This One Summer Review

The artwork is stunning, and I really like the linework. The story and the characters are also beautifully done. The format seems light and fun, and it's incredibly easy to love and read. 


In the beginning, I thought it was another story like Spirited Away, but I was wrong. It's a summer of secrets and sorrow and growing up. I do love the friendship that went on between Rose and Windy. They loved each other like sisters and spent all of their time together. They had meaningful conversations and they talked about real stuff. It's the kind of friendship you can't help but love. It remained of my best friend, we grew up together, and always share secret together. We talked a lot of things, even the distance between us is far right now, but we are still close. Another thing I like about this comic is parental issues and how it looks to a child. It might not seem like a big thing, but for me who have experienced it, it helped me to feel not quite as alone when dealing with the problem. 

The Black Incal Review

The story is very much a tale of a man getting incredibly lucky while also being terribly unlucky.  Lots of colorful images at the service of a story with metaphysical overtones. It doesn't seem to have coalesced into a coherent narrative whole as of yet, but certainly strange enough to keep me interested.

I really like the opening scene, I think it depicted a really strange world, stunning and beautiful. The plot is about the character’s thrown off a bridge known for its suicides and saved by the same people that threw him.

Personally, I think the world it's pretty cool. This comic reminded me a lot of the movie, in that the movie was trying to make a complex and diverse world like the one that’s created here.

Batman The Killing Joker Review In Class Writing

what's the reaction when you first read?
I feel like I am watching a film, and the dialogue and cut back scene are short and sweet. The story is appealing, the Joker looks creepy and intelligent, and I really like the moment I get to know his background story.

What connection did you make with the story?
Discuss the elements of the story with which you added to connect.
I barely read any DC comics, and I only watched the suicide squad before. In the movie, I quite like the Joker, and also like the combo of him and Harley Quinn, but I never had a chance to get to know his background story.

What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium?
What medium would you use? What changes would you make?
I think I will choose a film or novel. As for the film, I don't think it needs too many changes for the overall storyline, but I will add more action or visual interests. As for the novel, I will choose to write in the first person and depict his inner feelings more, because I feel he actually under the high living pressure every day, and he has strong emotion reaction after his wife died, but I didn't see that much in the comic book.

Wonder Woman Spirit of Truth Review

The story was compelling and a great look into the workings of Wonder Woman's mind. However, the thing that stands out the most is the art. 


The art is astounding and remarkable, every page is truly beautifully rendered. The paintings are done in as realistic a fashion as I’ve ever seen, offering details the common comic book would miss and making the scenes seem all the more possible in a real-world setting. I am not a big fan of superhero comics, but wonder woman is so different. The first time when I started to know her is because of the movie Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. By the way, she looks stunning and gorgeous in the film as the comic book.

Stereotype in Comics, Animation and Gaming Narrative

What is your opinion about the use of stereotype in comics, animation and gaming narrative? Is stereotyping ultimately a necessary strategy in character design and representation?  Do you think you have personally been affected by stereotypical representations?

Personally, I don't mind the use of stereotype in comics if that's the best way to tell the story. Furthermore, in comic books, the publishers tend to use over the top ideas and concepts to sell their comics, this usually comes in conflict with the comics' actual stories. As for the character, I think people always have some different personality in real life, but not that obvious like in comics or animation.  However, to make the character stand out, they have to exaggerate some part of the personality of the character, I guess that a small reason causes the stereotype. Therefore, I think it's still a strategy in character design and representation. I have been affected by stereotypical representations, like when I read a hero character achieves God-like powers, usually after some disaster or twist of fate happens to him/her in their personal life, and then I will think the character might go mad and go on a rampage on the planet; leaving the hero's friends having a hard time by choosing either saving their friend from him/herself or just kill him/her.

Art Spiegelman's Complete Maus Review

This comic is not a graphic novel but a work of memoir and history. The linework is not that great, looks a little bit messy, but somehow, I feel it's more powerful and more distressed. I feel like it was an experience, not just a "read". It was one of the most powerful stories I've ever experienced.

Some works of art change their medium forever, and this graphic memoir is a sterling example of a book that upended all expectations about what comics could accomplish. It's a story of two time periods, each rendered with powerful emotion. Even though they wear the heads of mice, cats, dogs, and pigs, the characters are all recognizably human in their struggles to survive in the midst of war and terror. 

The Bus by Paul Kirchner Review

The story is marvelously surreal, thought-provoking and philosophical. The artwork is fantastic, each comic with a unique and often humorous storyline. Each ride on the bus truly a wonderful experience.

I really enjoy this comic, it reminded me of the experience when I was young. The school always ends early on Friday, so I always take the bus home because my mother is still working at that time. I always like to observe different people on the bus, they all have different stories, it's like a small epitome of the city. In real life, we always see this kind of person, they are mostly wordless, portly, or a balding man in glasses and a trench coat who is the most frequent commuter. Time past fast, but life goes on, every day is a brand new day, maybe something strange or interesting things will happen in a casual place.