Week10: Manga

Many of my friends grew up on Manga and Anime, and a lot of them are still into it, but I never got into it, I was never really into it. For a brief time in kindergarten I was into pokemon But that’s the closest I ever was a being interested in Manga. But  I was excited to start reading it so I could be exposed to it and find out what all the buzz was about. Also it was just cool to see a different form of visual storytelling.  

This past summer I was living in LA and a lot of my friends were into Manga. They took to little Tokyo and the whole day was spent looking at Japanese comics. It was actually a very cool experience and What surprised me most about it, right off the bat, is that Manga isn't afraid to go violent or crazy it was a lot to take in at first. I was glad I took the time to learn more about this art form

Week 8: Stereotyping

The use of stereotyping in comics is a very interesting and controversial topic, especially now when everything is so politically correct. stereo types are used for audiences to understand a character in a quick and efficient manner. Especially where space may be limited in comic books, and movies. But I definitely feel that these harmful stereotypes hurt the cultures and people they exaggerate and I do not feel that they are necessary in creating these types of character designs.

But not all stereotypes are bad and cause offense to people. Sone stereotypes are used to describe characters for example heroes are stereotypically buff strong men. While these types of stereotypes  don't typically offend people, They usually makes the story boring and predictable. its not fun when you watch a film or read a book/graphic novel and your able to know the personality and use of a character as soon as they are introduced. But I do I think as long as using stereotypes  helps move the story forward I think they can be used in comic books and movies. For instance in typical Disney movies the hero’s are usually dashing young men who save the day and get the girl. In the movie Frozen Disney used stereotypes to misdirect the audience for a surprising ending. The made the dashing young prince the villain. Which was a good way to uses stereotyping