The Watchmen

The Watchmen is by far one of my most favorite graphic novels I love everything about it. I was only made aware of the Graphic novel after watching the trailer for the movie, I watched the movie before I read the Book because I heard that after reading the book the movie sucks. So I decided that I was going to watch the movie and then read the graphic novel so I can enjoy both mediums, and thats exactly what I did. In my opinion I loved the movie, the cinematography was amazing, the characters were a different sort of super heroes, So when I read the Graphic Novel I had a much better appreciation of the story and plot of the Watchmen. My favorite character in the graphic novel was Rorschach and in the movie they portrayed him really well, the way his character is, his attitude, he is simply the
coolest superhero character ever made. but I'm kinda sad that Rorschach gets kills in the end. 

Habibi

So for this week I read Habibi which I have to say is very well put together and has so much to offer in terms of the overall package and its contents. its rich with Thompson’s interpretations of stories from the Qur’an and stories from the arab culture. the intricate binding of the book and the inside pages reflect the story and history of the Islamic culture that resonates in the Arabia. the story itself was a bit confusing at first but as you read on it is pieced together as the memories of the girl Dodola unfold into a series of events. Which i find to be a very effective way to tell a story within the graphic novel format, its makes it seem very mystical, and at the same time we learn what she learns about the stories that revolve around the customs and traditions of the Arab land. stories that have been told threw the Qur’an about the prophets. The story itself was very interesting to me, its very depressing and as you read the graphic novel a history builds up between the two characters, very unfortunate things happen to both of them. They get separated and reunited after several years and so much has happened to Zam and Dodola. but over all I really like the story very interesting, but sad at the same time.

nov 3, 10th week

So this week I read the comic Eight ball by Daniel Clowes, which was the only one available from the course resources page. I wish more of the required readings were on the course resources page, I mean don't get me wrong there is a lot of material on there. But after reading Eight Ball I'm very much compelled to read some of his other stuff like Ghostworld. I just want to say that the compilation of stories  in Eight Ball are just straight up bizarre for me, I don't think I understood the story line at all, they just seemed like a series of weird events with a weird unexplainable ending to the story. on the other hand I found them very interesting to read. The stories were confusing, and intriguing which mead me want to read more. the one that really caught my attention was the Laughing Spitting man, I don't even know how to react to that particular one, like part of it was predictable, like when main character encountered the husband, but where it really got funky was when the guy started to turn into a practical joker without knowing it. I mean all of this stories had some weird attribute to them but that one was one that stuck out to me the most. also I did a comic last year that I think will be good for this post