses to design his characters simple. This causes a vast contrast and makes the characters easily like-able (they're all simple and round and easy to adore) and makes showing personality just a bit more difficult as it must be all done with body language. This is something this particular author, never seems to struggle with, and is so unbelievably admirable for it.
His voice is magical, Whimsical, childlike, with a hint of mystery that keeps readers on their toes wanting to read more(I would know).

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