Comic Strips and Animation

A part of it that I found interesting was when it talked about comic strips and animation. In it they mention how comic strip and book characters speak with bubbles, over exaggeration of faces, and extreme angles. It was said to the world of animation and comic strips strongly represent a world that is very much different than our own.

They tell a story or stories for characters that can't age, scar, or feel pain. It would seem that superheroes can recover from anything, and that they always win. Every superhero has a perfectly chiseled body, would be one stereotype of your standard comic book. One might ask, how does Bruce Wayne have time to go to work, be Batman and have the body of Mr. Olympia?

The narratives that are portrayed comic book show that a superhero can do no wrong, and as I said before can't age. The punisher is original background story, was that he was a Vietnam vet. In a 1992 comic book, the Vietnam vet looks to be not older than 32. Even though Capt. America fought Hitler in World War II, he looks just as good in the 90s. Also what I've noticed, Beetle Bailey has been a private for over 40 years!

The example that was used in Chapter 2 was the animated series The Simpsons. Maggie has been the same age since 1989. Bart has been in the fourth grade for about two decades. Lastly, they are all wearing the same clothes. They are all dressed like it was still the 90s.

It wasn't up until the new millennium, in which animators and comic book artists started keeping up with the times. In Japanese animation, main characters can feel fatigue, they can lose, and they can even die. Same thing goes with comic books. Many members of the X-Men were killed off as well as some of the villains. Batman is start a think what is the point of saving Gotham city.

I think the narratives in comic strips and animation are getting much more creative. And I also believe that they're keeping up with the times as well. In an upcoming blog. I'm going to talk about the comic book series that change the way we think about comics. It's called Batman: Knightfall. I'll be posting it soon. Enjoy!