Visual Expressions
There are so many ways to tell stories. Whether it’s comic books, graphic novels, visual novels, webcomics, etc, there are quite a lot of other mediums to tell a story. On this day, we will be talking about those books and formats that move beyond just words and use other ways to experience a story.
Julie:
I have to admit I haven’t read any comic books or graphic novels or any of this type of storytelling media. Sure, I read picture books as a child and illustrated novels, but then when I moved onto regular novels and stayed there. Comics (other than comic strips in the Sunday newspaper) have always seemed a little much for me and I probably didn’t give them a fair try before deciding to skip that media over completely. Now I’m thinking it would be cool to read some if I can easily get my hands on one. Maybe I would start with the Buffy Season 8 series – because Buffy.
Rose:
I read quite a bit of manga and graphic novels myself. I find myself prefering manga over GN, though.
My son makes me read them with him now and then 🙂 But I’m not big on graphic novels. I watch anime though 🙂
Ramona recently posted…The Unreliable Narrator
Another thing your son got you into, or were you already into anime?
I use to read comic books when I was a kid. My grandma would buy them for me but my mom didn’t like me reading them because she wanted me to read chapter books. I was reading three grades higher than the rest of my peers. It use to be that educators and parents didn’t want kids to read graphic novels but the times have dramatically changed. This current generation is very visual. They need games, graphic novels, etc. because their brains process information differently than our own generation. It’s so interesting. I tell my students that they have to read a chapter book and then they can read a graphic novel.
Allison Bruning recently posted…#ArmchairBEA: Visual Storytelling
That’s a good balance to have the kids read one chapter book per graphic novel. Good idea.
Thanks.
Allison Bruning recently posted…#ArmchairBEA: Social Media
Honestly, they’re not my thing either, ladies. But I did read manga (first book in a series) for my oldest daughter when it was *her* thing and she asked me to. I also read Persepolis, which is a graphic novel, also at her request. I couldn’t get in to the manga…the story was actually nice but it’s so hard to read. You have to train your brain to read in the proper way – which is backwards and from the inside out. *ha* Persepolis though, I loved!
Bookworm Brandee recently posted…Review ~ Paradise City ~ CJ Duggan
Manga sounds complicated and not something my brain will wrap around hah
Once you get used to reading from the “back” of the book and from the “opposite” side of the page, manga are fun to read. But, for some, the R-to-L reading is a real dealbreaker.