Lit. of Comics Week 5 / A life force and Blankets

First of all, talk about a similarity between two works. Usually, they focused on one character’s emotion and behaviors and it expressed by character’s line and an inner monologue. So the stream of a frame is quite flexible also it has various a view of perspective. Especially in “Blankets”, the main man character is an introspective and delicate person. For express his think and emotion, Thompson often uses an inner monologue and an abstract image directing. When he feels frightened or depressed, I could see the situation with his view by dark colors and offensive streams. “A life force” is not more dramatic than “Blanket”, but by a perspective view and shadow directing, I could read they’re emotion effectively. As compared with before, it not looks an arrange of acting like animation. If old works focused on character’s acting, Thompson and Eisner emphasis character’s inner. From the character’s face and various effects, we can read characters’ information enough and what is going on. In my think, these points make a reading easier than before works. I could more empathize character’s situation and I could more understand why she or he did that, even it not expressed in the story. On old works, an expression of emotion is not so dynamic and everything looks so flat. So I had to analyze between their conversation or thinking myself. But Thomson and Eisner make a line of emotion directing and it makes me get emphasize easier. It is similar to today’s comics than before I read at this class.