Moodboard.
Character sketches and ideas.
Another Idea for Lucinda.
Developing Hex.
Monday, 21 September 2015
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Friday, 11 September 2015
LO1: Analysis of a graphic novel or a comic.
Injustice Gods among
us.
*Genre.
The genre of Injustice Gods among us is
an action and adventure as well as a superhero genre. It includes Superman,
Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Wonderwoman, cyborg and the villain the Joker.
*Content and style.
The panelling of Injustice changes throughout the story, the majority of the pages have one larger picture and about 3 or 4 smaller pictures spread out on the page. A few pages there is a picture that fills one full page or a double spread, this occured when Doomsday appeared and when the Joker caused an explosion to destroy the city and kill lois and her unborn child. The writing for the comic is all in speech bubbles which come out each characters mouth when they are supposed to be speaking. Most comics including this one involves a lot of onomatapias, for example "Boom!" "Bang!" "Thud!" these all have a different typography to the content in the speech bubbles, the typography is thick and colourful and the font changes through out.The iconography is very detailed and colourful. Facial expressions are very exagerated in order to get across the emotions of the characters. I noticed that the illustrators leave the background of the pictures quite minamilistic, for example on the 6th page you can see that characters who are in the background have very minimal detail and the main focus is what ever is closest. Instead of the action and main plot being in the middle, the plot is throughout the whole of the comic, there is constant action and problems accuring during the whole story. Tones vary from start to finish of the comic, if theres a fire involved then colorists use warm colours connoting fire such as red, yellow and orange. If theres a scene at night time they use darker tones and colours. The illustrators involve quite a lot of detail when theres a close up of the character, for example, you can see the Jokers wrinkles and the red shades in his eyes as well of the shape and tone of his teeth which have a very brownish look. The story starts off by Superman and Lois lane leaving there house at night to go do seperate duties, also you find out that Lois is pregnant. Then a fight scene occurs with the joker, someone is killed and Lois is taken by the Joker. Then it shows all Heroes coming together to fight and find where the Joker took Lois. Superman eventually finds Lois in a science lab whilst the joker is operating on her, then Doomsday appears gassing Superman making him pass out. Wonderwoman, Flash, and Batman, surround the joker whilst Superman comes back around after the event with Doomsday. The joker then blows up the lab which Lois is in, killing both her and the unborn child. After mourning for awhile he goes to find the Joker and kills him with rage by putting his fist through his chest brutally. This shocks everyone as Superman doesn't kill. All superheroes try to stop Superman killing anymore people out of rage just because he's upset. Greenhornet protects Harley Quinn by chaining her up in his Arrow Cave so Superman won't get her. The rest of the storyline involves all superheroes collaborating to work along side Superman, the end of the comic shows Batman gathering everyone together discussing a plot, this is left on a cliffhanger and is to be continued in the next comic.
The panelling of Injustice changes throughout the story, the majority of the pages have one larger picture and about 3 or 4 smaller pictures spread out on the page. A few pages there is a picture that fills one full page or a double spread, this occured when Doomsday appeared and when the Joker caused an explosion to destroy the city and kill lois and her unborn child. The writing for the comic is all in speech bubbles which come out each characters mouth when they are supposed to be speaking. Most comics including this one involves a lot of onomatapias, for example "Boom!" "Bang!" "Thud!" these all have a different typography to the content in the speech bubbles, the typography is thick and colourful and the font changes through out.The iconography is very detailed and colourful. Facial expressions are very exagerated in order to get across the emotions of the characters. I noticed that the illustrators leave the background of the pictures quite minamilistic, for example on the 6th page you can see that characters who are in the background have very minimal detail and the main focus is what ever is closest. Instead of the action and main plot being in the middle, the plot is throughout the whole of the comic, there is constant action and problems accuring during the whole story. Tones vary from start to finish of the comic, if theres a fire involved then colorists use warm colours connoting fire such as red, yellow and orange. If theres a scene at night time they use darker tones and colours. The illustrators involve quite a lot of detail when theres a close up of the character, for example, you can see the Jokers wrinkles and the red shades in his eyes as well of the shape and tone of his teeth which have a very brownish look. The story starts off by Superman and Lois lane leaving there house at night to go do seperate duties, also you find out that Lois is pregnant. Then a fight scene occurs with the joker, someone is killed and Lois is taken by the Joker. Then it shows all Heroes coming together to fight and find where the Joker took Lois. Superman eventually finds Lois in a science lab whilst the joker is operating on her, then Doomsday appears gassing Superman making him pass out. Wonderwoman, Flash, and Batman, surround the joker whilst Superman comes back around after the event with Doomsday. The joker then blows up the lab which Lois is in, killing both her and the unborn child. After mourning for awhile he goes to find the Joker and kills him with rage by putting his fist through his chest brutally. This shocks everyone as Superman doesn't kill. All superheroes try to stop Superman killing anymore people out of rage just because he's upset. Greenhornet protects Harley Quinn by chaining her up in his Arrow Cave so Superman won't get her. The rest of the storyline involves all superheroes collaborating to work along side Superman, the end of the comic shows Batman gathering everyone together discussing a plot, this is left on a cliffhanger and is to be continued in the next comic.
