Week07: Maus and the legitimization of the graphic novel
The book that came to be read this week saw the graphic novels, "Maus" written by Art Spiegelman and "Barefoot Gen" written by Keiji Nakazawa. Both books were written in relation to those who had become victims of war; of these two books I would like to talk to are Barefoot Gen, written by Keiji Nakazawa. I have lived in Korea, a side of Japan, so I knew some about this case. The simple plot of "Barefoot Gen" was a book that showed the sadness of losing a family due to the collapse of a family that had been peaceful by an atomic bomb. Before seeing this book, I first encountered the animation version, but it was made after the cartoon, so the picture was definitely cleaner. When I look at the book, I use the hatching technique to make it look effective according to the situation. On page 5, I drew a long line around the plane several times to effectively express the urgent situation and the movement of the airplane. The overall person-drawing style was