John Wayne's Blog

                  It is an original story about the supervillains, Joker, appeared in the Superhero comic The Batman. The theme is very Dark, it contains violence, and the art is very tense. It is a story about Joker, one of Batman's greatest enemy. Joker, known as "the one who Laughs", was a normal man who had suffered lots of life misfortunes, decided to give up his original identity and became this super evil villain who kills and torture innocent.                  There are connections between me and the story because I can feel the suffering from the Joker when he was in his misfortunes. And if you don't have a strong and clear mind to carry and support you through that abyss, the stress will crush you. It will make you become something really evil. Joker was not able to carry himself through that abyss, and I believe not many people can do if all thought things happen on them.                  I think the story is already very solid with its intense art style

                  Protagonist in a lot of the old comics is male. Starting from the 60s, more and more female protagonist appears. Captain Marvels and She Hulk were two popular comics which the protagonist was female. I believe the female protagonist appears because of the women rights movenment.                   Carol Danvers was the protagonist in Captain Mavel. Carol was a United States Air Force officer and was a colleague of the superhero Mar-Vell. Later in the comic her DNA was fused by Mar-Vell's which made her great strength and power. Later she became Captain Mavel, and joined the  Marvel Superhero team, the Avengers.                    She Hulk was first introduce to the world in 1980 by Stan Lee. Her original identity was Jennifer Walters, Doctor Bruce Banner's cousin. She became the She Hulk in a emergency blood transfer from her cousin. But she was different from the Hulk because while became the big strong green hued superhuman, she maintained intelligence and

                I believe Comic as Contemporary literature has various defination. In the comic Fountain by Darren Aronofsky, the story is very fantasized. The art meadium is water color. The story has a huge world view, and it really jumps in a big range in a relatively short amount of narration. In the History of Violence by John Wager, the art medium is pen and ink. The story takes place in normal human world, and its much more close to really life. The narration of the story is linear, and progressive through time. Where as the Alice in sunderland by Bryan Talbot, the art medium is very unique. It is like a graphical mix shear. The story is about local historical folk tales and legends, and it takes place in North East England. In the Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Niko Henrichon. The stroy is ficinalized base upon the war taken place in Iraq. The narration is linear. There is really no defination of Comic, and comic as a contemporary literature can means a

               Battle Angel Alita is a Japanese manga series written by Yukito Kishiro. The theme of the manga series is Cyberpunk, which the human world has developed significant technological breakthroughs. Things, even human bodies, are hardly mechanized. The story happens in a post-apocalyptic era and the protagonist is a girl cyborg named Alita(Gunme), who has lost all memories and is found in a garbage heap by a cybernetics doctor. The doctor fixes and takes care of her. I like this manga series because Cyberpunk is one of my favorite styles of story. People are changed, and the world is difficult to survive. I love how advanced technology not only changes the human body parts but also changes the human mind. And the non-linear narration of the story is interesting. More and more threats are discovered, as she discovers her truth and memories. At the end it makes people think to whether the development of advanced technology is involving the people or destroying people.