*Meaning.
The comic Injustice God’s among
us is based by the game which is on platforms such as Xbox and Playstation. The comic was written in past tense, although it came out after
the game, it is based on 5 years before the game, making it a prequel. The storyline
is set within an alternate version of the Justice League's
universe. The comic as a whole is full of colour, colours are changed through out the time of day set and the mood, this creates the scene. In my opinion i think Injustice is quite a easy read as the style of language is quite simple. All the text in the comic is sans serif, this makes it clear to read and helps give the cartoon effect that goes with the illustrations. Props are used like weapons, such as swords and shields which are used by Wonderwoman, she also uses a very long rope. Normal guns and laser guns are used by the bad guys, for example when a group of armed men come to attack a couple until Superman comes to the rescue. Green Arrow uses arrows as his weapon. Harley Quinn didn't use any weapons but she had a fake moustache that was also a lock pick, this tends to get her out of sticky situations, for example, when he gets hand cuffed to a pole in the Arrow Cave. Costumes are different for each character, for example when Clark Kent is Superman he wears a skin tight blue and red suit which insensuates his muscles, he also has a cape which helps him fly. Batman wears an all black suit that looks a bit like a bat, his face is also covered so his identity is hidden. Flash wears a bright red suit with the flash symbol on it, he also has his face covered in order to hide his identity. Green Lantern wears a green and black skin tight suit which glows, he also wears white gloves and a mask that covers only his eyes and nose. Cyborg wears a costume which is robotic looking, he doesn't wear a proper mask but he has metal covering his left eye which gives an effect of his eye glowing bright red. I think Cyborg's costume makes him look less like a superhero and more like a villian, even though he is infact a hero. He has a lot of armour protecting himself incase he is attacked. Green Arrow wears a hooded green padded looking cape that has material that covers only the top of his right arm which helps him when he shoots arrows, he wears a black mask to cover his eyes making him look not as easily identiable. Wonderwoman's costume consists of skintight blue leggings, gold plated and red bustier, long red heeled boots with white wings on in a 'W' shape to connote Wonderwoman. She wears her shield and her sword strapped to her back and a head garment with a star on. The joker wears a very brightly coloured outfit sort of like a clown, he wears a purple coat, bright orange shirt and a green bow tied round his collar. There a different angles through out the comic, Close up shots are used often when a character has dialouge coming from their mouth. Simple shots such as two shot, mid shot and high angle shots are used often. Low angle shots are used frequently on the superheroes, this is because it makes them look couragoues and strong, where as if it was a high shot then the character looks small and weak.
*Target audience.
The target audience for Injustice are
stereotypically males from the age of 15-25, I think this because Superheroes
and violence has always stereotypically been aimed at teenage boys and young
adults. 15 is the youngest age because of the strong language and graphic
violence in the comic. I chose 25 as the oldest age as this is an age where
most people aren’t quite fully matured so have the benefit of still enjoying
graphic novels based on superheroes.People who are interested in this comic
will most likely be quite large DC fans and go to events such as Comicon and
mingle with other people from the same target audience. Despite the comic being
a cartoon, the content is still quite mature and graphic which is another
reason why I chose a target audience of late teenagers and young adults. For
example, there is a section where superman puts his fist through the joker’s
chest and kills him, this is drawn very graphically and not suitable for a
younger audience.
*Characters.
Superman-
Superman was born on planet Krypton, before being rocketed to earth as an infant by his scientest father. He was born and raised as Clark Kent. Very early on in his life he showed super human abilities, then becoming Superman. Superman's primary love interest is Lois Lane and his archenemy is supervillian Lex Luthor. Supermans muscles and appeal makes him look like the stereotypical superhero which most women are attracted to and what most men want to look like. His strength is also an attraction to both genders.
Batman-
Batman has a secret identity, and he goes by it as Bruce Wayne who is infact an american billionaire, playboy, phillianthropist, and capitalist. As a child he saw his parents murder, which then made him want to fight all criminal justice. Batman lives in Gotham and trys to protect it from all criminal acts. His archenemy is The Joker. Batman has an appeal which a lot of stereotypical males will see as cool because of his way with violence and his stern look, where as women will be attracted to his dark and mysterious edge.
