Panel by Panel

For this week, I read “Step Aside, Pops, ( Hark! A Vargant)” and “Perry Bible Fellowship". Plus my favorite "Lackadaisy" Both of them are web comics strips. This is one of my most favorite media to read when I am bored. These tiny strips are so funny and easy to read. In Perry Bible, I enjoyed that most of the humor is very dark and very bright. The author should look at life from a different perspective than others. I also immensely enjoyed the art style, so simple and perfect for this kind of small stories. I love how only some moments and details are over-detailed or rendered, but only when the artist wants to transfer our attention to the specific moment. With Step Aside, I enjoyed that some of the strips' characters are a historian and political figures, so to understand the idea you need to know some history or at least what is relevant right now in the world. The style is so loose, but the characters are extremely funny drawn. I especially liked the part where

 1) After reading the Killing Joke, I had a weird feeling that I don't usually feel after reading or watching a superhero movie or comic. I thought that this story might actually happen in real life. Of course, there are some romantic fantasy elements, but they look so harmoniously in the story, so you really start to believe in it. I really liked how these comics portrayed the relationship between Batman and Joker. They seemed like old friends who just now hate each other, but are still friends and have similar past or at least similar experience, but each chooses their own paths. Overall, I liked this story because I wasn't expecting it to be so severe and dramatic. I believe after such a depiction, readers started to expect more dark and real stories of superheroes. 2) While reading the Killing Joke, I noticed many times that I genially am scared of Joker during this story. I am not a big fan of superheroes, but I watched some movies with Joker, and never I felt that he is t

I read Fun Home for the previous week, a female writer and artist did that, and for this week, I also read "The Handmaid's Tale" graphic novel and the first two issues of "Lumberjanes." For "The Handmaid's Tale," I watch the first episode of the show based on the book, but I wouldn't say I liked it. I thought it looked dull and felt boring. But with the graphic novel, I had a completely different experience. I enjoyed the style of the drawings. Not only by the way the tremendous watercolor work is done. But also the way it was designed. All the costumes, little details looked much more fantasy-like than in the show. That way, it was easier for me to believe that we are in the new totalitarian country. I believe the story follows the book much more correctly than the show, so I think this graphic novel is a great way to read this story if you don't like books. Lumberjanes is a fun story about five girl scouts that discover a lot of mysteries

For this week, I read "Fun Home" and "Asterious Polyp." With "Fun Home," I believe it is an excellent story with some fantastic art. I love how simple and yet expressive it is. The artist uses just the black inks and the blue marker. And this color choice and style makes excellent sense for the story. The story itself is pretty heavy and a bit depressing for me. Even though I am not a fan of such stories, I think it is important to read such stories, primarily autobiographical. It is vital to find out different people's experiences about their life and feelings. That way, we can understand the world better. The story of Asterious Polyp left me with more feeling than the first one. Even though it is too biographical and a bit sad. But I fell in love with the art style of this comic. The way artists show different people using different colors, types, bubbles, and even just the art style is refreshing and fun. I love how sometimes artists can become abst

I read three volumes from Osamu Tezuka about Buddha. I knew about this artist and his style, how he loved animation and was so highly inspired by Walt Disney.  But I never read his works, but I also knew what manga is and what I can expect. I expected a cluttered art with many details, many dialogs, and just overall beautiful but slow reading.  Instead, I was amazed by what I got. His manga is incredibly appealing, straightforward, and just fun.  I was feeling like I am watching a Disney animation movie.  I can easily see the influence the author got from Walt. All lines are soft and round. Eyes are big and round. And it is incredible how Osamu draws action scenes. They are so clear and fast. He uses many secondary lines and adds extra limbs to his characters when they are running or doing something fast.  This method is often used in animation.  Also, I was surprised how clear, clean, and simple his paneling style is. His mangas are the easiest ones for me to read so far. All the lett

I read some graphic novels from amazing artists - Moebius. Such stories like: "Upon a Star," "The garden of Aedena," "The Goddess," and "Arzach."  Before I started reading, I was already familiar with Moebius art. I think the way he uses lines and colors is breathtaking. The amount of detail that, no matter what, still doesn't make the art heavy is just incredible.  So, I already knew that I would enjoy reading his graphic novels, but I wasn't sure about the story.  I was always looking just at Moebius art, but I had no chance to get his full story. So I didn't know how he panels his novels, what stories he does, how he represents different characters, etc.  And I was really surprised that I was very into the novel not because of the unique art but also because the story is very interesting.  I enjoyed the story about Stel and his partner Atan and how first it is just a space adventure story about two friends from a super far future,