WEEK 2 (Winny)

What does Khordoc think the Asterix series does better than Hergé’s Tintin?

"In the case of Asterix, the story, despite certain variations, is fairly similar in most of the episodes.  The representation of sound is therefore one of the numerous strategies in this comic which contributes to creating humor, which is the series' main purpose. " (Khordoc, 2001)  In the text written by Khordoc, he stated that Herge relied too much on text, which means he used too much words, instead of making his illustrations to express the ideas he would like to tell the readers.  Khordoc dislikes Herge's Tintin because he think a graphic novel should have evenly planned format.  By this, it means that neither the texts in the speech bubbles nor the illustrations should take too much space.  He indicated that he likes the Asterix series more because other than relying more on texts to explain what happened or the idea wished to spread through, his images will give readers an impact, and very straightforward they will understand what the image, for example from an action of a character, represents to us.
Personally, I do agree with Khordoc saying that comic artists should rely more on the illustrations other than putting too much words in a speech bubble, or a box.  Certainly, this does not mean words are useless.  Words should be supporting the pictures, so readers can get the idea of what the author wants to inspire us.  If people want to understand a story in deep, I would recommend those people to read the novel version, if applicable.  There are a lot comics with different genres, but I think they all have one same intention.  That is, comics are for people who don't want to read a whole page of texts.  For this reason, I cannot agree a comic with a lot texts as a good comic.

 


References
Khordok, C. (2001). The Comics Book's Soundtrack: Visual Sound-effects in Asterix. In Varnum, R. & Gibbons, C. (Ed.). The Language of Comics: word and image, (pp. 156-173). Jackson: U P of Mississippi.