Wonderwoman-
Wonderwoman is a warrior princess and is known in her homeland as Princess Diana of Themyscira. When not in her homeland she is known by her secret identity Diana Prince. She has a number of superhuman powers which make her Wonderwoman. She uses a Lasso of Truth, a paor of indestructible bracelets and a tiara which serves as a projectile. The illustration of Wonderwoman is sexualised and men would stereotypically be very attracted to her curvacious figure and female assets, they have also potrayed this more by putting her in a revealing skin tight costume showing off her figure.
Flash-
Cyborg-
Green Lantern-
Green Arrow-
The Joker-
Harley Quinn-
Lois Lane-
Superman-
Superman was born on planet Krypton, before being rocketed to earth as an infant by his scientest father. He was born and raised as Clark Kent. Very early on in his life he showed super human abilities, then becoming Superman. Superman's primary love interest is Lois Lane and his archenemy is supervillian Lex Luthor. Supermans muscles and appeal makes him look like the stereotypical superhero which most women are attracted to and what most men want to look like. His strength is also an attraction to both genders.
Batman-
Batman has a secret identity, and he goes by it as Bruce Wayne who is infact an american billionaire, playboy, phillianthropist, and capitalist. As a child he saw his parents murder, which then made him want to fight all criminal justice. Batman lives in Gotham and trys to protect it from all criminal acts. His archenemy is The Joker. Batman has an appeal which a lot of stereotypical males will see as cool because of his way with violence and his stern look, where as women will be attracted to his dark and mysterious edge.
Wonderwoman-
Wonderwoman is a warrior princess and is known in her homeland as Princess Diana of Themyscira. When not in her homeland she is known by her secret identity Diana Prince. She has a number of superhuman powers which make her Wonderwoman. She uses a Lasso of Truth, a paor of indestructible bracelets and a tiara which serves as a projectile. The illustration of Wonderwoman is sexualised and men would stereotypically be very attracted to her curvacious figure and female assets, they have also potrayed this more by putting her in a revealing skin tight costume showing off her figure.
Flash-
Cyborg-
Green Lantern-
Green Arrow-
The Joker-
Harley Quinn-
Lois Lane-
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
LO1: Graphic novels and publishers
*Writer: Writes the story line for the comic.
*Penciler: Sketches out the drawings for the comic.
*Letterers: Type and creates all the letters which are included in the comic.
*Inkers/colorist/artist: Shading, toning, shaping and atmosphere.
DC
About DC.
DC comics, is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment.
DC Comics is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in American comic books. It involves some of the most well known heroic characters such as Batman, Superman, Wonderwoman, Aquaman, Greenlantern, Flash, The Joker, Catwoman and so on.
he company has also published non-DC Universe-related material, including Watchmen and V for Vendetta and many titles under their alternative imprints Vertigo and America's best comics. The name DC is named after one of their popular comics Detective Comics, which featured Batman.
Detective Comics by DC.
"Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world", Marston wrote. Wonderwoman's first appeareance was in all star comics in 1941. The Wonderwoman series came out in 1975.
Numbers of issues released.
Vol 1: 329 Vol 2: 237 228 issues and 8 annuals and 1 special Vol 3: 45 44 and 1 annual Vol 4: (vol. 4): 41 (#1–38 plus issues numbered 0, 23.1 and 23.2 (as of March 2015 cover date)
Writers of Wonderwoman.
Pencilers of Wonderwoman.
Inkers of Wonderwoman.
Colorists of Wonderwoman.
(vol. 2)
Carl Gafford (vol. 3)
Alex Sinclair (vol. 4)
Matthew Wilson
Batman by DC Comics.
Batman is an on going comic with the same characters, the main character as Batman and the side kick Robin. Batman first ever featured in Detective Comics, Batman became it's own series in 1940. it later became a bimonthly series through the late 1950s, after which
it became a monthly publication and has remained so since. The original
series ended in 2011 and was relaunched with a new first issue.
Numbers of issues released.
(vol. 1): 715 (#1–713 plus issues numbered 0 and 1,000,000 1 Special and 28 Annuals
(vol. 2): 45 (#1–40 plus issues numbered 0 and 23.1 through 23.4 and 3 Annuals.
Writers of Batman.
(vol. 1)
Bill Finger
Various
(vol. 2)
Scott Snyder
Pencilers of Batman.
vol. 1)
Bob Kane
Various
(vol. 2)
Greg Capullo
Inkers of Batman.
