By JiYeon Pak, grad student MICA's MFA Illustration Practice, Fall 2013, Critical Seminar, Final Paper. When you imagine a girl in a fantasy world, what is the first image that comes in your mind? The answer is probably Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Wonderland is a novel written by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) in 1865. This novel
By Robert Young, grad student MICA's MFA Illustration Practice, Fall 2013, Critical Seminar Final Paper. In 1954, the psychiatrist Frederic Wertham published a book called Seduction of the Innocent. This book described comic books as a detrimental element in American culture that lead to delinquency and stunted the literacy of American youth. His book and its
By Megan Jones, grad student MICA's MFA Illustration Practice, Fall 2013, Critical Seminar Final Paper. Everyone at one point or another in their lifetime has talked to their pet as if it was a person. We name them, groom them, let them live in our homes, and sometimes pamper them as if they were our children. As human
By Diana Flores Blazquez, grad student MICA's MFA Illustration Practice, Fall 2013, Critical Seminar Final Paper. Sometimes our work is the way we find to explore fantasy lives and unimaginable worlds. Artists can have a realistic grounded discourse that can express whatever they want to share with the world, but there is always the possibility and
By Danny Torres, grad student MICA's MFA Illustration Practice, Fall 2013 Critical Seminar Final Paper. Pictorial images as a form of communication have existed since the dawn of man, from the cave paintings in Lascaux, to Egyptian hieroglyphics,the stone inscriptions of Mesoamerica. Sequential narrative is nothing new. This paper will provide an overview of the rise and impact