Whatever happened to the man of tomarrow: assesment

1. Whatever happened to the man of tommarrow was a telling of the ultimate tradgdies in the superman universe. the what happened if pretty much most of the lives of both superman and clark kent came crashing together in a terrible cataclism. if it really wanted to end the entire telling of the great hero superman. it could have done just that everything was tied up in such a neat ending with just the right hints of mystery and intrigue that if there were to be something after that than it could pick up where it left off but if there wasn't there would be a pretty satisfying ending for most.

2. the element of tradgy and surprise were to enrapturing elements that the story pulled on pretty hard. suprise being that of just how deep and dark was this story going to discend before it was going to come up for air. tradgy being an tie in to that as well seeing as the more the story went on the more toxic and agnsty it seem to get with superman suffering one tradgy after the next.

3. I would adapt it into a small independent animation probably it seems the type of story that could benefit from a a particular style of animation. probably something similar to the hellboy animated films which had a pretty angular style. not that silver age comics are ugly I just don't see them as being very maluable when it comes to the expressions they put forth. as for what changes I could make probably make the note of superman crying or being in a depressive state alot more vocal. superman showing negative emotion of being down troden makes him that more fleshed out of a super hero making things he does to the cost of him self or others stand out all the more.

How to draw

there is nothing I hate more than how to draw (comic style) books. not to say there isn't anything you can't gleam from them when it comes to instructions on basic fundamentals of art. how ever most comics/manga/ whatever you want books are usually for drawing a certain style a certain way and sometimes not even drawing it very well.

say what you want about personal prefernece but there are something that can't be defended by that and the disreguard for visual fundamentals is one of them. don't get me wrong I've seen art styles and comics that are ugly and don't look very good, some of the animators of today make note of that (take for instance John r dilworth) 

for all intents and purposes not exactly an appealing style but still there complication and understanding of some form of structure and visual sophistifaction. most how to draw books to me play off the juvinile need to improve and believing that books or something you can buy will help you improve upon you art. 

Perry bible almanac

these are the types of comics that are circulated around the internet for a number of reason. some for the sheer rediculousness of the materials and others for just how dark humored they can be. all done in a minimalist style that is very telling of the new age. infact I'm pretty sure I've seen a number of comic artist follow after this style of story telling. setting up to be your average comic panel only to pan out with a terriable narrative

 

the sort of simple reason for them being funny in the first place is that there so terrible that it's almost a panic response that we can't help but laugh. 

or they could just be funny because there pretty well written jokes as well. 

Hellboy

hellboy has always been a favorite of mine, from a more graphic art style to the fact that it plays around with mythology from various different cultural background. to it's protagonist who is morally pretty straight but realistically so Hellboy is such a good time to read. on many levels Hellboy knows it's a comic and thus has no qualms with being absolutely rediculous at times and playing into the culture of hidden societies and conspiracies.



hellboy is one to almost always poke jabs at conspiracy culture and how ludacris something like. the son of a hellish demon fighting the creator of the third reich is. (just about as silly as anything that happens in comics).

the addition of hell boy savage dragon is no different.

with a conpiracy of the visage circle having done something or another with the brain of hitler once again comics have no qualms with playing around with comedic and serious narrative.

Ice haven

A lot of these comic are very hard to place. even within the confines of contempary literature. they are weird, very deep thinking, strangely written and explorative with their construction. some of the comics are throw backs, calling back to different styles and story practices that are decades removed from the times they were written.

 

Eightball is another comic that seeks to be anything but escapist entertainment. the narrative is disjointed by not be accident. the style is constructively appauling with a style thats nostalgic but also very much so made for a new age. not making fun of a certain style in particular more so calling attention to themes and practices within the confines of it's narrative. 

I honestly can't say weather I like it or not? while I don't hate it I don't find my self going out of my way to read it but I also find my self wanting to know more about the story i'm reading. 

Astro boy and the start of manga

while Japanese comic books have been around for quite a while just like with western animation there was a start to where things for complicated case in point Astro boy and his creator Osamu Tesuka. the father of modern magna and the start of the only sizeable competitor to western comics.

Astro boy is the atomic punk story of a robot boy by the name of Astro (or the Mighty atom). made of circuits an machinery but with the soul of a human boy he is the union of everything humanity has to offer and more.

created in the image of a scientists son astroboy is the embodiment of the hope for tommarrow, a attitude that with the creator raised in post world war two japan, an audience was very much so in need of viewing. even with that being the case astro boy has an extraordinary appeal that spans widely across many different cultures.

even with american audience the comics of Osamu seem to both appeal and inspire with later words such as My life as a teenage robot or whatever happened to robot jones.

Amarillo an exploration in to human story telling

One of the biggest things comics has taught me is how to tell a story. in particular how to tell a story about humanity and people with out actually using humanity or people in it, by putting things and concepts into different settings your able to play around with the narrative it self.

Case in point Amarillo while the choice of the animal actors might be something of a personal tough to the art medium. simply the artist wanting it to be there for the sake of wanting it to be there. that isn't always the case.

take for the case Maus, while it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the narrative it self the power level of cats vs mice with other animals looking on in terror of this internal struggle. it's an intergrle part of making a statement between the intereactions of these different factions.

In amarillo it seems to be something of an abstract, nothing to really do with the narrative but more or less using it as a point to abstract their narrative. the story becomes less about how people look or what they are and more about the interactions between each other.

Amarillo does the same with it's narrative being told via the characters interactions rather than their outward perception of eachother. now some of the characterisation is some what revealed as one reads more into the comics. certain animals affect aspects of each characters personality. the feline characters have a level of regality to them, the hyena character is somewhat jovial