Narrative: Destination Comics #1

Since on weekends I normally work, I decided to go to the early lecture/readings on Saturday. The first lecture/reading that I went to, which happened at 1:30 pm, was called Teenage Riot: YA Reality with a Comics Kick. This one in particular was really interesting because since the authors were females, it had that feminine perspective about comics. I liked that each of them shared their different styles, experiences, work process, and points of view as comics makers. They were an amazing example of the empowerment of woman in the society with an accentuated heroism.

The first author was Margaret Stohl, who was presenting the book “Black Widow: Red Vengeance”. She has always worked in coordination with Marvel and, as she repeated saying, is a great fanatic of super-heroes. I enjoyed how she shared things about her childhood and the great connection that she felt with Batman’s story. The second author was Jessica Abel, who was presenting the book “Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars”. It was stimulating to hear her work processing using In Design program as her rough draft without images, since everybody has so many different approaches. Last but not least, was the third author Maggie Thrash, who was presenting her recent book “We Know It Was You”. Thrash is better known by her graphic memoir “Honor Girl”, where she reveals her first lesbian experience during the summer at Camp Bellflower. I found really interesting her different concepts about writing and drawing, which sees writing as an easier way to lie and drawing as a better way to be truthful with yourself and others.