Sunday, December 03, 2006
Week #15 Reader Response
Last blog post...
In our reserve reading for this week's class, "Epilogue: The Death of Superman, or, Must there be a Comic Book Industry", Wright talks about the supposed "death" of the comic books industry. He talks about this death from the perspective (beginning in 1992) of 2001, but how about 2006? Is there a meaningful place for comic books in American culture and young lives? How can comic books compete with other media for attention? What do you think as young people -- how has (or maybe they have not) influenced your life?
Secondly, what comic book or graphic novel grabbed your attention this semester and why? How did it change or reinforce your ideas of literature or culture?
See you all at our last class on Wednesday!
In our reserve reading for this week's class, "Epilogue: The Death of Superman, or, Must there be a Comic Book Industry", Wright talks about the supposed "death" of the comic books industry. He talks about this death from the perspective (beginning in 1992) of 2001, but how about 2006? Is there a meaningful place for comic books in American culture and young lives? How can comic books compete with other media for attention? What do you think as young people -- how has (or maybe they have not) influenced your life?
Secondly, what comic book or graphic novel grabbed your attention this semester and why? How did it change or reinforce your ideas of literature or culture?
See you all at our last class on Wednesday!
// posted by Kate @ 5:31 PM 
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I think there is definitely a place for comic books in present day American culture and young lives. The article mentions competition for comic books including the Sci-Fi channel, and video games. I feel that these competitors compete with only a small portion of the comic book scene. Persepolis, and Maus aren't fantasy and don't involve superheroes so they face little competition from new media. Superhero comics are the only ones being threatened. But I believe that instead of taking attention away from comic books these new games and movies are only giving more attention to them. Spiderman and Superman are known aroudn the world to people who have never had access to comic books because of the attention they get from other forms of media.
My favorite graphic novel from this semester was The Watchmen. It totally redid my ideas about superheroes. I like the idea of humanity and weakness in heroes that it explores.
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My favorite graphic novel from this semester was The Watchmen. It totally redid my ideas about superheroes. I like the idea of humanity and weakness in heroes that it explores.
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