The Green Lantern was in my opinion much less interesting than Batman or Superman. I mean Woohoo He has a ring that can do cool things, but without the ring he is completely powerless. His companion Green arrow is not much better, in that he is also only a superhero due to his bow and arrow, without which he would be powerless. Green Lantern's enemy is the color yellow, I am sorry if I am offending anyone in saying this but, that is the silliest enemy one could have. Yellow is a color, how could it possibly be an enemy, other than not being exactly your color or not flattering against your skin complexion, yellow tends to not have any hazardous effects. I realize that in many comics there are issues or qualities that the comic has or must deal with that are unrealistic, but this is the most absurd in my opinion.
To begin with, I really do like the idea of reading a comic about comics. I think it's a great idea and it's very well executed. As I was reading the first two chapters, I was surprised at how many examples there were of art in recent (and ancient, in some cases) history that are variations of "sequential visual art" and thus the foundations of modern comics. I'd never even thought about it before and it was hard to believe how many different kinds there were. I also love all the discussion about how our human brains automatically interpret certain images in a specific way, how we see others constantly but we identify ourselves when we look at cartoons, and how inanimate objects automatically becomes extensions of our bodies. The pyramid of styles was very interesting too as a way to conceptualize and almost graph or "place" a specific art style in comics. In Comic Book Nation , I enjoyed reading about the evolution of early comics from "funnies...
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