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Technology, The Enemy or the Ally of the Comic?

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons                                                          ~R. Buckminster Fuller 

We must use technology to help better humanity, not only in military defense, or to make our lives more comfortable, but in learning and reading.  If we can,t integrate technology into the many priceless pieces of literature that abound within our society, I fear reading, and the joy it brings, will be lost forever.

This recommendation was created at BitStrips.com if any of you are interested.  It gives a lot of facial expression options, and allows you to do a lot with the positioning of the arms, legs, and fingers.  It's free you just have to set up a log-in name and password.  It is very easy to use, I recommend it, and I will be making more comics on this site in the future.  I will miss the weekly blog, so for all you future English 112 students who read this, listen up.  Enjoy it while it lasts, it's exciting, and teaches you in the process.  Remember, technology must be utilized if the comic medium is going to survive.  So get online create your own comics, or blog about some comics, because this type of technology is the tool that will continue to bring reading and learning into the new age.       

Spiderman Again, Again, and Again...

The beginning of the comic Spiderman a boy named Peter Parker is introduced along with his uncle and aunt. Peter and his family live in Queens New York where he attends a local high school. Peter’s story begins with a normal day within his life. On this day Peter tens to get made fun of and picked on by pretty girls and jocks. At one point a football player actually throws a football at Peter and ends up knocking him down. After this incident Peter goes to one of his classes where the teacher is informing them about their grades for their pop quiz. The teacher claims that everyone did badly except for Peter. The teacher then decides to award him for his good grade by giving him tickets to a demonstration at the New York City Hall of Science. On this trip Peter is exposed to a radioactive spider that bites him, causing him to get sick, and make his veins pop out on his hand forming what looks like a web. He then freaks out by almost getting run over, he eventually pukes. Later on that day Peter goes home to rest which is when he ends up hanging from his roof. After his rest Peter wakes up feeling a million times better. Not only does he feel better but also different in a good way. In fact, he does not even need to wear his glasses anymore. Peter then goes outside to discover his new powers by tumbling and climbing up walls. After this incident Peters mind begins to run wild thinking about all the new possibilities that can come out of his new powers.

This comic was interesting; however, it is basically a remake of the older Spiderman storyline. It would have been more interesting if maybe Peter would have got his powers somewhere else or if some things would have changed. This comic relates back to Scott McClouds Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. It relates back to his claim that comic creators are having a hard time creating new things. By basically retelling the story nothing is changing and a lot of people are already familiar with this story line so people might lose interest. Hopefully, comic creators will try and change the Spiderman storyline or come up with a new idea.   

Nerdy is the new BLACK

Dinosaurs vs. Aliens is about the invasion of the blue planet. It starts out in space in an alien ship type, and the aliens talk in their foreign language, but soon once they are on the planet they speak english when communicating to each other. They report "Its him. I think he's dead," stating their findings on a dusty mountain during an eclipse, as if a war had just happened. The Scout Commander Kit had recorded that by the time they arrived to the blue planet they were out of fuel and nevertheless hope. More than half of the population had died of starvation or sickness during their five generations of their migration. So with no where left to go they had no choice but to make due, because even if they failed there there was nothing left for them anywhere else without resources. Kit left the record for those who survive without extinction, and he left it solely as a warning, doing what "they had to do." The tribal dinosaurs come into the comic and Kit commentates that what he did doesn't make it right. The leader dinosaur admits it was he who brought everyone there taking the responsibility and they did things not for themselves but for others, for the collective. They went in there with a purpose but getting what you want isn't always that simple. No matter how thought out the dinosaurs planned, they stated that there will always be obstacles you don't expect. "There was someone standing in our way and they had their own ideas." And then a huge killer dinosaur comes in and..... the tale ends at: To be continued.
I honestly didn't really like this comic. It was super confusing to understand who was talking and was literally about 8 pages long! It starts into the story and then just ends with to be continued. To be continued when? Where? It was free comic day, I wanted the whole story with the only free comic I'm getting! But even though the comic wasn't what I expected neither was the field trip. I thought it was going to be okay, it was extra credit. But it was actually really awesome! I didn't expect the comics to look how they did, or even some of the stories to be made into comics. Everything seemed so colorful and inviting, I wanted to buy multiple. One I thought was really cool was 300, I had no idea even that was a comic, or as long as a short book. The field trip was a great experience and I can say I am going to check out the comic store in Nob Hill after seeing how cool this nerdy store is, and I plan on spreading the word of this unpopular phenomenon!

