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.