Monday, December 3, 2012

Adventures of Tin Tin (Revised)


I don't ever remember reading the tin tin comic books growing up I only new about the weekday cartoons that  played on tv. I do remember enjoy them for the action and adventure that always seemed to happen in each episode. At first I had no idea what the name of tin tin was or any of the other characters.It was probably around the time the tin tin movie was coming to theaters it was then I started to take a look at the comic books. I really enjoyed all of them for there simplistic art style and stories.

Going with the cartoon each episode of Tin Tin was centered around each comic that was published. I remember watching it after school and enjoying it. What was enjoyable about the show was that it reminded of those old adventure movie serials where it would take the viewer to exotic locations and go on these mysteries and discover ancient treasures as well. Another thing that the Tin Tin cartoon reminded me of was the Indiana Jones movies. The reason why is that it Tin Tin and Indiana were always put into some strange or sticky situations or having to deal with some evil organization or cult. 

Out of all the books I think my favorite one Would have to be Tin TIn Goes to the Moon. I enjoyed this book because it was not about going to another country, and it deals with what was going on in those times. The other thing that I enjoy about the tin tin novels is that the level of action, drama and character development is played so well that sometimes the action takes the reader by surprise and that is how I felt from reading these books. One thing I don't understand is that Tin TIn is journalist and he never writes anything for his articles while on his adventures; I find that unusual but that is just my opinion. I hope to read more of tin tin cause they were very interesting reads.

Female Comic Authors and Artists

Female artists and writers seem to be hitting the mainstream in comic books these days. In the early days of comics their was not that many female artists or writers that showed up in the comics. It was probably not until world war two was when we see some female artists and writers working on comics while the men went out to war. It was probably around the 70's is when we see a mix of male and female demographics in the comic book industry. Today we usually see female comics found in indy comics and underground comics, but are still popular.

For the reading it's another manga Fullmetal Alchemist written and drawn by Hiromu Arakawa. I got into this manga because of the hit anime that was on Adult Swim, I found that the manga was much more interesting than the anime. What I enjoy about the story is that it focuses on the nature of humanity and the psychological aspect of how far a human would go to save the person he or she cared about. I feel as though those types of stories and how it's all about humanity, but even though it's set in in a science fiction- fantasy world it works within the world. I think any person who wants to get into comics or writing should look at this gem and take it as an inspiration for telling a great story.