April 2010
1 post
October 2009
1 post
Before I explain my comic and thesis...
What got me intrested in this topic? To be honest I never knew I was into this topic that much, until I had some sort of revelation one night. As I thought night after night what to do for my thesis, I kinda had the subject…which was “comics”, but what about them didnt seem to come through. It wasn’t until my friend Sergio Romero brought me the whole collection of...
September 2009
7 posts
Apologies
Excuse the tardiness, I’ve been tied up with other work. I know I haven’t posted in awhile, but just to let you know- The script has already been started and character concepts will be ready for the first presentation on Oct.5th. The comic its well on its way- and I’m sure everyone will enjoy this.
Pablo Sanchez
What is an anti-hero?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihero
In fiction, an antihero[1] (feminine: antiheroine) is a protagonist whose character or goals are antithetical to traditional heroism. The term dates to 1714[2], although literary criticism identifies the trope in earlier literature. [3]
History
There is no definitive moment when the antihero came into existence as a literary trope. The antihero has evolved...
Propuesta
El tema de Tesina sigue en pie, La violencia aceptada a travez del tiempo en los comics. Para mi obra plastica y projecto final para la Escuela de Artes Palsticas- hare un comic tradicional que demuestre como la violencia se ha ido colando poco a poco en nuestra sociedad. Y lo llevere a cabo de forma psycologica usando el villano como anti-hero. Si no entienden ahora, les prometo que van a caer en...
August 2009
12 posts
The Golden Age for Heroes
The Golden age was the launch for most of these guys. We’re talking late 1930s almost 40s. Here we were introduced to characters like Superman, his amazing powers, and what a secret identity for these characters was. Most of the most popular DC heroes started off in what’s known as the “Golden age”.
Golden Age
(During World War II, superheroes grew in popularity,...
Where did these heroes come from?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero#History_of_American_superheroes_in_comic_books
The mythologies of many ancient civilizations feature pantheons of gods and goddesses with superhuman powers, as well as demigods like Heracles and heroes such as Gilgamesh and Perseus.[13][14] Later, folkloric heroes such as Robin Hood and the 19th century protagonists of Victorian literature, such as the...
What is a superhero?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero
A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is “a fictional character of unprecedented powers dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest”.[1] Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes—ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas—have dominated American...
Proposal for my thesis and seminar project
So far I’ll be doing a traditional comic as my final piece. Can’t really give you a story or charcters without the research, but that will be coming soon, ok? So stay tunned and we’ll see what I come up with for next week.
100 random words to explain my thesis...
1.author
2.comic
3.violence
4.character
5.hero
6.villan
7.event
8.outcome
9.banning
10.censorship
11.kill
12.live
13.victim
14.rape
15.winning
16.losing
17.hope
18.despair
19.anarchy
20.chaos
21.continued
22.fight
23.battle
24.Batman
25.Superman
26.Spiderman
27.Spawn
28.Jim Lee
29. Todd McFarlane
30. Quitin Tarentino
31. John Woo
32. Anime
33. Japan
34.Comic Authority Code
35....
The Root of the problem...
What caused such an outburst of violence in the 1960s? I believe it was provoked by all the censoring our friends from the Comic code did back in the 50’s…
Who and what is the Comic Code Authority?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority
The Comics Code Authority (CCA) is part of the Comics Magazine Association of America (CMAA), and was created to regulate the content of...
What is violence?
Es importante empezar definiendo violencia:
What is violence?
According to wikipedia…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence
Violence is the expression of physical force against self or other, compelling action against one’s will on pain of being hurt.[1][2][3] Variant uses of the term refer to the destruction of non-living objects (see property damage). Worldwide, violence is used...
6 palabras para describir este proyecto...
1. Evolution
2. Heroes
3. Society
4. Violence
5. Censorship
6. Acceptence
Temas para la Tesina y Seminario
1. La historia del comic como mitologia moderna
2. Violencia aceptada a travez del tiempo en el comic
3. La evolucion de la violencia en los comics desde el 1950 hasta el 2009
I chose number 2 and mixed it with number 3. Number 1 sounds way too boring for me at least.