Sin City: Booze, Broads and Bullets - Visual Style

The graphic novel Sin City: Booze, Broads and Bullets, like other graphic novels is very image based.The stories in the novel would not have the same effect without the pictures. The pictures are the main focus in the book. The pictures in this graphic novel are very “graphic”, they are full of death, blood, and sex. By the end of the story most of the characters die, in every chapter at least one character dies or is murdered.

The pictures in this graphic novel are different than other novels because they are more based around little colour and shadows. The pictures are mainly black and white, except for the few characters or materials that are in colour to make it stand out. There is one character that has blue eyes, so in every panel that she is in everything is black or white except for her bright blue eyes because it makes them stand out. Most of the time throughout the book the blood is white because there is so much of it in the books so it would make the book very red. There are not many colours used in the book, the only colours used are blue, red, pink and a little bit of yellow.

The main characters in the novel are all very different looking, some are big some are small, fat or skinny, strong or weak. The women in the book stand out from the men because most of the women in the novel are in colour or have a lot of colour on them. The pictures of the characters really let the reader figure out what the character is like because the men in the novel look like their personality. The women on the other hand look harmless at the beginning, they look fragile or distressed, but then they turn out to be worse then the men. The women are killing machines in this novel, one of them is an assassin and another one lures men to her parents’ house so that her father can kill them. The visual style of Sin City: Booze, Broads and Bullets is very good and goes very well with the stories and the text.

Sin City: Booze Broads and Bullets - Plot

The graphic novel Sin City: Booze, Broads and Bullets does not have the traditional plot structure as other books or other graphic novels. There are many different plots to follow in this graphic novel. Some of the characters are in more than one part of the book but for the most part most characters have their own part of the book. It seemed that the novel had so many different stories going on at once because they were all to be happening at the same time. Some of the stories do not follow this rule because some of the stories start in one chapter and finish in another chapter. There are eleven chapters in this book and they are mostly all different stories with different characters.

The plot is untradtional in this graphic novel compared to others. Most graphic novel and test novels are mainly focussed on one central plot and may have side plots that involved other characters. The plot that has the largest section of the book is the story where one of the characters is trying to figure out why he has lost parts of his memory and cannot remember what happened that night. Many of the stories in this graphic novel are taken to the movie Sin City. I think that the style of having different plots in the same novel that are not related is not an effective method.

I think that every novel should have one prominent story line and then side stories that are happening to different characters instead of staring different stories and not finishing them or finishing stories that where not started in the novel. Since Booze, Broads and Bullets is the sixth book in the Sin City series some stories that started in previous novels so you did not know the back-story to it, or stories started in this book and would finish in the next one. Overall I think that the plot of this book was not traditional and that it would have been better if it only had one main storyline.

House Back on Top

On this weeks episode of House, House tried to make the doctors that quit under Foreman to come back. This episode was good because the story about the Dibala case finally had consequences. In the previous episode Chase finally told Cameron that he intentionally killed Dibala. Cameron thought that this was totally out of character for Chase and decided that they needed change. At the beginning of the episode Cameron and Chase came into the Diagnostic workroom to tell House, Foreman, and Cuddy that they are quiting the team and are leaving the hospital. This was also the episode that House got his medical license back and officially was made head of the diagnostic department.

House decides that he needs some change as too. He calls/faxes Taub and Thirteen many times and every time they ignore him. He also tried to convince Chase and Cameron to stay and not quit the team because he wanted to choose from the best who should stay on the team. He knew that there were four spots on his team and he wanted to be able to choose from five doctors so that he felt in control of the situation. After enough pestering Taub and Thirteen realized that where their lives were are not as good as when they were working for House. They both went in to tell House that they will work for him again and that they will rejoin the team. Chase also told House that he is going to stay on the team because he thinks that he can do the most good and get redemption if he stays at the hospital. Cameron came into House's office shortly after Thirteen to tell him that even though Chase is not, she is still quiting. Cameron decided that she was going to quit because she did not want to be corrupted like Chase, she thought that Chase had spent to much time with House and now he has turned into him. She told House that Chase has become the type of person who will do whatever they think is right even if they know it is the wrong thing to do, just like House. House did not get the chance to pick members of his team because Cameron decided to quit, so not his team is Chase, Foreman, Taub, and Thirteen.

I thought that this episode was good because House was finally back in charge. When Foreman was running the department House was still telling him what to do. I thought that it was good that Chase finally had to suffer consequences for killing President Dibala. It was good that Taub and Thirteen returned to the hospital because they were doctors who still knew right from wrong because House has not corrupted them yet. I think that nearend Cameron was right when she said the House was going to corrupt Thirteen and Taub just like he did to Foreman and Chase. I though that this episode of House would get a rating of 3 out of 5.

