ENG235H1 Lecture Notes - Signify, Zoetrope, Speech Balloon
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Ware as a borrower reuses signs and designs to create something new (trial & error) Ware as engineer his pages almost seem to consist of mathematical expressions. Ware borrows certain concepts and moves beyond them and their possibilities (like an engineer) to come up with something original. Jimmy corrigan echoes the past in its form it also echoes the architectural past of the. James (jimmy"s grandfather) at the columbian exhibition with his grandfather. Narrator seems to be james (grandfather) but also a third person. Jimmy looking between the post/columns wondering if he can see people looking for the red-haired girl. James always imagines himself wearing a nightgown when he brings up memories that he doesn"t completely remember) The pages are symmetrical, except for the extra circular panel on the right page (memory is never perfectly symmetrical to what happened) Ware during interview: says that a comic strip fools you into watching an event when you"re actually reading it.