This comic is unlike anything I have ever read, it is twisted, vulgar, complicated and if it were a movie, it would definitely be rated R. This comic book was definitely not created for children readers as it contains repetitive mentions of rape, cursing, alcohol and violent murders of people and animals. I was shocked when i first began reading this comic book, that it portrays it's superhero's as sometimes bad. The comedian tried to Rape Sally Jupiter and actually shot a woman who was pregnant with his child. This man however is being referred to a superhero? This would never be someone I would give that honorable title to, and honestly I think he was a pig and am glad he was pushed out a window. His character was however not the only one who was deeply troubled and insanely violent, as Roschach is very comparable. Roschach murdered a man's guard dogs for no reason, he grossly cut their heads in half and then murdered the owner by burning him to death. Reading about these incidents and ones similar to them have made my stomach curl, this comic book is much more vulgar than I had expected; now knowing what to expect I am prepared to keep reading and cannot wait to see what happens.
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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