Graphic Novel Gallery Walk

Astro Boy

1. The graphic novel is about a man using all of the technology at his disposal to build a robot that will be the most advanced piece of robotics to re-create a child with a immortal body.


2. The characters that are visible on this page are Astro Boy, the robots creator, and the team of scientist that were related.


3. The language on the page is more formal than other graphic novels.


4. The page has five boxes, but they are not the shape shape


5. The page reads from the top left to the bottom right


6. The page is not that appealing to the eye because it is black and white. It is easy to follow and it is not offensive at all.


7. The words on the page add to the visual impact of the of the page because it allows the reader to flow the story easier because he is explaining what he is going to do and why he wants to do it.


8. I would not be interested in reading this book because the it does not seem like the story will be very in depth or that it will go much further than where it is on this page

The Watchmen

1. This graphic novel seems to be about a man who is fed up with his city and will refuse to save it.


2. There are only three characters visible on this page. They are a store owner hosing down the street, a man walking through the blood on the street and a man looking to jump off of a building.


3. The text used on the page seems informal because the person is not talking to anyone and it seems darker than other novels because the person said that he would not help his city when the day came when they learned the errors of their ways.


4. The page has 7 boxes and except for the last box, which takes up three spots, all the boxes are the same size. There are two rows of three boxes and one box on the bottom.


5. The page reads like most books from North America. It reads from the top left to the bottom right.


6. The pictures on the page are not visually appealing. The pictures on the page is not difficult to follow, but some might say that it is offensive because it starts with blood running down the street and ends with a man preparing to jump off of a building.


7. The words on the page add to the effectiveness of the story because the pictures seem to be depressing and the text adds to that felling of sadness, anger and death.


8. The graphic novel looks like on that I would be interested in reading because it looks like the story will be interesting and it looks like a book that is for older teens than for children, unlike Astro Boy.

Wonder Twin Powers, Activate!

This week on Smallville two new characters were introduced, Zan and Janya. They both had super powers that allowed them to change shape into anything else. The two characters were based on the wonder twins from the cartoon series, the Superfriends. The two characters are supposed to be aliens who came to Earth without their parents, much like Clark. Their story is that they are originally from Sweden and that is why they have strange sounding names. The two twins have the ability to change into anything they can think of individually and they can change into much bigger and stronger things when they combine their pow errs together. The Wonder Twins were a good addition to the other heroes who have been on Smallville such as the Green Arrow, Cyborg, Aquaman, the Black Canary, The Angel of Vengeance, the Flash, Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Zatanna and and Supergirl. I thought that this episode was good because it got away from the story with Tess and Zod and was more focused on Clark and Lois.

The Wonder Twins, Zan and Janya, decided that they were going to use their powers to help their idol, the Red-Blue Blur. At the beginning of the episode a crate with 5 undercover police and bags of drugs is delivered to the Daily Planet with the symbol of the Blur on top. After that there starts to be a series of accidents around Metropolis that are all credited to the Blur, but the one making the mistakes are Zan and Janya. At one of their saves Janya dropped her cell phone and when Clark found it he called her house and used his super hearing to listen for the ringing once he heard it he superspeeded to their house and brought them back to watch tower to talk to Chloe about being a superhero. After Clark decided that he should call Lois, as the Blur, and tell her that he was not responsible for the mistakes that his fans made. When Clark calls Lois as the Blur he uses a voice changer so that she does not realize that it is Clark that she is talking to. When he calls her this time is voice changer stops working and she recognizes his voice and she starts to think that Clark is the Blur. When she confronts him about it he denies that he is the Blur. A leader of the city decided that Lois is too much into his business to have her around and he decides to kill her by throwing her off of the roof of the Daily Planet and when he does Clark tries to save her without using his powers to show her that he is not the Blur. He can not save her the normal way and she fell and the Wonder Twins came to save her. After she was saved she got a phone call from the Blur while Clark was standing in front of her and Clark later found out that it was Chloe who called Lois.

I thought that this episode was good because it introduced two new heroes for Metropolis. The two new heroes had to learn that they had to find their own way of doing things instead of following others. When Chloe called Lois, Chloe was listening to all of the cell phone calls in Metropolis and watching all of the security cameras, this is the wrong thing to do because it is a total invasion of people privacy and Chloe was overstepping her place. I think that it is ridiculous that Lois Lane has been in the show for almost six years and she has not yet realized that Clark has all of these superpowers, they lived together for two years and she still doesn't know. The ending of this episode was not very good because it ended with Lois having memories from the three weeks that she was in the future and than she started shaking and she passed out and it was over as soon as she fell. I think that this episode was very good because of the lesson that the twins had to learn. I would give this episode of Smallville a 4 out of 5.

