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Graphic Novels


This graphic novel assignment has been one of my favorite of the semester so far. I had never read, looked at or even picked up a graphic novel before this assignment but I read the book that I picked out from the library cover to cover in one night.  I really enjoyed the added visual component to reading a book and I found that interpreting images was more satisfying than interpreting written words, since there is more room for ambiguity and imagination. This may sound a little counterintuitive, because reading a fictional story in a regular book is all about creating the environment described in the text, in your mind so you have a picture of the scene and characters. While this is the case, a regular book tells you exactly what to pay attention to. What aspects of physical looks are important, what the key moments in a battle scene are. The graphic novel on the other hand, sometimes uses almost exclusively images to introduce a character or describe a battle scene and it is up to the reader to dissect each picture/scene and interpret a meaning.

As far as technology for communication, the graphic novel seems best suited for fictional works, primarily because the association between comics and kids. The pictures just make it seem less serious. I actually think that a graphic novel could be a really great way to convey an argument, even and academic or professional on, but due to its perception it would be discounted before the content was even considered.





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