Contemporary Literature

When getting into groups and choosing a comic to read, the first one I chose was Daytripper which was a great read in that it was different than what I usually read. It's a comic about death and how the main character is an obituary writer who wants to write differently other than death but also is contemplating his own life in that aspect. As well as dealing with father issues the main character has a lot of feelings that aren't being told or spoken about but we can get the feeling of what he thinks about his father throughout conversations he has with his family, and it does get a little confusing whether his dad is alive or not, it seems like he is and is celebrating his birthday but at first I thought he was dead but I'm not too sure which one to believe in. The ending really leaves you in suspense into what really happened, and a little bit of surprise for it to end that way so fast with no resolution other than it coming back to death but it's a good read in that it really makes you think about life and death.
My favorite read was the The Dream Hunters which was beautiful in its illustrations and the comic felt more of a book than a comic but I loved the different quality it had. The illustrations really gave the overall feel or the main action in the page of reading. The story to me felt more of a fable than anything like a moral story of teaching kids of right and wrong but it entertained me and I love the fantastical/supernatural quality of it.
Channel Zero was very dark and grungy and dealt with a positive and negative theme which fits within the story since its about a totalitarian world and that the main character is trying to fight the system and get everyone else to fight with her or to wake up from the society they are in. She's a tough girl who isn't afraid of anything and does what she wants in her art to create chaos and get people to think more.
Asterios Polyp was a great read, it was beautiful in it's graphic components like how each main character had it's own talk bubble and it reflects each character, the guy was blue and geometric and the girl was pink and had more of an organic feel to it, and it continues that way throughout the comic. It had good forms of design throughout, and showing the way you can illustrate feelings in an abstract way.