A wide world of comics

I really enjoyed reading comics from other countries, the storytelling is different and seems to be more of stories for adults or mature readers and a lot of sci-fi or political reads were shown. I read Metal Hurlant which was in Spanish and it interested me what was being told or shown in comics in latin countries, there was a lot of different styles shown that resembled the time and that you probably wouldn't see in American comics. In French comics there is a lot of dark humor within their comics as well as dark imagery or dark storytelling. Pandemonium being an example, very dark story with some horror within it, plus it was based on true events which makes it even more of a scary story. In Moebius' Black Incal, the story really drew you in, in it's action sci-fi thriller. The story was different from others and at first you don't really believe in the hero but as you keep reading you start to grow more for the main character as he himself is trying to be the hero. There is more thought to the villains and not just typical good guy, bad guy that's in many comics and there's more of a psychological dynamic within this comic that not many have which is what I like best from this work.

Stereotypes

Stereotypes are in a way useful for storytellers and is the easy and lazy way out in creating characters, because then you have a person that is recognizable to the viewers and they are easily understood to be who they are and don't have to set up anything for them. It can be useful but it also narrows the idea of the them and keeps them in the past way of things when we should be focusing on the future. People change and people aren't who you think they are and that is more interesting and more refreshing to read and see than having them be the classic stereotype/cliche of their character.

Maus

When I first started reading this comic I didn't think I was going to be as engrossed as I was, this comic really felt like a novel and really got me to want to know more. The usage of anthropomorphic animals to represent people is great especially when you use the age-old enemies of the animal kingdom, a cat and mouse. I like that he used this because everyone can understand that a cat and a mouse hate each other and is more recognizable than say a bird and a worm, plus the imagery is better for it. The author is great in story telling, the way he goes back and forth in the past and the present really keeps the reader interested and kind of takes a break from everything as well as the main character. I thought that the visuals were, not messy but thick with the lines which was probably to really show the characters as they are with no further detail and to create a sense of tension, which happens throughout the whole comic novel. It was a great read and really makes you feel what happened during the Nazi revolution on a personal level.