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Two interesting reads for the beginning of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month:
• Comics for the Cure: Marvel Goes Komen-Pink
• Would You Get Rid of Your Breasts if You Didn’t Have Breast Cancer?
Read up, pass ‘em along.
As Entertainment Weekly first reported last week, Superman and Wonder Woman are set to bring new meaning to the phrase “power couple” this Wednesday as they lock lips in the pages of Justice League #12. Curious readers—and other seekers of superhero romance—can get their fix now with three under-$20 graphic novels from DC Comics: See our recommendations »
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Trying to catch up before “The Dark Knight Rises”? Learn all about the best comics as we take a look at Batman in Books: The Dark Stories of “The Dark Knight” »
New Spidey stars Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield are sure to make a splash over the next few days with “The Amazing Spider-Man,” but what do critics think? We take a look.
(Image by popculturegeek.com via Wikimedia Commons.)
Aside from my job at Reader’s Digest, I’m taking a class in Narrative Theory and Screenwriting. One of the books that’s required reading is 99 Ways To Tell A Story by Matt Madden. When I first opened it, I was intrigued; instead of how-to text, Madden uses comic-book style illustration to help push writers beyond their creative boundaries.
Madden starts with one story: A man, sitting at a computer, gets up for something from the fridge. Someone asks what time it is. The man answers, continues to fridge but forgets what he wanted. End scene.
From there, Madden tells the same story 99 other ways: Monologue (a passive recounting of the story), Subjective (viewing only what the man sees), Furry (if the man was a skunk), as a Public Service Announcement (“Oh, Julio, I think you just found it!”), and so on. Each is more fantastic than the next.
Even if you’re not a writer (or planning to be), this easy read is a key tool for challenging creativity.
—Adrienne Farr
Feature story from the July/August 2012 issue of Reader’s Digest
Illustration: Diego Patino. Patino’s illustrations are vibrant, colorful, and the bring us back to the good ol’ days of comic books! Check out his fun illustrations/portraits here. His work is so fun to look at that we can’t keep our eyes off the screen!
Our recommended read for this morning. Keep yourself safe when instincts lead you astray!
