tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post2990945797032182856..comments2014-12-09T17:25:07.561-08:00Comments on Words and Images: Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on EarthAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post-23233554888353375412014-11-02T07:11:47.370-08:002014-11-02T07:11:47.370-08:00I am getting confused when talking about the cover...I am getting confused when talking about the cover and Jimmy and his fathers strained relationship. It is all confusing. I think to clean this up, you need to look at one specific aspect of the the inside cover, and one specifc moment with Jimmy and his father to really annotate and describe the relationship between the two, to make a concrete argument. Rina Lobellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127575758299557084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post-22633118978539759762014-10-31T18:19:38.412-07:002014-10-31T18:19:38.412-07:00I'm not sure what you're trying to accompl...I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here. That's a shame, because you make quite a range of interesting observations, especially Ware's use of color (the role of advertisements, for instance, is something that you pick up on, without quite running away with it). Your observations about the inside cover are similarly interesting.<br /><br />But a set of observations, even when collected around a theme, don't make for an essay. On top of that, you're crippled by the fact that you don't deal with the ways in which the introduction is obviously humorously. It's might be ugly, vicious, and self-deprecating humor, but it's not *simply* depressing. It's depressing in an absurd, comic way (which isn't to say it's supposed to make you laugh out loud, exactly).<br /><br />Could you have constructed an argument about the depressing character of the instructions, even while ignoring the comic character of those instructions? I think so. But an error or limitation in your reading stands out far more when you don't have a clear argument.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com