Student Surname 1 Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Name Date Making a Comic Book Over the past decades, intelligence and informed writing has hitherto being an endeavor for comic lovers. The quantity and quality of scholarly comic writing has greatly flourished that ever before. Moreover, there is a flow of well-crafted work, which acts as an inspiration to scholars as well as critics. The wide array of evidence has thus turned comics into a field of inquiry and no longer a mere topic area. Consequently, the world of comics has attracted attention from various famous scholars. Such include Scott McCloud, the author of Understanding Comics, who wrote the book after feeling that something was amiss in the world of comics. According to him, before embarking on the creation of a comic book, it is important to have a clear understanding on the effective application of closure, gutters, iconic abstraction, time, motion, and sound among other concepts. Based on the terms and concepts of MC Cloud’s graphic novel, we represent the poem A Molar Dispensing Pain in a Comic Book. A Molar Dispensing Pain I woke up in the middle of the night with the most excruciating pain My face Smarting, fear, fever, and pain all over my face, It was like an atomic bomb exploding in my jaw Student Surname 2 All my mistakes and bad decisions carrying out violent demonstrations in my gum The pain so great, insufferable turmoil in my cheeks The morning came, I hated seeing other people happy as I was suffering I felt everyone was inhumane asking me how I was feeling, I cursed them and all I wanted was to smack their face But that would be murder, so I just asked them to leave me alone “I am fine” The pain crippled me, I would not do anything, Even wailing or screaming, because if the muscle stretches a bit the head immediately explodes I could not eat, or drink, Then my friend passed by my room, “You need to see a dentist” “I’m fine” I begrudgingly responded, hoping to be left alone Student Surname 3 Student Surname 4 Student Surname 5 Student Surname 6 Use of Speech Bubbles, Colors, Transactions Comics communicate in two ways, words and images. This means, the artist has to make sure that the message is communicated effectively, otherwise it might end upmisleading the reader. Virtually, words can be communicated in various ways. One of the method that was used in the comic story is speech bubbles or balloons. By using speech balloons we allow words to be understood as representing the speech of the character or their thoughts (Harvey 8). The other thing that was used in the comic story is different colors. Basically, color is added in comics to make the completed artwork more attractive, dramatic and convey various moods and tones of the characters (Fingeroth, Kronenberg, and Manley 65). Color in the Molar Dispensing Pain, helps distinguish between the characters, as well as display various activities such as bleeding gums. Alongside, we also used some transactions. Transactions communicate the embodied meaning of an impairment (Ball and Kuhlman195). In this frame, the comic potrays the lady as undergoing intense pain to the extent that her cheeks are exploding, as well as her head. Student Surname 7 Works Cited Ball, David M, and Martha B. Kuhlman. The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking. University Press of Mississippi, 2010 Fingeroth, Danny, Michael Kronenberg, and Mike Manley. How to Create Comics: From Script to Print. TwoMorrows Publishing, 2006. Harvey, Robert C. The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1995. McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. Turtleback Books, 1999.
