Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Today is the Last Day of The Rest of Your Life
This book is a graphic novel. My favorite type of novel. It's an autobiography of an artist named Ulli Lust. At the age of 17 she travels through Europe accompanied by her friend Edi. I am really liking it so far. The illustrations are great, but the writing is very strong as well. It is set up in a graphic novel format which is very different from what we've been exposed to in school, but it is still very well written. The way the story is constricted mainly into short, significant dialogue bubbles gives it a very fast paced feel that I feel like I can use even in writing that isn't a graphic novel. Dialogue helps you to really get to know and understand the characters. In graphic novels and a lot of flash fiction dialogue is used to quickly and effectively portray a character to the reader. Instead of just describing them you can hear what the character has to say. You really get to know the character.
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It seems that you look very passionate about graphic novels and i think that is really cool i personally like romantic fiction but i might give this a try, I like how it is an autobiography however i would like to know more about how Ulli and her friend Edi are traveling i mean what kind of adventures do they get into what kind of strange life changing events to they do and become apart of.
ReplyDeleteI am also interested in graphic novels -- I do not have much exposure except for my second grader's love for "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series -- and I mean she LOVES them. I liked how you thought deeply about dialog, but I am also curious as to how the graphic part fits in. What does it bring to the text that you think is essential? How does the illustration work to bring the text together?
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