Nov. 16 “DC Archives Wonder Woman Vol. 1” by Robert Kanigher Reading this comic reminded me of how significant an impact Wonder Woman made over the years. Wonder Woman has become the supreme image of the ideal woman that men and women today want to see. She became an American symbol, specifically a symbol of the perfect leader who believes in love. Wonder Woman is the woman many consider to be the one who should run society overall. In the comics, she exhibits immense strength, force, and power. Seeing how Wonder Woman displays her strong characteristics as a woman is awing and inspiring. She doesn't back down from a fight or challenge; she is fair and just and fights for all women and humanity. Wonder Woman is a nurturer of humanity: her overwhelming belief in love, empathy, compassion, and using a strong conscience is impressive. She doesn't seek a reason to fight or escalate the conflict. She is an example for all women: inside every little girl or young woman, ...
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Sep. 14 “TinTin in Tibet” by Hergé/Georges Remi "TinTin in Tibet" by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, a.k.a Georges Remi really explores more on the subject of literary and cultural legitimacy. It provides a very open, though small in context, a quick study of Tibetan Buddhism and its roots. While its super fun, filled with some mild humor and sense of adventure we still get to learn quite a bit on the ride. Being set in the Himalayas, it tends to follow an adventure that "must be a solo voyage of redemption" from the "witnesses of guilt." For example, I noticed that TinTin seems to have a very close friend by the name of Chang who he finds out supposedly died in a plane crash near Nepal. He becomes very intent to deny the fact in believing his dear friend is dead. Instead, he goes on this journey of proving to himself and everyone that he is right; a journey to bring redemption or redeem the honor of his dear friend's supposed "death." ...
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Nov. 2 “Alice in Sunderland” by Bryan Talbot "Alice in Sunderland" by Bryan Talbot was something really unexpected. I came to this comic expecting a funny, weird version of Alice in Wonderland and was suddenly introduced to many amounts of his own history. Not to mention, with many other mythical stories and their history. Honestly, it took me a few moments to realize where the story was headed. When I got to the point where many of these so-called "famous people" were all actually connected to the "Sunderland Empire Theatre" and town I knew what I was reading. Even though the comic is classified as a graphic novel the meaning of what is a "story" becomes frail. This interesting piece of Talbot's work is neither fiction or a consistent narrative. It bounces all over the place from one piece of history to the next. With this in mind, I really enjoyed the fact that one of Talbot's main points he tries to get across is, war is eit...
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Nov. 9 “Pretty Deadly” by Kelly Sue DeConnick Reading the first part of "Pretty Deadly" by Kelly Sue DeConnick received from me, at first, a very confused reaction. I honestly have no idea what the bunny, butterfly, and little girl have to do with the story, but later it got pretty interesting and a little dark. Given more of the context of the story, it made me more curious, scared, and excited to see what would happen next. Especially as we are introduced to Death's daughter and her story and her mother's story, I started to become more intrigued. Even though it seems dark at times, with the choice of colors and slightly "gory" action, I was shocked to find out slowly who this "death" girl is and I just had the inner feeling to keep reading. Regarding how the women are portrayed is very strong. Seeing them as strong, powerful and intimidating human beings is something many people like me want to see more often in comics, television, etc...