People are easily influenced the world around them; often times taking things such as movies‚ books‚ comics‚ and gossip as truth and creating superstition in the process. Although people can and often do make the mistake of confusing fiction with reality‚ what is one to assume when events in real life are far too convenient for people just to label it as a normal occurrence and move on. When reading comic books‚ and their Japanese counterpart mangas‚ one may often assume that the story will be filled
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In his informative book “Understanding Comics‚” Scott McCloud discusses the effectiveness of a technique he calls “amplification through simplification.” This is essentially the notion that using an artistic style that been “dumbed down” and simplified from an absolute realism doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s subtractive from the overall piece of work. In fact‚ McCloud goes on to prove that this technique can actually be more effective than using realism altogether. Used correctly‚ amplification
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their money works for them. Next "Rich Dad" lets the boys continue working but for no pay this time‚ which forces them to think outside the box that receive that 30 cents had put them in. After discovering comic books being wasted the boys take the opportunity to open a library of Comics for other children their age. After venturing into this business the young men made a considerable amount of money until unfortunately‚ due to a fight‚ they had to close their first corporation. In only a short
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past his barrier‚ Alexie could read “books in the car”‚ “bits and pieces” of books in the bookstores‚ “the “newspaper”‚ “bulletins”‚ “magazines” and “junk mail”‚ He could read virtually anything that interested him because he “picked up that Superman comic book” and behooved himself to learn how to read. This choice was not because someone told him too‚ but because‚ as he said‚ “I refused to fail.” But what would failure encompass? Perhaps Alexie thought of the “already defeated Indian kids” who ignored
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introduced all the competing contestants and there are 8 of them who joined. They were all seated at the stage and the quiz bee has begun. The first component of the quiz bee was the Comic Strip part; they were given 2 comic strips and they were given 2 minutes to think of what can be the possible irony of it. The first comic strip was from Garfield and it goes like this; “dieting is easy when you set your mind to it. I no longer crave food. It’s the calories I crave.” Garfield said. After 2 minutes
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In the vocabulary of comics‚ Scott McCloud discusses an idea which he dubs‚ “Amplification through simplification”(2). By logical analysis‚ it is true that by removing some features and taking the piece of art at face value‚ we are‚ in essence‚ looking at a more simplistic image. However‚ this simplification is obscured by the amplification effect. That is to say‚ as one strips away the details and substance in their piece of art‚ the more significant the remaining features become. With less visual
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ask which media outlet I’m talking about and that is comic books. Comic books have always received flak when it came to how influential they are to children‚ with scenes of graphic violence‚ criminal acts of mischief‚ and over-bearing sexual exploits. Many parents‚ schools‚ and communities have also noticed some of the crazy things that go on in comic books and have banded together to try and ban them because they are in fear that these comic books are poisoning our children’s minds to make them
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difficult ones too. Just as he assumed that “Superman was breaking down the door” and as he just made the words in his mind from the book say “Superman was breaking down the door.” This is all repetitious just as how he arrogantly believed that the comic book was written as superman was breaking down the door he arrogantly believes that he himself can break down the door [students]. “I am smart. I am arrogant. I am lucky. I am trying to save our lives.” This is a great way to end the essay
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Tom Jones as ‘Comic Epic-Poem in Prose’ Maruf Billah Enjoying the freedom of an artist‚ Fielding in his ‘Tom Jones’ bursts on the literary scene giving thousands of hours for a kind of writing‚ which is in his own words‚ “I do not remember to have seen hitherto attempted in our language”. His immediate inspiration was the Spanish Classic‚ ‘Don Quixote’. However in discussing his work Fielding refers to Homer and Aristotle‚ the former for practice and the later for theory. This kind of appeal
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of the Sun‚ A Love Story Beginning in Spanish‚ The Latin Deli‚ and also The Year of the Revolution. Judith is currently a professor at the University of Georgia. The short story I chose was Valor. Valor is about a young girl that loves super hero comic books. She has dreams where she becomes Supergirl and flies around her neighborhood. We later find out that the girl and her family are from Puerto Rico. We also find out that the girls’ mother wishes she could return to Puerto Rico but they have no
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