Final Grades

 74 reading points

14 attended classes 

1 missed class

Total - 88

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (5 Points)

Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daneil Clowes is one of the most interesting comics i've read. The main character, Clay, is the perfect cipher for the reader to relate to. As Clay is trying to figure out why his wife was in a bdsm movie the reader is also confused by the seemingly random events that happen to Clay. Even right before the discovery of his wife is shown the first strange act is a prostitute going up to him, in a movie theater, asking for a good time. From there it only gets stranger. Sex and mental and physical abuse is the main themes in the comic. Randomly one moment while lookign for his wife he gets attacked by cops then lands in a sex cult to find out the leader is a wanted fellon to then just leave to see a fish women. The strangeness continues. Yet while all these things that normally would freakout a person Clay is completely fine. He rarely reacts in the way most people would act, with emotion. Which is why I think he became a great main character. Lots o...
Read more

Lackadaisy Cats (5 points)

       This week I read Lackadaisy Cats by Tracy Butler. I wasn't expecting a comic about cats in the 1920s but I'm glad this is a thing. It was a great read to learn about some of the anitics that could have happened when running an underground bootleg mission in St. Louis. As glamorous as the 20s are made to seem within most media i feel like this one felt more down to earth/more realistic. It seems light hearted and fun since the main character we follow most times is Rocky. He's very easy going about being in an illegal gang and supplying booze to people which was a mentality seemingly most have. He's there just to please Miss. M. or Mitzi May the leader of Atlus by the death of her husband. I really love how her character is slowly revealed by her own actions. She clearly cared about her husband but knows she needs a powerful man to help continue her business. She knows how to use her assets to get what she wants while relying on only a few trusted lackeys to ge...
Read more

The Killing Joke (2 points)

  The Killing Joke -  1. What is your reaction to the text you just read? I know little to nothing about the Marvel/DC superhero universes. I've truly only seen the Tobey Maguire spiderman series on top of random movies here and there. I've also watched Joker 2019. So Joker 2019/Spiderman are the only ones i have any relatively good knowledge of. I feel like both of these pieces of media both go into the reasons as to why they are who they are. The comic goes into more detail since it doesn't have any major restrictions. You almost start to feel bad for the Joker since he was created when he was the most mentaly broken. His wife dies with a baby randomly, the mob tricks him then he falls into radioactive goop that permanently deforms him all in an afternoon. This shift within the batman universe has definitely helped give depth to these normally good or bad heroes especially in this time period. But even with these good bits there is a lot of bad as well.   2. What...
Read more