Week one: Do you think comics are a children’s or adult genre/media?
Firstly I think comics are children’s and adult genre. Comics are perfect combinations of images and words. It’s visual art. Comics are a most popular genre at moment because it has got function such as humours, cheap and easy-understanding.
Although I think it fit both different groups of people, I still find it fits children better than adults. On the one hand, image is a most shine point that comic has got, we always be attacked by those funny, cute characters which means kids would love it when they first see comics. On the other hand, less word may mean more interesting. Through one page of pictures, kid will understand the situation and image more to link it then a few words will tell them the story happens in that page. Kids don’t need much detail descriptions of what they want to read and know.
Comics will be a fast way of getting knows new knowledge for kids. From my point of view, picture reading do seems quite interesting and it appeals me, however if I want to know more information of what I am reading with I would prefer read articles and book with more words and less images. For me, comic is far away not enough of information. It’s normally use indirect way to represent an event or a place. It’s genre but may not be popular. So as my analysis, I think comics are the balance of visual arts and images.
Herge (2005 ；1935). The Adventures of Tintin : The Blue Lotus. London: Methuen.
I do agree with you ~~ comic is not only belong to one age rank.So both Child and Adult has their own comic genres~~~
ReplyDeleteI have never really known about comics, they are stereotypically more of a boy thing. I think that today, comics appeal more to adults - i never see children reading them, do you? But i do know adults that collect them (and get all worked up over Hollywood remakes!). Im not sure if this is because it is taking them back to their youth or if it is because comics appeal more adults. Also, as we can see in Tin Tin, comics contain many metanarratives that only an adult can grasp. In fact, many comics appear quite political - look at Xmen (and the metaphysics of race in that!).
ReplyDelete