Gorazde pic

I found this picture and I thought it was very interesting. I like that this picture shows the effects of war and how even though you may be able to fix the damage, you can't always forget about it. I also like how it shows that not everything gets broken. This building suffered damage, but it is still standing. I think it sends a good message.

Photo: 2Lt. Renaud de Quillacq

Signs of war on a Gorazde main street building, Multinational Division South east. Signs of hard combats in the "Gorazde pocket" left marks that are still visible today.

Nothing important...

As my husband and I were watching a Criminal Minds episode the other day, I used some knowledge that I gained in this class. The "unsub" was a young woman who had grown up in Sarajevo during war time and she was unable to distinguish between present and her past. My husband was wondering what had happened at Sarajevo, so I showed him some of the pages out of Gorazde. He could understand why she had gone a little crazy!

Maus

I found an interesting article about "Maus" that I thought I would share. I like how the author emphasizes the technique of traveling from past to present easily in each frame. On the same page in the comic book, Art can travel from present to past, essentially bleeding time together.
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/holocaust/spiegelman.html

Safe Area Gorazde

This is a comic book that is hard to read. It actually made me cry when describing what happened to the Muslims during the war. The mutilation and unnecessary brutality is what got to me. It is an important part of history just as the Holocaust is and it needs to be taught so stuff like this doesn't happen again. Here is a website about the war.

Interesting Paper

I was doing some research about the innappropriateness of graphic novels and came across an interesting research paper. Thought I would share....

"Graphic-ness" in Graphic Novels

After reading some of our stories, I must say that I'm a little shocked to see the "graphic" material in some of these comics and the underlying message that the story sets forth. Pyongyang is especially graphic and really shows a world that I have never imagined. I am surprised that this is so widely accepted. Obviously, I realize that all forms of art have levels of maturity, but some of these forms of graphic novels seem to have unnessecary, inappropriate topics. Maybe my problem is that I am not from these cultures; therefore, have a hard time understanding what may or may not happen "in the sewer" so to speak. I guess if the point of your story is to get a rise out of people and shock them, then congrats to the author of Pyongyang.

Pyongyang

After reading the comic I was interested in some of the history of Pyongyang and found this website about some of the history of Pyongyang.