- Find and review any graphic novel or comic.
- Describe, discuss and evaluate the three main modalties of communication: 1) words, 2) pictures, 3) frames.
- How did each communicate?
- How did the the three work together to "say" something more than either one phenomenon alone?
I found the open source graphic novel NYC2123 online. The graphic novel has intriguing concepts and a plot line that is easy to follow. The dialogue was present tense, while the descriptions were done in past tense with the characters' introspection through-out the story. The images flowed like pieces of a bigger picture. As I was reading it, I felt pulled into the story. The items and locations in this futuristic world were highly creative.
It starts out with a male junkie and a woman who are walking outside of the wall. Outside the wall that barricades New York from the outsiders, there are drug traffickers and cybernetic body part traders. The art left more to the imagination, but the commercials such as a Marlboro machine and cameras. The woman and man are on a mission to transport drugs. There is something fishy about the trade. Not only does the cyborg who is sent on the mission go underwater to a place that was known to have been destroyed long ago, but the chemicals "drugs" are liquid and in a nitrogen proof case.
The interwoven plot is what makes this interesting. Each story is interwoven with action and experience to the other individual stories.
NYC 2123
Illustration: Paco Allen
Writing: Chad Allen
Story: Chad Allen & Paco Allen
They were supposed to be getting a rare squirrel, and it turned out to be a rat. An obvious set up. The aerial views of the city bring the comic to life.
Over-all it is an interesting story with an unraveling plot. The use of dialogue helps keep you involved.
The symbolic imagery, background story, dialogue, and sequence of pictures make the comic engaging. It wasn't as interesting to me as some online graphic novels which incorporate sound, but it was easier to follow.
