Women Breaking Bad: A Portfolio Investigation Into Prose and Comic Storytelling
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Date
2020
Authors
Monkewicz, Madeleine Nichole
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University of Oregon
Abstract
Webcomics are largely the domain of romance and comedy at the moment, but that is swiftly changing. As creators and audiences diversify, so does the content. Good writing and good art are both essential elements to the successful webcomic. Ability allowing, we all speak the languages of sight and sound. Visual art can be just much writing as is written word, although it has distinct advantages and disadvantages when compared to prose. All writing, whether visual or written, is best when employs a “show don’t tell” approach. The very best writing is non-cooperative, linguistically speaking, although not all non-cooperative writing is qualitatively good. Visual and prose storytelling differ in the way perspective and POV are employed, how mood is achieved, how time is represented, and of course in the medium used. Neither modality is superior to the other. The colors chosen for my visual piece sought to emphasize realism and to aid in storytelling. The lines used were selected because they were clearly readable and would not detract from the audience’s experience. Values were chosen for a similar reason. Women and other minorities have historically been denied the role of “villain.” Changing times see the rise of the Bad Woman – a broad character archetype that sees women as villain not because of their gender but because of their humanity. We are departing from the model that characters not white, cishet and male must have a reason for being so. Villainous non-demonizing minority characters are important because they place minorities in a position of power and offer them the full humanity so often denied.
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34 pages
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Creating Writing, Comics, Writing, Storytelling, Creative, Prose