Friday, April 8, 2011

Asterious Polyp

First off id like to say, im not very into graphic novels.  Although I find it extremely pretty, i find that my most enjoyable consumption of media to be either through audio or visual ( video ).  Thats not to say that i dont like to read, quiet the contrary.  But when you have two kids, a fiance, work a job and am in the guinnepig game art major, and have never practiced art till 5 years ago, its safe to say that some sacrifices have to be made to just "keep up".  I did enjoy Mazzuchelli's play at both saturation and negitive and positive space within the piece.  I felt that each character and situation was a world to its own due to how it was portrayed on the page.  The greek influence within the novel is very prevent.  Instead of a standard hero's journey archtype, line, weight and color influence your opinion of the characters and dictate the emotional and situation.   Although the reading was rushed and skimmed towards the end, I did enjoy it.

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