Illustration by Andreas von Buddenbrock. Andreas von Buddenbrock is a young 24-year-old and funky fresh artist of the 21st century currently enrolled as a first-year student at the Savannah College of Art and Design - Hong Kong. He is an illustration major with humble plans for the future. Born in Stockholm‚ Sweden‚ but growing up his family travelled through many countries. INTERVIEW: ANDREAS VON BUDDENBROCK What made you choose to come to Hong Kong for school? That’s a good
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obtained his own comic‚ he was shown as a villain out to kill the mutant Cable for a mysterious benefactor named Mr. Tolliver (The New Mutants #98‚ 1990). Initially‚ the character is portrayed as an intelligent and sarcastic with a limited set of morals in that he doesn’t kill unnecessarily‚ but doesn’t look too closely into whether he’s going after good guys‚ bad guys‚ or just low level thugs. Not much is known about the character’s backstory until 1997 when he received his own comic series and we
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Why the World Needs Superheroes “There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people.” Currently‚ this quote is incredibly recognizable as the opening words of the Avengers: Infinity War trailer‚ a film just over a month away. Six years ago‚ the world heard those words first uttered in Marvel’s The Avengers‚ the end of Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the beginning of what was to come. Superhero movies are simultaneously at their peak and at their bottom‚ but why are even
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top two characters‚ Batman and Superman‚ are two of America’s most beloved superheroes. Batman and Superman’s alter egos‚ their different abilities‚ and the way they fight crime are the main points of difference between these two juggernauts of the comic book world. Batman and Superman use alter egos with very different lifestyles to hide their superhero identities. Batman is known as Bruce Wayne during the day. Bruce lives a life of luxury because his wealthy parents left behind a large fortune
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The cartoon was first published in The World‚ until Hearst hired him away to produce the strip in his newspaper. Pulitzer then hired another artist to produce the same strip in his newspaper. This comic strip happened to use a new special‚ non-smear yellow ink‚ and because of the significance of the comic strip‚ the term "yellow journalism" was coined by critics. Sadly though‚ this period of sensationalist news delivery (where the so-called yellow
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Aaron McGruder is an African American cartoonist. At only twenty-six years of age‚ he is best known as the creator of Boondocks‚ the popular comic strip that is currently featured in over two hundred and fifty newspapers throughout the United States. Boondocks‚ which "stars two amusingly surly African American kids who live with their grandfather in a white middle-class suburb" is known for mocking issues that range from entertainment news (such as Whitney Houston)‚ to political news (like the Bush
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The Flash Putting the images of Jay Garrick and the Flash in the same page‚ the author shows the different identities of this superhero by different costumes. There are three different kinds of hats in panel 2‚ 5‚ and 7. At the time when this comic was created‚ hats are used to show people’s different identities. In panel 2‚ Jay is holding a fedora hat‚ which illustrates Jay’s social citizen status and the gentlemanly attire of people during the 1930s. When Jay becomes the Flash in panel 5‚ he
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In a world where Hollywood-endorsed B-grade comic book films have dominated the Box Office reaped the financial benefits accordingly‚ Iron Man offers a relieving reprieve with a film which is both entertaining and well made. A strong lead and outstanding visuals cements Iron Man as one of my favourite mainstream films of 2008. From the start the suave‚ whisky-wielding billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) establishes himself as a strong and likeable character. He made an armoured Humvee journey
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During the late 1800’s in England‚ two composers by the name of W.S Gilbert‚ and Arthur Sullivan composed a comic opera by the name of “The Mikado.” The opera was an instant hit. The show ran for 672 performances at the Savoy Theatre in London. It was also performed at countless other theatres all over England. “The Mikado” is a comic opera that was written to poke fun at various aspects of British culture. Gilbert and Sullivan executed this by setting the opera in a fictitious Japanese town
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Hercules For my research paper I chose to explore and analyze instances of the great Greek/Roman hero‚ Heracles (Hercules)‚ appearing in popular culture and the effect his myths had on early civilizations. Considered by most to be the greatest of the Greek folk heroes‚ Hercules was the embodiment of masculinity and physical power. The word “herculean” literally translates into “having enormous strength‚ courage‚ or size” (dictionary.com.) Since their inception‚ the myths and legends of Hercules
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