Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character‚ scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work‚ often to relieve tension. Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama. Comic relief often takes the form of a bumbling‚ wisecracking sidekick of the hero or villain in a work of fiction. A sidekick used for comic relief will usually comment on the absurdity of the hero’s
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L.B. Composition II Cartoon Analysis March 05‚ 2014 Escaping The Humdrum of School In a favorite cartoon of mine by the name of Calvin & Hobbes‚ cartoonist Bill Waterson has shown in a few short scenes what almost all kids already believe about school. Whether it is the way things are presented or the general disinterest some children have with formal education‚ there is a perspective that children have on education which is oftentimes
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“Ironman-Best Avenger of all time” Famous director Joss Whedon created the movie “Avengers” in 2012 based on Marvel’s comic book “Avengers”. The movie featured the comic book characters Ironman‚ The Incredible Hulk‚ The Thor‚ Black Widow‚ Captain America and Hawk Eye. In the movie all the superheroes played important role. But the image of the character Ironman was more critical‚ smart‚ intelligent‚ observant and mysterious. The character of Ironman which made him more inspiring in the movie was
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Over the past decade‚ comic book movies have tremendously grown in popularity. Spiderman‚ Superman‚ and Captain America are all superhero characters that have recently been developed onto the big screen. When judging superhero adaptations‚ there is one that all others look up to. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is the standard for which comic book movies should be compared to. Many people come to the conclusion that it is a great movie‚ but what makes it a great movie? The Dark Knight excels
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Composition II 6/14/2012 The Avengers (2012) The Avengers is a visually‚ exciting movie because of its epic special effects and cinematography. This movie amazed viewers with the modernization of classic comic book story lines and well-timed comic relief‚ making it the most successful comic book movie in recent history. The brains behind this miraculous accomplishment is writer/director Joss Whedon. He has been described as one of those people who‚ either you have never heard of him‚ or you love
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Kavalier & Clay” named Joe and Sam demonstrate traits shared by most superheroes. The novel written by Michael Chabon and published in 2000 won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 2001. The novel is about the two cousins Joe and Sam who start writing comic books. Joe escapes from Prague and wants to earn enough money to save his family. The two of them have to go trough lots of troubles to get to their success. For example they have bosses who don’t want to pay them as much money as they deserve. Joe
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relationship of Jekyll and Hyde and how they interacted. This relationship was never forgotten as it is still used today. This archetype can also be seen in the Marvel character Deadpool. He may save a life one minute‚ and then kill the same person the next. Deadpool is hated like Hyde‚ yet also loved like Jekyll. This archetype is perfect for comic book characters because they tend to
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Other products‚ even if they are from Marvel‚ are controlled by others. Then there is the possibility of a crossover‚ but it’s more complicated."
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These fragmented or as Jason Mittell suggest trans-mediated narratives add to the stories of these characters. (Mittell‚ 2015) Goes on to define trans-media storytelling as‚ “significantly expanding the scope of a television series (in this case comic book character) into an array of other media‚ from books to blogs‚ videogames to jigsaw puzzles. (Mittell‚ pg. 292‚ 2015) This trans- mediation thus creates new stories for these characters that further expand their cultural
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this ongoing trend. Some of the main characters are different from the comic to the movie but not necessarily in a bad way. Johnny Blaze in the movie ate jelly beans out of a martini glass‚ liked to listen to the carpenters‚ and was quirky. Johnny Blaze in the comic book guzzled whiskey‚ listened to hard rock‚ and was very depressed. Then there was Mephistopheles in the movie he was eluded to being the devil‚ but in the comic he was known as Mephisto and was portrayed as being some kind of demon
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