{"id":6442,"date":"2024-10-13T14:53:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syamhope.com\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2024-10-23T18:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:11:06","slug":"cose-un-fumetto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syamhope.com\/en\/a\/cose-un-fumetto\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Comics?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The history of Comics close to you<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

I asked our writer John Pengo<\/strong> to tell us about comics and their history. For those who don't know him yet, John Pengo is so fond of comics since a young age that he has even turned his own story into a comic book: \u201cSee you in Downtown\u201d<\/a><\/strong>. Let's see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT ARE COMICS? - INTRO<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There are many answers to this question: some might think it's trash, others that it is art and others whatsoever...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, the answer is subjective: we see something and judge it depending on our taste, as natural as it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to shed light on this world of comics because everyone knows Spiderman, but most people haven't read it, even a line on paper. Nevertheless, I want to talk up comics: apparently, they're a simple medium; in reality, they hide an expressive ability which can't be compared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMICS AND SUPERHEROES<\/strong> \u2013 The evolution of comic history in Italy<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Let's start talking about the most mainstream topic: superheroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As previously mentioned, all know superheroes, after a likely neverendingondata cinematografica<\/strong> . By now, the names Marvel <\/strong>and DC Comics<\/strong> are well-known worldwide... To say the truth, it was so even before but on a reduced scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe not all people know that here, where I live, in Italy,Uomo Ragno<\/strong> and so on existed since the 70s thanks to the mythical Editoriale Corno<\/strong>publishing house; the first one brave enough to bring here the adventures of American superheroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact that they are on everyone's lips only now and due to movie transpositions, well it's quite sad. Especially because the comics on which the movies are based<\/strong> are commonly considered masterpieces<\/strong>, the milestones of illustrated narrative; instead, speaking of film, it's hard to find any real and very masterpiece among all the B movies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE LIMITS OF CREATIVITY - Cinema and Comics<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n
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You might guess I don't really like super beings in cinema, but let's talk straight - I'll try to simplify an infinite debate: Hollywood uses special effects to create adventures from paper, and this technology has a budget which professionals have absolutely to respect, hardly limiting creativity<\/strong>. On the other hand, an artist has their abilities and fantasy as only limits - deadlines apart; so they can access infinite ideas and so dare, experiment, and push themselves<\/strong>. Not much to do, but on this comics will always win, then if we add technology doesn't have a soul...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

COMICS AS A FORM OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION - Conclusions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Assuming what author Jogn Pengo shared about the history of comics and its evolution, I must conclude by highlighting some concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we intend today the word, \"Comics\" was born and spread worldwide at the end of '800. Even though by then images were already used as a tool for telling history since prehistory. Therefore we have to differentiate comics as art from the publishing phenomenon<\/strong> of comics spread - meaning when comics get recognized as a product of the literary market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same way, many comics were adapted, copied and transformed into new cinematographic products. Even so, we must remember that mostly fame and success are not related to quality; in addition, cinema uses a different way of communication often based on huge effects in order to surprise and increase adrenaline in a reduced time, a few hours only. <\/p>\n\n\n

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On the other hand, comics are meant to stimulate imagination in the long term, to connect with you, the reader<\/strong>. So they use different and simpler narratives but much more spontaneous, maybe even more interactive: where the reader does not just identify with the story but also takes part in its narration with their own imagination.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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And you? How do you live the world of Comics? <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

If you have any comic to suggest, please write it in the comments; in the meantime, we invite you to read our Italian comic \u201cSee you in Downtown\u201d<\/a><\/strong> and find its movies quotes. in the end cinema and comics are two different worlds but interconnected, and always meant to tell emotions, histories, lives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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