Connor Lynch

Asterios Polyp, a graphic novel by David Mazzuchelli is a visually engaging story, with an interesting narrative twist. Instead of the typical first or third person narrative, the story is instead told by Asterios’s deceased twin brother Ignazio. The story follows Asterios’s journey following the loss of his home in a tragic fire, and chronicles his journey as a character. Although the story initially seems to have no real consistency or overarching plot line, but the little details that are shown instead of spoken create a semblance of contingency. Throughout the course of the novel you begin to develop a level of empathy for the protagonist despite his many flaws, which adds a level of realism to the story.

Well i honestly to keep talking a lot of what ive been reading as a kid but i just keep going way back into time to find that first bit of influence that really inspired me to push my goals into the direction i want to this day. So im gonna talk about A webcomic made way back in i think 2000 called Slightly Damned and to be honest i still check it out every so often. keeping up to date is eazy, pages come out at least every 3 to 4 weeks or so give or take but the storyline is about a war between angels and demons fighting against each other opposing gods for rule over the others domaine, heaven and hell. It primarily follows the Character Rhea a squirrel like humanoid cast into hell alongside her friends Buwaro a Demon and Kieri an angel. the plot so far is been slow since then but its still my favorite although at most corny, mostly its just a guilty pleasure. Ive also read a bit of "The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn" a wonderfully delightful webcomic, although i dislike

Superheros were, is and always will be my jam. it was more of the pinnacle of storytelling that i want to portray in any comics that i ever wanted to write, draw, whatever it really started with Hellboy, i think it was my finest moment in my life when it comes to comics when i owned "Seed of Destruction", others and a hand full of B.P.R.D comics too. hellboy was to me, my childhood hero alongside mike mignola and gealmor del toro ive always stand by the role of the hero in a supernatural gothic setting its my roots in my case really. Hellboy despite his appearance and heritage stands with mankind with a solid goal in mind when ever in the faces of undead nazis, golems or vampires that good will always prevail even when facing the apocalypse itself.  To me this is romance, the superhero venue and all its turns is the most enticing practice ive evern witness, though DC marvel, dark horse, image and so there are countless comics i could indulge myself into. Sandman is anoth

When i was a wee lad i had this 5 part manga book called "Zombie Powder". it was about a couple of bounty hunters acquiring a set number of rings that would render someone immortal but at some incredibly heavy price. It was honestly my gateway at some young age that lead into the beginning of my art drawing in a manga style for a while until i found my own way but that was really my introduction into that world. At first really i didn't have that much of a interest, i wasn't up to date with Naruto, i didn't own any of the death note books, nothing much but as i got older i really started appreciated the sheer abundance of  different stories that came from manga and anime and now im trying to keep up to date. One of them Blackjack and The Story of Buddha and with it the theology sheds light on a otherwise wonderful story.

For this week ive read  some of Valerian by  Jean-Claude Mezieres & Pierre Christin  and a little bit of  Nikopol Trilogy by    Enki Bilal , both ive know about for sometime now but aside from both of them appearing of film both comics are wonderfully creative and for the illustration equally the same in value.

 I personally believe that although stereotyping is unnecessary in order to create a well balanced cast of characters, it is undoubtedly a cornerstone that holds the tropes together.  Characters built around stereotypes are dull, two dimensional, and oftentimes  lack depth, which is the very thing that draws a consumers interest in the first place.  Of course a character can be given necessary development throughout the course of the story, and change their otherwise predictable behavior and tropes, but why not start off from something less basic? It's because building a character off of a trope is the easiest option a creator can have. Although the need to fill certain roles in stories can lead to unintentionally stereotypical characters, a truly talented creator should be able to mix things around in order to create a more stunningly dynamic character. A master could trick the audience into thinking that a character is locked in his role only to change it in a unexpected but nat