(vol. 1)
Jerry Robinson
Various
(vol. 2)
Jonathan Glapion
Colorists of Batman.
(vol. 1)
Adrienne Roy
Various
(vol. 2)
FCO Plascencia
Superman by DC.
Superman is one of the most popular comics by DC, Superman first ever appeared in Action comics, the character became that much of a success that Superman became it's own series in 1939. Between 1986 and 2006 it was retitled The Adventures of Superman.
Number of issues released.
(vol. 1): 488 Annuals, 3 Specials (vol. 3): 42 (#1–37 plus issues numbered 0 and 23.1 through 23.4 and 2 Annuals.
Writers of Superman.
George Perez Keith Giffen Dan Jurgens Scott Lobdell Current: Gene Yang
Pencilers of Superman.
Joe Shuster Wayne Boring Curt Swan Carlos Pacheco Renato Guedes Eddy Barrows Gil Kane Jim Steranko Kenneth Rocafort Current: John Romita Jr.
Inkers of Superman.
Murphy Anderson Bob Oksner Jesus Merino Current: Klaus Janson
Colorists of Superman.
Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster
Justice League by DC.
The Justice League, also known as the Justice League of America, is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original members were Aquaman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern, The Martian, Manhunter, Superman, and Wonderwoman. The first Justice League comic was released in 1960.
Numbers of issues released.
261 and 3 Annuals.
Writers of Justice League.
Gardner Fox
Dennis O'Neil
Len Wein
Steve Englehart
Gerry Conway
Pencilers of Justice League
Mike Sekowsky
Dick Dillin
George Pérez
Inkers of Justice League.
Sid Greene
Dick Giordano
Frank McLaughlin
Colorists of Justice League.
Gardner Fox
Mike Sekowsky
*Penciler: Sketches out the drawings for the comic.
*Letterers: Type and creates all the letters which are included in the comic.
*Inkers/colorist/artist: Shading, toning, shaping and atmosphere.
DC
About DC.
DC comics, is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment.
DC Comics is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in American comic books. It involves some of the most well known heroic characters such as Batman, Superman, Wonderwoman, Aquaman, Greenlantern, Flash, The Joker, Catwoman and so on.
he company has also published non-DC Universe-related material, including Watchmen and V for Vendetta and many titles under their alternative imprints Vertigo and America's best comics. The name DC is named after one of their popular comics Detective Comics, which featured Batman.
Detective Comics by DC.
Detective comics was one of the earliest comics published by DC, the first comic was released in 1937. It's the comic which introduced batman and the joker and all the other characters such as Batwoman, Batgirl, and Madhatter, but characters such as Harley Quinn weren't introduced properly till the late 90's but there was a glimpse of her in the 823rd comic.
Numbers of issues released.
1-881 plus 1ssues numbered 0 and 1,000,000 and 12 annuals.
Writers of Detective Comics.
- (vol. 1)
Ed Brubaker, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Bill Finger, Archie Goodwin, Denny O'Neil, David V. Reed, Frank Robbins, Bob Rozakis, Greg Rucka
(vol. 2) Tony Daniel, Derek Fridolfs, Gregg Hurwitz, Matt Kindt, John Layman, Frank Tieri, Peter J. Tomasi, James Tynion IV - Pencilers of Detective Comics.
- (vol. 1)
Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Ramon Bachs, Norm Breyfogle, Bob Brown, Ernie Chua, Gene Colan, Alan Davis, José Luis García-López, Mike Grell, Don Heck, Carmine Infantino, Bob Kane, Gil Kane, Don Kramer, Tom Mandrake, Sheldon Moldoff, Don Newton, Graham Nolan, Irv Novick, Frank Robbins, Marshall Rogers, Walter Simonson, Dick Sprang, J. H. Williams III, Pete Woods (vol. 2)
Ed Benes, Andy Clarke, Tony Daniel, Scot Eaton, Jason Fabok, Julio Ferreira, Neil Googe, Mikel Janin, Henrik Jonsson, Syzmon Kudranski, Jason Masters, Jaime Mendoza, Eduardo Pansica, Javier Pina - Inkers of Detective Comics.
- (vol. 1)
Alfredo Alcala, Murphy Anderson, Terry Austin, Wayne Faucher, Joe Giella, Dick Giordano, Sid Greene, Shawn McManus, Paul Neary, Charles Paris, Jerry Robinson - Colorists of Detective Comics.
- Adrienne Roy
- Wonderwoman.
"Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world", Marston wrote. Wonderwoman's first appeareance was in all star comics in 1941. The Wonderwoman series came out in 1975.
Numbers of issues released.
