Comic books and Graphic Novels

Characters

Where are you at?

Review a graphic novelMost of you will be able to

consider the character, genre and target audience

Some of you will be able to review the characters back story and how they appeal

to the audience

All of you will be able to write about

character

What is an Archetype?The word Archetype refers to the type of character.

It means typical or standard.

Typical Story telling Archetypes:•The hero

•The enemy

Typical Story telling Archetypes:

• The fool

• The anima/animus

Typical Story telling Archetypes:

•The mentor

•The trickster

What are the typical traits of these types of character?

• Hero• Enemy• Fool• Anima/ animus• Mentor• trickster

In pairs Come up with an example of a character that you know for the following archetypes:

• Hero• Enemy• Fool• Anima/ Animus (love interest)• Mentor• Trickster

Using the character archetype you have been given and your example consider:

• Character traits• Flaws in personality• Costume• Conflicts between characters• What makes this character

archetypal• What makes the character unique• What makes you connect with the

character

Desires and wishesExternal desires are when a character has a need to do something in the story.

• For example: Batman wants to eradicate crime.

Internal desires are the inner motivations that the character has.

• For example: Batman never wants to give up fighting crime.

Batman’s desires are in conflict because if he was to stop crime then he would stop being batman because it is who he is to need to fight crime.

Why is this?- Because he witnessed his parents death.

TASK: Until 11.45 read through the Killing Joke, on Moodle and be prepared to discuss this.

Read up until page 14

Make notes about:- The story- The characters- The target audience- The Genre- The layout

Create a section reviewing The Killing Joke graphic novel(at the end of what you have already written last week)

• Review the comics genre

• Review how the comic is targeted towards a specific audience

• Review the characters (their backstory, how they appeal to target audience)

• Use examples from the comic to show how you know that the comic is targeted towards an audience and how you know what genre it is.