WEEK 14: Trash Mountain
Trash Mountain (An experience) A comic that is primarily gifs. It was an interesting experience, compared to the past comics we've read this semester. I wasn't sure what to expect. It was very abstract since the story was shown not told. There was dialogue but no words were written. It took me to a strange universe that had familiar places like the statue, in the beginning, looked like the Statue of Liberty. It was interesting how they used mixed media photographic backgrounds, items, or hands to rotoscoping movement. They even utilized music where the graphics would move at the same time as the rhythm. Each panel is like a collage but placed in this comic tells an interesting story. Even though it’s very short there are parts where I wish had more explanation. For instance, what was up with the weird meditative configurations coming from? When he appears at the mountain, did his mind transport him there? Or is that representative of him finding likeminded people that wer
