Craig Thompson: Author, Drawer, and Wisconsinite - 4/15

Blankets by Craig Thompson

    Craig Thompson came to UWSP to talk about his books he has created and the future book that is coming out this year. Reading Blankets, made me want to come to his presentation to learn more about him and what lead him to become such a great author.

Journal 5: Blankets by Craig Thompson Response

I love you, Raina.

           The graphic novel Blankets by Craig Thompson is an interesting and relatable book to read. The trailer created by Dtaberner does capture the experience of reading the book, but it does leave out some important parts of the novel. It does highlight themes such as figuring out your faith, how to grow up and be human, but leaves out the true inside feeling of his feelings about love and keeping to his faith.

Journal 4: The Incredibles Edition: Robot Scene

      In the animated film The Incredibles, Bob Parr, aka Mr. Incredible, finds himself jobless. He gets a package from a woman named Mirage. She asks him to help terminate a robot for an award from her boss. He takes up the offer and he tricks his wife, Helen Parr, into thinking he is going on a business trip.  He is sent on a plane and travels to the island of Nomanisan with Mirage. She explains to him the top secret mission to terminate the robot. She explains that the robot can be tricky because of its ability to able to solve problems it’s confronted with. Mr. Incredible is faced to find the prototype robot deep in the jungle of the island. Once he get off the plane, he finds himself running through the god-forsaken jungle. He is sweating, realizing how out of shape he is, when the robot attacks him. He still uses his super strength to defeat the robot, but the robot figures out his moves and leads him to a volcano. Mr. Incredible pushes him into the lava, but the robot comes popping out with hi one red eye. He punches threw the robot and it is stabbing its self-multiple times. The robot rips out its power source and falls over. Mr. Incredible laughs and jogs away. Then presented is a parrot with its eye as a camera. Watching threw the camera is Mirage and the mysterious boss in the shadow…

        The scene I described above demonstrates that Mr. Incredible still knows how to defeat the bad guys, even out of shape and older. When he still wears his old super suite, it shows he is still stuck in the past, but knows he has missed using his superpowers more than anything. Also, the scene has advanced animations with the jungle and the volcano. It feels and looks like real vegetation and steaming hot lava! When Mr. Incredible decided to take on this mission, he lies to his family and does not want to admit to himself that he misses hero work and the adrenaline rush from it. This scene demonstrates the dramatic fight scene between the robot and Mr. Incredible. The scene has many creative angles and humor while during this “Boom Pow!” fight scene. At the end, they show that someone has been watching him the whole time to defeat Mr. Incredible and soon further into the movie with the rest of his super family!