Not all comics such as comics such as Bad Medicine link to Superheroes

In the comic Bad Medicine, the story includes a detective who is investigating a case of a scientist who is found dead in his apartment This story is mostly on a research a scientist was doing. In the comic book we are taken with this detective throughout her investigation. In her investigation we find a body in which appears to have a head however it’s invisible. The cause of the head not being able to be seen was because of the cause an experiment that a scientist was making. This affect was a side effect in the experiment.  The doctor disappears after almost losing his medicine license. Meanwhile no one can get a hold of him. They find there to be no blood outside the body leaving it to be a mystery. In this comics book shows that not all comic characters can link to biblical figures instead they derive from elsewhere. Common figures such as this one are common not superheroes. Showing that not all comic characters link to biblical heroes instead they develop into common stories. Bad Medicine is a great story overall in its drawings and choice of diction.  It illustrates that only superheroes such as Superman can be linked to biblical hero’s not common figures such as detectives. Not all comic book figures can be portrayed as heroes.  

Superman's New Look!

My comic recommendation!
Enjoy, even though it may be a little bit cheesy...

Comics to all the Schools!! -Recommendation-

Superman RAGE.

My comic strip. Bare with me please!

Atomic Robo

Atomic Robo begins with Robo ranting to two grave yard shift workers, Ananth and George, about how he needs their help with a problem that has been brought up to his attention. Robo then calls in Dr. Dinosaur, who happens to be an expert on the subject of the problem as well as an enemy of Robo. The workers are startled to see that Dr. Dinosaur is there to work with them but Robo eventually calms everyone down and explains that Dr. Dinosaur is only there to help solve the problem and nothing more. While on their way to where they will be working, Dr. Dinosaur explains how he will use crystals to solve the problem but Robo and his team question his method. Once they arrive to their destination they are surprised to see that Dr. Dinosaur's plan will work and prepare to set up his "crystal method." Once Dr. Dinosaur turns on his controller a ginormous futuristic looking T-Rex crashes through the wall and begins to destroy everything it sees. Dr. Dinosaur then explains that this was all part of his plan but soon realizes that the controller used to control the T-Rex is not working is out of control. As everyone runs to escape the monster, Robo gets a hold of Dr. Dinosaur just before he is able to escape. Soon after, Robo's team explains that he has to stop the T-Rex before it destroys everything. Robo and Dr. Dinosaur then decide in order to destroy the monster they must work together but that they still have unresolved business to tend to afterward. The two then split up to set up the plan and to find and lure the T-Rex into the facility's cannon. Robo and Dr. Dinosaur eventually meet and dash towards the cannon as the T-Rex follows. They make it to the cannon just in time and once the cannon fires the T-Rex is vaporized and Robo and Dr. Dinosaur end up landing near the Swiss border. Dr. Dinosaur is then shown driving away in a car just before Robo could get to him.

At first I thought the comic was going to be boring because a majority of the dialog was "scientific" and I did not understand anything Robo was saying. But then the comic got easier to read and it was actually pretty funny. I would definitely recommend this comic to people who want to read a "nerdy" funny and action filled comic.

Comic strip!

I apologize that I couldn't get the strips to pop up. The website wanted me to purchase an account to download the comics.
Hope it doesn't bore you and you find some parts funny (:
p.s: the links are in order, the first link starts the strip and of course the last link ends the strip.