Eisner/McCloud Comics

After reading both of the PDF's, I saw a side of comics that I have never really seen before. As a child, I was never really into comic books, so I never really knew anything about a comic except for the funny pages in the Sunday paper. Eisner was a comic artist who was very creative who's comics involved a lot of death and killing. I thought his work was very descriptive, and well thought out. Especially his comic about the man who was so paranoid about the dead body. I liked that story because it was so funny to see how paranoid the man became after just seeing a dead body. Reading the comics designed by Eisner made me feel like I was reading a book with limited words, and lots of imagery.
McCloud had a different style of his comics. He broke down the art of writing and creating a comic book, through a comic book. I liked how he took the whole process of designing a comic about how to design a comic. I thought it was very creative, and funny. I also liked how he encapsulated the work of other comic book artists like Eisner into his comics.
After reading both of these articles, I feel that comics are much more then pictures with limited words, but they are stories translated to readers through completely different means then a normal comic book.

If a Drafts were a genre

If a draft were a genre, it would not be very organized or perfectly organized. The ideas would be on paper and valid, but they would not be perfect yet. The draft would have enough information so it could be written, but it would not be perfect. It would lack a thesis and fine tuned details so it can be edited, and changed by a peer editor. the audience would be the person who peer edits the piece, and makes changes to it. It should be written so people have enough information for people to fix but editors have room to fix it, and make it better!

exercise 4.m

John Richardson
English 1106
Dan Lawson
Friday January 30, 2009
Writing papers is something that has never come easy to me. I have found it very difficult to sit down, and translate all the ideas in my head into words on paper. I have learned through college a experience, that it is crucial for me to write in a quiet area with no distractions. That is why I usually write my paper in the library or study lounge of my dorm. I choose these places because distractions are limited to my computer, and the people around me doing their work. I choose to write with my computer, so I have spell check and a thesaurus right at my fingertips. Also, papers eventually have to be typed, so it is much easier to type them right away. I have one strategy that I like to use when I start off writing a paper, and that is outlining. I feel by giving myself a guide to work with makes it easier to organize my thoughts and create ideas in the long run. Typically, my papers have two drafts and an outline. My outline helps me write the ideas down. First draft is used for basic ideas in a paper format. Second draft is for fine tuning my paper and getting everything set and ready. Lastly, my final draft is perfect to hand in, and I feel it is the best piece I can possibly complete. Revision plays a role in my writing. I feel the only way I can make sure I put my best work foreword is by reading and re-reading drafts multiple times. Not only right when I finish the paper but I also look at them hours and days later. This way I have a clear mind to clean up mistakes. My peer editing experiences thus far are not good at all. I feel kids don’t try to edit, and for the most part they just fix glaring mistakes. They don’t really critique my work or help me out. I feel in my experience that they are useless, and hopefully that will change.

Random Blog

John Richardson
English 1106
Dan Lawson

After completing my first week of classes, everything was going well until I had to go to the Math Emporium. The worst place on the Virginia Tech campus. I thought I would be able to avoid it, but I was unsuccessful. The math emporium was my downfall last semester so going there only reminds me of failure and stress. I tried to take a new approach this semester, but it seems like it will be the same story this semester. After speaking to fellow classmates, I have heard the same response about the emporium. That it is useless intimidating and not helpful. I feel that the emporium is a way to make kids stress out and hate math. My first attempt to go to the emporium brought back horrid memories, and the stress i wished I would avoid this semester. Hopefully I am able to figure it out this semester. I am sure many of you feel the same way about the VT math empo

Grading Essay 1.23.09

John Richardson
English 1106
Dan Lawson
Monday January 26, 2009

After carefully reading the essay about the changes in professional wrestling, over the past 20 years, I would give it a score of a C. The paper is very well written and has lots of facts about current wrestling and the WWE, but there is little to no facts about the sport back in the 80’s. The author constantly refers back to the 80’s, and says that things were different, but he doesn’t show or explain what the sport was like, or how people responded to it. I fell he just outlined the current sport, and said it is extremely different then what the sport was like 20 years ago. In my opinion he only did half of the work, so he should receive half of the grade so I feel he should get a C. The paper is grammatically sound, but lacks some key information to make it a stronger paper.

Exercise 2.h 1-22-09

John Richardson

English 1106

Dan Lawson

Friday January 23, 2009

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1. After reading Bryan West’s analysis, it was clear to see that his rhetorical situation is his essay is about the close democratic race that was going on at the time, and its candidates. He states that Hilary is not the one for America for many reasons that are explained using pathos egos, and logos. His purpose is to outline the previous actions of the Clinton administration, and explain how if another Clinton is in office, the same things would happen. His audience is all people who follow politics, including Republicans, and Democrats. I know because he shows how both parties would react and feel to accusations, and actions of the Clintons.

2. In the text, there are many genre conventions. The genre of his essay is informative, and persuasive. He outlines all of the issues that the first Clinton administration had endured, and he persuades people that Hilary Clinton is not the right choice for the democrats. I have written like this in high school, and I wrote a paper in English 1105 about the effects of Overconsumption. I have read many newspaper articles in this genre, and I have also read many journal articles about it as well. The most familiar convention to me is persuasive because it is something I have wrote about it for a while, and the least familiar to me is informative rhetoric, because I have not done much with that.

3. Another genre the author could have used is fiction. He could have made up facts about the Clintons that are false. People who are against the Clintons would have responded in the same way because like Bryan said, opinions are not likely to change so people would have generally received this in the same way. The advantages are that he can sway people to go against the Clintons, but disadvantages are that people may know that the given information is false, and go against it.

4. Bryan could use a genre that’s all political facts to appeal to a certain set of people as well. He could propose this to other politicians who understand some of the political aspects of the Clintons, and maybe turn her supporters against her. To adapt, Bryan would have to change the way he words things, and he would have to add more facts to his essay.

5. Using the same conventions, a teacher may write to the school board about changing a budget. A social worker may write to the mayor about unfit working conditions. A scientist may write to a lab about how new equipment is needed. All of these topics can use the same terminology that Bryan West used in his essay.