Graphic narrative

April Darrell

 

Graphic novels:

Target audience: teenagers and young adults.

Based on a film which is also called ghost world more

happens in the comic than it does in the film, the

illustration on all the pages are in the colour of baby

blue and the images are drawn really well so you can

see the detail of the characters this is laid out like a

normal comic is but instead of 9 its in 6 grid format.

Its also aimed at teenagers + due to its language as it

uses strong swear words that aren't suitable for

children.

All the batman films where inspired by the comics, the comics are

for the target audience of teenagers and young adults-adults due to

the violence and language used this is also the same for the films.

The illustration is done in colour but due to the characters and the

background being dark the colours used are only dark colours. The

grid format is a little different to other comics, each page is also

different using different sizes of each square/rectangle for the image

to fit properly for the story to show. In this image they use balloon

tails and joining balloon with connection to show the speech.

Published 2011

200 pages long.

 

Children's booksThe cat in the hat

By Dr. Seuss 1957.

This story has been loved by children for years due to the way

its illustrated e.g. colourful images and the way its written, its

all rhymes and so easily with such easy words, such as cat and

the hat. Its easy to follow for learning to read for ages 5+

since the words are so similar and it’s a good story for the

parents to read to their children as its such a playful story. The

story got made into a film such as many other Dr. Seuss books

e.g. The Grinch that stole Christmas and the new one that’s

come out the lorax and they’ve all been big hits to a large

audience since its something the whole family can enjoy due

to some adult humor that the children wont understand

making it suitable for all ages.

The Gruffalo

By Julia Donaldson 1999.

This story has become a hit with children since around 2005

and now its popular for kids with it having its own show at

the theatre and film. This is simularto the dr. suess books as

the words rhym making the story flow nicely but this one

has more of a repeat story line like goldilocks and the three

bears, but with different characters. This is something

children love as it would be easy to remember and it gets

them to discribe the different animals the mouse comes

across. It can be read by parents and read by children from

6+ as it has got long paragraphs and hard words.