AS AM 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Adrian Tomine, Slacker, Signify
30 Nov 2018
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On graphic narratives and literature (asam comics: tomine, nam le) The figures that make up the comics rub up against reality in ways that words cannot, revealing the various assumptions, predispositions, and prejudices that author-illustrators hold. The power underlying the comic image becomes all the more evident when placed within the context of race and ethnicity. As consumers, we can engage with them differently. We see this clearly in the historic record. Common sense of duality (human vs. hero forms), wish to be perceived as super/a hero, star of own life. To go see that fantasy be displayed, cathartic. Science fiction: projects alternate reality that doesn"t necessarily exist. There is a greater desire that it fulfills (beyond escapist)- occupies some space that we are deprived of resonates the same way in a global space. Creates a distance that is more digestible. A metaphor for being marginalized, yet very powerful. Difference is a mark of power instead of weakness.
