Persepolis (Revised)

What I noticed immediately after starting Persepolis was how American I am. What I mean by that is the fact that not only did I know nothing about the middle east's culture, but I also never really bothered to think about that either. It just never occurred in my mind. I like to learn about other cultures, so reading this was cool to see what kind of things are common in a middle eastern family. Also, it's nice to see this because it's not something to many people talk about in today's society because of the war and everyone's prejudices. As for the style of the comic, I really enjoyed the somewhat cartoony, round characters. This made the characters seem friendlier and over all made me like them more.
Reading Persepolis kind of reminded me of American Born Chinese in the sense that it was about an individual just trying to fit in. It shows that everyone has the same feelings and though something are different, we are all very similair. I think it's important that I have read this because of how little I know about other cultures. Just from being at Ringling for two years, I've noticed how important that is. After meeting some international students and hearing about how they live, it makes me realize just how much of a stereotypical American I am sometimes. That makes me upset. I am open minded, just ignorant to other cultures, so reading Persepolis just makes me want to learn more about other cultures.

Web Comics

Though I don't usually keep up with them, I really like web comics for the fact that there is a new one every day, or every week so it's like a little daily thing to look forward too. I read a few different comics, but the one I have kept up with most CTRL+ALT+DEL. It's a comic that is mainly focused on video game  references. The y like to make jokes about games that are popular at the current time. The reason I like CTR+ALT+DEL is because it's making fun of some of my favorite things, just as I do, so it's nice to see I'm not the only one thinking how stupid it is that a dragon fight is just a fierce verbal debate.

Kick-Ass

Reinventing the Super Hero? I think that was done here. Kick-Ass is a nerd, nothing goes his way, and he has no powers. What I enjoyed in the comic was again, the style. I appreciated the extra detail throughout the comic as apposed to simple back ground, and somewhat detailed foreground. The whole thing had a bit more detail than a traditional comic which made it more interesting with out being to busy or complicated. What was good was as well was that the story wasn't about some guy exposed to nuclear waste, or someone who was from another planet. It was some kid, pretty much like me, trying to be Batman. The story of Kick-Ass also focused on how he came to be more than just some random scenario you are thrown into, only left to infer what could've happened in the past. Now I'm not saying I don't like traditional super hero comics, I'm just saying it's nice to have a change of pace.

Asterios Polyp

Asterios Polyp was very interesting. Probably one of my favorites I've read so far. Mainly because when I opened it up I noticed the really stylistic betrayal of the character and how the setting was rendered. Also, the color scheme was really appealing. What was most interesting was the way that it told a story but also analyzed human nature and society. My favorite movies, books, whatever are one that make you really think. I really enjoyed the conversation between Asterios and Hana about speech and lying.

Persepolis

What I noticed immediately after starting Persepolis was how American I am. What I mean by that is the fact that not only did I know nothing about the middle east's culture, but I also never really bothered to think about that either. It just never occurred in my mind. I like to learn about other cultures, so reading this was cool to see what kind of things are common in a middle eastern family. Also, it's nice to see this because it's not something to many people talk about in today's society because of the war and everyone's prejudices. As for the style of the comic, I really enjoyed the somewhat cartoony, round characters. This made the characters seem friendlier and over all made me like them more.

Manga

Though it is one of the more popular manga series, I have been a long time fan of Naruto since it's release back in middle school or whenever. It's been a while. What mainly brought me into it was that I like ninjas and Japanese myths and stories. Naruto was not only about ninjas, but some of the myths in the ninja world, such as the nine tailed beasts and what they represent and the people who conquered them. Over all though, looking back on the style, story and other technical things, there are some little nit picky things that I am not a fan of. Specifically, random fillers to take up time leading up to a new sub plot and some of the scene to scene transitions are hard to follow for someone who doesn't read often, or reads on occasion. Either way, I think it was good, and really liked the development of the characters and story.

American Born Chinese

Right at the beginning the story drew me in with a cool mythical story of a monkey and his kung fu powers and such, so that got me into the story. When it changed into the second story I was kind of confused but continued on to see where it went, throughout the story, what kept me reading was the circle back around the monkey story. By the end, when all three tied together I was shocked at they were all related and how clever it was of the writer to lead up to this with subtle hints throughout the story that you don't noticed until reading the end. Looking back on the story, I saw a lot of little things that actually hinted to the other stories which made the second glance through the story much more enjoyable.