School Ties

The film "School Ties" is an effective education tool. It can be used to teach students about many different social issues such as bullying or racism. This film could be used to teach students about racism because of the feelings and comments about the Jewish. The main character, David Greene, is a Jewish boy who starts to attend a school made of mostly christian students and staff. On his first day the football coach told Greene not to advertise that he is Jewish at the school. Throughout the entire movie David feels he has to hide his religion from all of his friends because they hate the Jewish. All of his friends throughout the entire movie made jokes abouts the Jewish or racist comments because that was how they were taught by their parents to treat them. The racism in this movie can be used to show students now how people were treated a few years ago and how it hurts that person because once it came out that David was Jewish everyone started to treat him differently and nobody wanted to be around him. The only limitation that showing this movie presents is that even though David is not expelled for cheating everyone still hates him and the movie does not show a large group of people start to learn how to respect others. It is important to teach students about respect to people of other religions so that this kind of racism eventually disappears.

Almost everything that is shown in school has some complaint afterwards. If I was a teacher showing this movie to my class and a parent complained I would probably still show the movie. If a parent complained I would explain to them why I am showing the class this movie and what educational value the movie has. I would tell this parent that the movie "School Ties" teaches students about racism. bullying and respect. I think that after a parent learned why the movie was being shown than they might not have the same complaint.

I think that using a movie to get the messages in this movie has some limitations. Using a movie to portrays serious message sometimes does not work because not everyone will listen to the movie if it all about a serious topic. Another problem with using a movie is that some people might not pick up on the messages in the story. There are also some benefits to using a movie. One of the benefits to using a movie is that most people would prefer to watch a movie than watch a commercial or listen to the radio. I think that a media form that would be better suited for this kind of message would be a newspaper article because it allows the reader to get first hand accounts from people who have had problems with racism or bullying. Another media form that would be better than a movie is a public service announcement because sometimes movies are too long and the message gets lost because some people do not have long attention spans and PSA's are short and usually easy to understand.

The Second Battle of Geonosis

Near the end of the movie Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones their was a huge battle scene between the clone troopers and battle droids on the planet Geonosis. The last two episodes of Star Wars The Clone Wars have been set on Geonosis with the Jedi trying to fully invade the planet and trying to destroy the biggest driod factory in the galaxy. In the first episode of the two, Landing at Point Rain, three groups of clones were led onto the surface by General Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Anakin Skywalker and General Master Ki-Adi-Mundi. The second episode, Weapons Factory, was the main battle at the factory on Geonosis with Anakin and Master General Luminara Unduli. I thought that these episodes were very good because they reflected the movie and they were able to have bigger battles than they were able to do in the movie.

"Believe in yourself or no one else will."

In last weeks episode,Landing at Point Rain, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ki-Adi-Mundi were responsible for leading an assault on Geonosis to reach the valley in front of a battle droid factory. They were given a small amount of ships and most of the clones did not make it to the landing point. This episode was about believing in yourself because all of the Jedi were in trouble but kept on going and fighting because there were people depending on them and they had to keep believing in themselves. I liked this episode because it showed how persevering and believing in yourself can really help you.

When the three groups were flying to the landing area Anakin's fleet and Ki-Adi-Mundi's fleet were shot down. The only group that made it to the landing area was Obi-Wans's fleet, but they only half their ships land. Each fleet was about six ships, one Jedi and 50 clones. When Anakin and Ahsoka tried to walk to the landing area they accidentally ended up at a Geonosian fortress where the lost even more clones. By the end of the episode Anakin Ahsoka, Rex, and seven clones made it it the landing area. When Ki-Adi-Mundi was shot down he also tried to walk to the landing area and he was injured. They started walk and unfortunately the fastest way was to go through a cave that was full of Geonosian warriors. In the cave most of the clones where killed and after Ki-Adi-Mundi escaped with his men there was only 13 of them left. This episode was the first part of a siege on Geonosis and the Geonosians proved to be a formidable foe to the Jedi. With most of the clones killed the three Jedi had to believe in themselves to make sure that they got through with as many clones as the could. I though that this episode was very good and showed that in a tough spot believing in yourself can be very valuable. I think that this episode would get a 3.5 out of 5.

