ASTERIOS POLYP

The text of each character has a different style to show the different voices and personalities of the characters. I noticed that the choreography and Asterios have similar text style, it’s all uppercase and very strong lettering. Which is interesting because they both have big egos. The text Hana’s has is delicate and lowercase showing that she has a different personality. The language used to describe art is very formal and makes the reader a little outside their element, which is important in understand Asterios.  

The illustrator made it very easy to understand how the conversation flows, If Asterios starts to talk over Hana the text bubbles start to overlap. It helps the reader understand the character more and the relationship between Asterios and Hana. During arguments Hana and Asterios are drawn very differently. Hana is drawn in a very loose hand and is colored pink, which I think shows her angry because when they argue it’s because of something Asterios says. But Asterios is drawn in blue and very structured and geometric because I don’t think he understand what he says wrong and he’s not very flexible when it comes to changing his opinion.    

The storytelling in this graphic novel has three different layers it jumps between, the past, present, and dreams. I think it’s an interest way to show Asterios growth as a character, but as the reader moves back and forth between past and present some of the aspects of his character are the same. We get a true sense of what Asterios character is like through the way he speaks and how he’s inner thoughts are illustrated.The illustrations are like a storyboard that goes along with screenplay. The graphic novel seems like the step before a movie. There is no descriptive language about direction or setting. Everything is dialogue like a screenplay, all the action the scene set up is part of the graphics. The way the chapter were laid out was interesting because they were quick scenes of the past that helped support the story in the present.       

I thought comics were only about superheros and the graphic novels were not basics in fantasy. I think the format of graphic novels is more loosely structured and doesn’t have to follow a strict sequencing format.