The film we watched for this
week’s class was a great summary of what I think encompasses European comics.
Sylvian Chomet’s Triplets of Belleville
was a beautifully exaggerated (almost disturbingly so) animation. I think a lot
of European comics put a lot of artistic consideration in their work. The film
is completely free of dialogue, but it still holds up compared to any other
animation. I feel that the European art scene wholly accepts a variety of
styles in general, at least in comparison to America. The only embraced
animation style in America is the Pixar/Disney look, which many of my friends
from Computer Animation vehemently despise.
For this week, I read Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo
Guarnido. While both creators are Spanish, I’ve come to understand that their
target audience was for French audiences. I really appreciate how meticulous
Guarnido’s artistry comes into play for the comic. As an illustrator, I really
like the variety of art styles that the French market embraces, and Blacksad is no exception.
In class, we also compared Blacksad to Zootopia; where both works of art use animals to portray a human world. Both are also noir-inspired stories that have themes of racism throughout the story. I suppose the difference is that Zootopia is much happier of a story than Blacksad is.
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