Hiya guys and gals, sorry natagalan yung setup ng links and outline for our lecture, but here goes.
Trese webcomic site: tresekomix.blogspot.com
-George Wu (Dan Simmons' Hyperion)
Trese webcomic site: tresekomix.blogspot.com
-alternatively you can also get hardcopies kung trip niyo. They sell at Php140 in NBS Katipunan, and the site has a list of other places where you can find it if you're interested.
Roughly, the episodes with the most fodder for analysis, especially connected to lit & society, are:
Case 4 Our Secret Constellation
Case 5 A Little Known Murder In Studio 4
Case 7 Embrace of the Unwanted
Case 8 The Association Dues of Livewell Village
Lecture Outline:
1. The Characters:
-Alexandra Trese and the Kambal
-Capt. Guerrero and the PNP
-The Supernaturals
2. Series Overview
3. Stylistics
*Visual
-Western black and white style ala Sin City, rather than the detailed linework of Filipino Komiks or tonal shading of Japanese Manga.
-Visuals set a dark and moody atmosphere, evocative of night, shadow, and darkness
*Storytelling
-"anti-superhero"
-inspired by Mars Ravelo's komiks and Warren Ellis' doctrine of "pop comics" (readability, ease of entry, no need for copious knowledge of backstory)
-episodic, rather than mega-plot or story-arcing
-Inspired by urban fantasies (Crouch End, X-Files, Nightstalker, etc)
-Film Noir, Heroic Violence, and urban ambiance
-intertextual riffs on "Darna" and Filipino movie industry
*Setting
-Defamiliarization of present issues through the lens of a supernatural world
-A supernatural Metro Manila by night
-Heavy use of traditional and urban folklore (nuno, Darna, the ghosts of Balete Drive, the Dragon of Robinson's Galleria, etc)
*Themes
-Primal Justice
-Be careful what you wish for
-Other worlds, other rules, and "fuzzy barriers"
4. Issues:
Gender:
-Trese as "femme fatale"
-The victimization of women in many of the stories
-The "Darna" character (Case 4: Our Secret Constellation)
Societal:
-Car Culture and drag racing (Case 2: The Rules of The Race)
-Showbiz (Case 5: A Little Known Murder In Studio 4)
-Mall Culture & Abortion (Case 7: Embrace of the Unwanted)
-Subdivision insularity (Case 8: The Association Dues of Livewell Village)
"Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier, and poets are the snipers"Roughly, the episodes with the most fodder for analysis, especially connected to lit & society, are:
Case 4 Our Secret Constellation
Case 5 A Little Known Murder In Studio 4
Case 7 Embrace of the Unwanted
Case 8 The Association Dues of Livewell Village
Lecture Outline:
1. The Characters:
-Alexandra Trese and the Kambal
-Capt. Guerrero and the PNP
-The Supernaturals
2. Series Overview
3. Stylistics
*Visual
-Western black and white style ala Sin City, rather than the detailed linework of Filipino Komiks or tonal shading of Japanese Manga.
-Visuals set a dark and moody atmosphere, evocative of night, shadow, and darkness
*Storytelling
-"anti-superhero"
-inspired by Mars Ravelo's komiks and Warren Ellis' doctrine of "pop comics" (readability, ease of entry, no need for copious knowledge of backstory)
-episodic, rather than mega-plot or story-arcing
-Inspired by urban fantasies (Crouch End, X-Files, Nightstalker, etc)
-Film Noir, Heroic Violence, and urban ambiance
-intertextual riffs on "Darna" and Filipino movie industry
*Setting
-Defamiliarization of present issues through the lens of a supernatural world
-A supernatural Metro Manila by night
-Heavy use of traditional and urban folklore (nuno, Darna, the ghosts of Balete Drive, the Dragon of Robinson's Galleria, etc)
*Themes
-Primal Justice
-Be careful what you wish for
-Other worlds, other rules, and "fuzzy barriers"
4. Issues:
Gender:
-Trese as "femme fatale"
-The victimization of women in many of the stories
-The "Darna" character (Case 4: Our Secret Constellation)
Societal:
-Car Culture and drag racing (Case 2: The Rules of The Race)
-Showbiz (Case 5: A Little Known Murder In Studio 4)
-Mall Culture & Abortion (Case 7: Embrace of the Unwanted)
-Subdivision insularity (Case 8: The Association Dues of Livewell Village)
-George Wu (Dan Simmons' Hyperion)
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