“A Brief History of Webcomics” by Lee Atchinson explores the roots of webcomics and how it came to be. Before I read this article, I thought webcomics were a fairly recent publishing media. However, some of the first webcomcis were published during 1989. Many artists started picking up on the infinite canvas and the digital affordances webcomics were able to reveal. Thus, after the publication of webcomics like “Doctor Fun” and “Where the Buffalo Roam,” popularity arose and the First Age Webcomics ended. By the early 2000s, webcomics began to take all forms of genres, new artists drew their attention … Continue reading History of Webcomics

The blog titled “The Pleasure of the Serial Comic Book” by Osvaldo Oyola was an interesting read because it pointed out a perspective about comics that I did not recognize. Oyola explains the affect long term serial comics have on readers. She mentions that they are able to evoke pleasure, engagement, and eroticism. At first, when I read through this article, I was very confused on how readers could find pleasure through comics, however, when exploring each they ways that each reader reads comics can arouse different emotional feelings. One person may read the text to its fullest, but somebody … Continue reading Eroticism in Series Comics

After reading through Hyperbole and a Half through its print version and its online version, I have found several key differences that really enhance both versions. It was interesting to read the series “Depression” in its online form because it is very interactive. There is no alt-text or hidden text, however, the fact that I can scroll through the webcomic without a pause and shows all the images at once, helps keep my attention on the illustrations and the captions that go alongside it. One of the main differences that show Hyperbole and a Half is different than other webcomics … Continue reading

LGBTQ has been a very controversial topic in literature due to its context politically, however, many libraries are opening their doors to a new genre of LGBTQ media and literature. Although more people are claiming to support LGBTQ, it is still a relatively new issue and is “poorly understood.” According to Hatfield, this society has been attempting to use art to take away all the misinterpretations of transgenders and LGBTQ communities. However, they are still underrepresented in the media, which creates a feeling of disempowerment.   Luckily, through webcomics, it fuels the next generation of the trans and LGBTQ community. … Continue reading LGBTQ in Webcomics

The reading by Janice Radway shows the purpose of webcomics and what kind of feelings it can arouse. As Radway puts it, she explains how romance reading from the age of the beginning of books, it helped woman release any tensions and pressures that were piling during their weekly routines. So, it allowed women to dive into a new realm of “escapism.”  While analyzing the text, I could feel the importance of novels and in this case webcomics. Webcomics allow readers to seek escape from reality and release all their emotions. Radway also describes romantic novels as a leeway to … Continue reading Women and their Romance Novels

In the first presentation that was presented, I learned the important of corporate connections and how this In the first presentation that was presented, I learned the important of corporate connections and how this can build an audience more efficiently and with a more powerful impact. The webcomic presentations that were presented still seem to carry on the issue of how a webcomic being updated weekly has major influence on building an audience because it keeps the audience waiting impatiently and excited to read the next episode.   Additionally, a common argument for all the webcomics seem to be able … Continue reading Webcomic Presentation 3

After viewing all the webcomic presentations today and reflecting on my own webcomic, I believe that there were a wide variety of types of webcomics, for example, manga, webtoons, and the general American webcomics. Additionally, a few of the presentations brought up a new genre of webcomics like the discussion over LGBTQ issues. It was interesting to see so many different topics that could be portrayed through webcomics. Additionally, it was unique to hear the two different opinions on the webcomic, “The Loneliest Astronaut.” Emily first presented that she wouldn’t include her webcomic presentation in the webcomic exhibition because of … Continue reading Webcomic Presentation 2

For the first day of webcomic presentations, I learned that a lot of artists uses the tenet of “Creating an Audience.” I think this tenet is very valuable and very powerful because without an audience or subculture, artists would not be motivated to continue with creating their webcomic.   I was very interested in Taylor’s presentation and her webcomic, “A Guard’s story” because it was not a webcomic genre I have ever seen. It was also a personal narrative webcomic which I found could also set a precedent to future comics. The art of the comic was also very unique … Continue reading Webcomic Presentation 1

Richard Lanham’s “Economics of Attention” begins with several metaphors and analogies that signify the love we have for things. The things we own, the clothing we wear are all ways humans love to display brand loyalty. As our generation continues to progress into materialism, people are more succumbed to the changes of style and thirst for it. But this also leads to the question, on who and how do precedents for the popular styles start. This article brings up several questions that are related to the study of attention and how information is shared and acquired. For example, the article … Continue reading “Fluff Instead of Stuff”

The Comix Revolution was said to be a revolution that changed the history of genres in comics. Especially when the comix revolution hit the internet, more creators were able to produce their controversial storylines on an infinite canvas. The article “Webcomics: The influence and Continuation of the Comix Revolution” by Fenty, Houp, and Taylor redefine the definition of webcomics. They define it as another free form canvas where “aesthetic experimentation” happens and that webcomics are unconfined to censorship.   The underground comix revolution demonstrated the underground culture of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The 1960s was a time of … Continue reading Underground Comics