Vol 1: 329 Vol 2: 237 228 issues and 8 annuals and 1 special Vol 3: 45 44 and 1 annual Vol 4: (vol. 4): 41 (#1–38 plus issues numbered 0, 23.1 and 23.2 (as of March 2015 cover date)
Writers of Wonderwoman.
- (vol. 1)
- William Moulton Marston
- Mike Sekowsky
- Robert Kanigher
- Martin Pasko
- Gerry Conway
- Dan Mishkin
- J. Michael Straczynski
- (#600–614)
- (vol. 2)
- Len Wein
- (#4–14)
- George Pérez
- (#1, 3, 13, 15–62, 168–169, Annual #1–2)
- Mindy Newell
- (vol 1 #326–328, vol. 2 #36, 39–41)
- William Messner-Loebs
- (#0, 63–100 Annual #3, Special #1)
- John Byrne
- (#101–136, Annual #5–6)
- Phil Jimenez
- (#164–167, 170–188)
- Walt Simonson
- (#189–194)
- Greg Rucka
- (#195–226)
- (vol. 3)
- Allan Heinberg
- (#1–4, Annual #1)
- Will Pfeifer
- (#5)
- Jodi Picoult
- (#6–10)
- J. Torres
- (#11–13)
- Gail Simone
- (#14–44, 600)
- (vol. 4)
- Brian Azzarello
Pencilers of Wonderwoman.
(vol. 1)
- Harry G. Peter
- Ross Andru
- Mike Sekowsky
- Dick Giordano
- John Rosenberger
- José Delbo
- Gene Colan
- (vol. 2)
- George Pérez
- Chris Marrinan
- Mike Deodato
- John Byrne
- Phil Jimenez
- (vol. 3)
- Terry Dodson
- Aaron Lopresti
- (vol. 1 cont.)
- Don Kramer
- (vol. 4)
- Cliff Chiang
- Tony Akins
Inkers of Wonderwoman.
- (vol. 1)
- Mike Esposito
- Dick Giordano
- Vince Colletta
- (vol. 2)
- Bruce Patterson
- Andy Lanning
- (vol. 3)
- Rachel Dodson
- Matt Ryan
- (vol. 4)
- Cliff Chiang
- Dan Green
Colorists of Wonderwoman.
(vol. 2)
Carl Gafford (vol. 3)
Alex Sinclair (vol. 4)
Matthew Wilson
Batman by DC Comics.
Numbers of issues released.
(vol. 1): 715 (#1–713 plus issues numbered 0 and 1,000,000 1 Special and 28 Annuals
(vol. 2): 45 (#1–40 plus issues numbered 0 and 23.1 through 23.4 and 3 Annuals.
Writers of Batman.
(vol. 1)
Bill Finger
Various
(vol. 2)
Scott Snyder
Pencilers of Batman.
vol. 1)
Bob Kane
Various
(vol. 2)
Greg Capullo
Inkers of Batman.
(vol. 1)
Jerry Robinson
Various
(vol. 2)
Jonathan Glapion
Colorists of Batman.
(vol. 1)
Adrienne Roy
Various
(vol. 2)
FCO Plascencia
Superman by DC.
Superman is one of the most popular comics by DC, Superman first ever appeared in Action comics, the character became that much of a success that Superman became it's own series in 1939. Between 1986 and 2006 it was retitled The Adventures of Superman.
Number of issues released.
(vol. 1): 488 Annuals, 3 Specials (vol. 3): 42 (#1–37 plus issues numbered 0 and 23.1 through 23.4 and 2 Annuals.
Writers of Superman.
George Perez Keith Giffen Dan Jurgens Scott Lobdell Current: Gene Yang
Pencilers of Superman.
Joe Shuster Wayne Boring Curt Swan Carlos Pacheco Renato Guedes Eddy Barrows Gil Kane Jim Steranko Kenneth Rocafort Current: John Romita Jr.
Inkers of Superman.
Murphy Anderson Bob Oksner Jesus Merino Current: Klaus Janson
Colorists of Superman.
Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster
Justice League by DC.
The Justice League, also known as the Justice League of America, is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original members were Aquaman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern, The Martian, Manhunter, Superman, and Wonderwoman. The first Justice League comic was released in 1960.
Numbers of issues released.
261 and 3 Annuals.
Writers of Justice League.
Gardner Fox
Dennis O'Neil
Len Wein
Steve Englehart
Gerry Conway
Pencilers of Justice League
Mike Sekowsky
Dick Dillin
George Pérez
Inkers of Justice League.
Sid Greene
Dick Giordano
Frank McLaughlin
Colorists of Justice League.
Gardner Fox
Mike Sekowsky
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