Ms. B: Exploring Graphic Novels

Representing Mania in Illustrations Ellen Forney's Marbles is a memoir about her experience of coming to terms with her diagnoses of bipolar disorder and finding balance between the mania and depression states. Forney art allows The reader is able to get an inside understanding of how Ellen's outer life experiences while revealing her inner state of mind and how she feels during these two polar moods. Forney's illustrations can be sorted into two groups, Ellen in the state of depression, and Ellen in the state of mania. She uses dark contrast, doodles, empty space, and exaggerations in her art to translates her mood and perspective to the page. Below are a few examples of her she illustrated her manic episodes. An illustration of her extremely large and wild back tattoo. Big eyes, stars, and lines coming from her face and body. Big eyes, stars, lines, and the many ideas and thoughts going on in her mind. Different mood states, many that can be i...

Comic Based on Persepolis By Jessica Baron             https://Pixton.com/ic:4mnz69sd

Marjane Satrapi's Representation  of How the Child Understands War: One theme or idea that has stuck out to me the most while reading The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, is the affect of war on childhood growth and development. The beginning of this story follows Marji from a child at the age of ten to a young adult who is forced to flee her country. Throughout the first half of the book, traces of the effects of war and corrupt politics on her young development can be pointed out. Satrapi not only describes these childhood events from her personal memory, but she also uses dark contrasted ink to paint a visual image for the reader to engage and get an emotional insider view.  Examples: Talking to God and planning to become a Prophet. Pretending to be solders in the Revolution and demonstrating in the garden. Believing God chose the King. Trying to understand the tortures and imprisonment of her grandfather. She didn't under...