ENGRD101. Fall 2024. Sections 27 & 31.
Overall, I thought this was a great assignment as it was fun to build off my newfound ability to create a triptych. I came up with the idea for the comic fairly quickly, as I wanted to tell the story in a way similar to the triptych by having an ending that brings some sort […]
Read moreFrom studying and chasing after grades, which involves numbers, to desiring a good salary (which are also numerical), humans are constantly involved in comparing numbers and wanting more. In high school, I was in an environment where all everybody cared about were numbers and grades. However, after going through the stressful college application process, I […]
Read moreComposing this quadriptych comic was slightly more difficult than the triptych because it was harder to develop an idea. I felt slightly thrown off by the four-paneled structure because it felt different to have the middle part of the story take up two panels instead of one. I looked at Nathan Pyle’s page to get […]
Read moreMaking a quadriptych was not a long or complicated process. The only thing that was a bit challenging was thinking of an idea. I did not know what I wanted to draw as a comic so I went online and looked for inspiration. I was looking at photos I could use for my comic when […]
Read moreTrauma is the dominant theme of both Stitches: A Memoir by David Small and Spinning by Tillie Walden. Small recounts family abuse and his struggle with losing his voice in 1950s Detroit, Michigan. Walden narrates the gendered and sexual violence imposed on her in contemporary Texas. Although the two authors convey the drastically different struggles […]
Read moreWhen I started this analysis, I chose the panels from Stitches and Spinning because they stood out visually, not necessarily because I saw an immediate connection between them. I was drawn to the powerful imagery in each and the discussions we had about these pages in class. It wasn’t until I began to closely examine […]
Read moreDavid Small’s Stitches and Tillie Walden’s Spinning use the visual aspect of comics solely in these selected pages without relying on words to convey the emotional weight of these moments in time through angles and frame composition in each panel. On page 22 of Stitches, David is shown in the second panel at a high […]
Read moreThe thesis of my essay argued how isolation and loneliness represented both characters in the graphic memoirs, but the source of their isolation was very different; however, through this isolation, both protagonists experienced immense personal growth, despite their adolescent trauma. Although both individuals felt alienated, Tillie by her sexuality and David by the growth, they […]
Read moreSparking Emotion “Spinning” by Tillie Walden and “Stitches: a memoir” by David Small are two works that deal with themes of character growth, isolation, and family dynamics. These accounts also deal with traumatic scenes involving the authors many can relate to. Both Walden and Small discussed the events after the trauma and the impacts it […]
Read moreThe thesis of my argument is how, through the language pattern of body language and tumors, the relationships between mother and child are examined, showing how mothers take on their children’s issues as burdens of their own, resulting in strained relationships with the children. I am arguing how both mothers from both stories use their […]
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