Week 4 - The Comic Book

EC Comics Haunt of Fear

This was my first horror comic. Haunt of Fear felt as though it was a classic campy horror film, most likely because this comic was from the 50's. What made it felt the most campy to me was the dialogue. However I would not consider this to necessarily be a bad thing. Through the dialogue I was able to read the words in the voices I assumed the characters would have while also being able to feel the way in which the characters were saying their dialogue. This really stood out to me because sometimes it can be hard to convey the way in which dialogue is being said to an audience but in this comic it felt so natural. I believe that this is due to not only the way in which the dialogue was written but also how the character's faces were drawn and the fact that it is a genre. Throughout the comic the characters reactions are very apparently drawn out in an over dramatic way that I think is only fitting for a horror comic. The other thing that stands out to me is that there is a narrator. This makes it feel similar to a childhood story in that someone is telling us a spooky horror story. This someone is a very detailed looking old woman that resembles a witch.


Explorers On The Moon

This comic felt very appropriate for the times. This comic was made in the space age period of the 50's/60's I believe. This was a time when America had high hopes for the future. Space exploration was something that people dreamed of. I feel as though this specific edition of Tin Tin was to intrigue people's minds. This was my first time reading Tin Tin. It almost felt like a novel with pictures rather than a typical comic book. I loved the dialogue when characters said things such as "Blistering barnacles...". These older comics have a special charm about them but that may be because I like the period in which they are from. The story had funny comedy parts that you just don't see now. Such as when one of the characters (who was getting tipsy off whiskey) accidentally shuts off the nuclear motor (sounds like a dangerous motor) and so the gravity is not normal. They all start floating around. After they get the gravity fixed they are all issued magnetic boots in case the problem happens again. This whole comic has lots of issues such as this one where one character gets into a pickle and Tin Tin has to save the day.