Sunday, November 9, 2008

The presentation of comics



Hey Znep, I am giving you a treat today. This is a topic that I presented today about times article on comic novels. In my presentation, I showed the class a contrast between the Persepolis and the comic novels listed in article. Basically, I believe that the comic novels in the article and Persepolis is indeed similar because they look like comics. Yet what sets them apart is how the drawings are portrayed, how it is drawn, and the presentation to the audience. The examples I gave was the difference comic little lulu and Persepolis. Notice how in the little lulu drawing, the drawing is soft, light, and has a childish appeal to it whereas in Persepolis, the drawing is deeper and serious which makes it obvious that even though Persepolis can be considered a comic, it is not meant for little kids. We can see from these videos that the Persepolis trailer: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PXHeKuBzPY) is in black and white and the animation is more rigid and unappealing whereas the little lulu video(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4QiD2-K5bs) is brightly colored and animations are more fluent which is meant to appeal to the children who watches it to prevent them from getting bored. So my conclusion, is that even though Persepolis looks like the comic novels in the article, they are definitely not the same because the Persepolis comic does not aim to be funny like the comic novels and I would probably link Persepolis to be something more similar to an Anime which is the Japanese style comic.

3 comments:

miho0118 said...

I agree with you. Persepolis is a comic like Little Lulu as you mentioned, but the aims of them are totally different.
Miho

miho0118 said...

Persepolis is a comic book just as Little Lulu, but it actually has deeper meanings and history event than the Little Lulu. Good job!

nicole said...

Persepolis is a comic book just as Little Lulu, but it actually has deeper meanings and history event than the Little Lulu. Good job!