"No gift is more precious than trust"

The second episode, Weapons Factory, was about the actual battle to destroy the factory. Master General Luminara Unduli and her padawan Barriss Offee came to aid Anakin and Ahsoka in the battle and they brought new clones as reinforcements. In this episode it showed that Anakin did not really trust Ahsoka to get the job done without his guidance or assistance. I thought that this episode was good because it showed that it is important to give your trust to others so that they are able to do things without you.

The battle plan for this episode was to have Anakin and Luminara lead the clones to the gates of the factory and have the main battle as a decoy as Ahsoka and Barriss went through the catacombs to get to the main reactor and they were do set bombs to destroy the factory from the inside out. Anakin did no like this plan because he did not want to leave Ahsoka to do something without him. As the battle took place many of the clones died because they were outflanked by the Geonosians and the battle droids. The padawans went through the catacombs and they eventually did reach did reach the main reactor room but they were met by more battle droids and they had to fight to be able to set the bombs. The clones and Jedi outside were forced to retreat after the Geonosians sent out new tanks that had special shields that did not allow any of the weapons to penetrate the exterior. The Geonosians took all of the bombs that the padawans set during their little battle in the reactor room and then they did not know what to do once the Geonosians go away with all of their bombs. The finally decided that their only choice was to destroy the reactor with a tank and destroy the factory and themselves. When the factory exploded Anakin insisted that they had to dig until they found their padawans because he refused to give up on them. Ahsoka and Barriss both survived and they but their trust into the masters to find them and it paid off because they got them out alive. This was disturbing to Master Unduli, she was happy to see her padawan but she was also ready to let her go if it was her time. Anakin would not let Ahsoka die and he would not let anything stop him from finding her. Anakin's determination led Master Unduli to tell him that "It's not that I gave up, Skywalker, but unlike you, when the time comes, I am prepared to let my student go. Can you say the same.". I thought that this episode was very good because it showed the value of trust in others. I thought that it was important for Anakin to learn to trust Ahsoka because he will not be able to fight in the war if he is always worrying about her. I thought that Ahsoka and Barriss made the right choice to sacrifice themselves to destroy the factory and save countless lives somewhere else.I would give this episode a 4 out of 5.

Who is a Visitor?

On Tuesday night the second episode of the new series V was on. This episode started off right where the first episode ended. At the very beginning a team of V's were sent out to clean up from the fight between the V's and the resistance. The way this episode went was very good because it helped the audience connect the first episode and the second because so much happened in the premiere that it might have been hard to keep track. i liked this episode because it showed how the lives off all of the main characters have changed since the arrival of the Visitors.

This episode mainly focused around the aftermath of the resistance meeting for Erica Evans. Since her partner turned out to be one of the Visitors she did not know how to react when he attacked her at the resistance meeting. She ended up killing him at the end of the first episode and was called by her boos at the FBI and he told her that her partner was missing. Throughout the entire episode she stuck to her story that he was a rouge agent who started to fight for the terrorists and that she had figured it out and that is why he has disappeared. She convinced her boss that they will never see him again. She has joined forces with Father Jack to form a new resistance to take down the V's. Her son Tyler at the end of the first episode join the Visitor Peace Ambassador program against his mothers wishes. He was cut off from the Visitors during his time with the peace ambassadors. The Visitor who watched over him and helped him with becoming a peace ambassador was Lisa. Lisa was trying to get Tyler to act more like a Visitor and the entire time Tyler was trying to get Lisa to go out on a date with him when the V's where allowed into the public. When Tyler hit one of the protesters Lisa was very disappointed and now both of them are in trouble and he will most likely be kicked out of the program. Anna finally convinced the American government to allow Visitors to obtain visas to allow them to enter the genera population to see human culture up close. This is what cause Father Jack to agree to build a resistance with Erica. The was not much that happened with the other characters on the show during this episode because it was mainly focused around Erica trying to not be arrested for her partners murder.

I liked this episode and I will watch the rest of the season. I think that this show is good because it is not like anything else that is o television right now. I think that it is good that the characters are not all in a little group and are always interacting with each other because too many shows do that and it is not longer entertaining for most people. I think that this was a great episode and think that it will be interesting to see how the people in the show react to the Visitors being allowed to ;eave their ships and embassies and go not the regular population. I think that the only problem with this will be that once they enter the regular population how will people be able to tell the difference between humans and Visitors. i think that what Erica told Father jack was correct, that "anyone could be a visitor" because they look the same and can obviously assimilate into regular society quickly and discreetly like the Visitors that have built lives and have been on Earth for much longer than people realized. I think that this episode of V would be a 3 out of 5.