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  Step Aside, Pops (Hark! A Vagrant)  is the first time I have ever read any of Kate Beaton's works, and I really enjoyed it! The best way I can describe her stories is through her art style- simple, but utterly charming! I really love how she takes her love for history and literature and creates such charming and funny little stories. I feel like other history aficionados would get a hoot from her comics, as they are also filled with references of very specific historical trivia. I strongly appreciate that she also creates comics with pop culture, such a wonder woman, and basing comics on strange illustrations and book covers too, so everyone can get a good laugh in! Her sense of humor is very specific and on the nose, but I love that so much. She also has some commentary as well. Some of the segments star people of color, but she does not shy away from the racial injustices these people had to face during those times. She also has two fairly long segments dedicated to toxic femin

 I have seen a few of the strips of the Perry Bible Fellowship during my hikes through the internet. If I would attempt to describe what Perry  is, it would be if  Cyanide and Happiness  and Cards Against Humanity  had a child, and this child grew up and went into fine arts. Mixed in with the simple pen and color designs of some of the comics, there were some that really showed Gurewitch's technical prowess, with much more refined characters, shading and coloring. Although some strips can be considered quite crass, there is still some refinement when it comes to composition and the writing itself. And that's not to say all his stories are disturbing or rather inappropriate, as he also writes more wholesome content as well. I'd say the thing that is carried through each strip is subversion of expectation, and due to the limited panels, makes you take a moment and make sense of a certain joke or potential context. If it weren't obvious from my earlier comparisons, I have

 Nimona is a shockingly great graphic novel. Made by Noelle Stevenson, who was still in college at the time, the story was originally a webcomic before gaining its physical status. The story starts slow, beginning with a cold open as Nimona volunteers to become the biggest villain's henchman. The story itself though, is more about Nimona and her relationship with her boss, more than the villain winning, which becomes more apparent near the halfway point of the book. The story is funny, sweet, and a great read, even if the ending is almost heart-breaking. When it comes to world-building, it comes to no surprise it is just as well written, only providing key points of the world to explain, as needed. There is little to no expository elements and the story is able to glide smoothly because of it. Key items and details are shown throughout the story, and are utilized in the final act, and follows the rule of checkouts gun very nicely.  Noelle Stevenson is someone I have looked up to as

 1. The reaction to the text I had was that this felt like a strange and deep tango, of a culmination of things that were built up between Batman and the Joker. I was also astonished to how well the Joker was written, as it can be hard to write motivations for a character, mostly villains, especially if they're too insane to remember their own backstory.  2. "All it takes is one bad day." Thankfully, I haven't had such a bad day as Batman nor the Joker, but I have had days that have resulted in me changing for a while, often for the worse. Going numb, or abysmally depressed, I'm glad I have never gone insane. When the Joker finds out his wife had died, and he was just sitting there shocked, unable to process, I especially understood what he may have been feeling in that moment.  3. I think this would work really well as a written novel, with its strong imagrey I think working well with vivid descriptive words and prose. The biggest change I would make is whenever

 Interestingly, until when the underground comix movement began in the 70's, the content women created were very similar, just a bit more 'women-centric'. There was comedy, war stories, fantasy and super hero, most just revolved around women! Another significant distinction was a focus on comics about children or for children, which can also parallel the history of children's books themselves, as that was also started by women.  The interesting part is the divide that occurs during the underground comix movement. Both men and women focus on sex, but the divide happens as women also focus on women's rights, while men would end up going more absurdist. Finally, they show the 80s to present, not much to say that hasn't already been said in other comics I've discussed for the week, but if I would say anything, it felt like a perfect harmony between the two main differences I stated about the previous two comic generations: these comics revolved a female antagoni

As someone who has only heard the retelling of Frankenstein , it is interesting to read this rendition, which assumedly, is fairly faithful to the original. The artstyle and writing is very accurate to the works created during this time, and there is nothing technically special about this work, which doesn't mean it's not good! The comic also does not hold back on the gore or violence, most likely to be a one to one reenactment of the original in these cases, although that is just an assumption. As I am in the process of adapting Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, I am surprised and intrigued how well 280 pages translated into a comic of a little over 48 pages, and give me hope, as Carmilla has only 108, and I am planning to do it in 32 pages. I am going to use another Classics Illustrated  that I have read the original for as a resource for the project. It's really interesting comparing what I supposedly thought was in the original story, actually wasn't. I also really enj