Saturday, February 27, 2016
Week Three: Understanding Comics
For the third week I decided to read some of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts. Growing up in the 90s I remember watching the cartoon and not knowing they were a comic strip until looking further into the story. The Peanuts personally brings back childhood memories for me even though I can’t recall being a huge fan, it was definitely something I remember enjoying watching/reading growing up. For me the childlike humor throughout the comic strips brings a special quality to the comics, as well as their iconic characters and quotes. I also very much enjoy the simplistic drawing style approach to the comics, as well as the slight change of the look of the characters its interesting to see what they originally looked like and what they look like now. An interesting factor is that the comic strip is revolved around a society of kids and adults rarely if ever make an appearance. Also for this week I decided to take a look at Calvin and Hobbes, which I remember seeing as a kid growing up but can’t remember reading. Similar to the Peanuts comic strips I enjoy the simplistic artistic approach as well as the childlike humor and adventure. I think growing up we have all had a special stuffed animal or toy we played with and the creator of Calvin and Hobbes does a great job of taking us back to our childhood and remembering those times. I also enjoy how Hobbes goes from being a stuffed animal into a live tiger when in the perspective of Calvin.
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