Asterios Polyp.

Asterios Polyp was given strange reviews for its use of modernism through out the entire book. I read these reviews that seem to focus less on the story and more on questioning his use of modernism. If I had to focus on anything, its conceptual narrative story telling. This book is a piece of illustration, it tells a story. It also uses conceptual design to ferry the story across. He uses modernism as a constant, to explain many ideas. Such as changing the style of the illustration to show different moods. Using different designed word bubbles to show emotions. Juxtaposing two different styles of art to show clashing ideologies. The most successful thing about this graphic novel is that it tells a story, but also shows different moods by different styles. Its also got a great sense of sequence that leads you from one page to another. The focus should be on the story, and his life. While the philosophies should be second, to consider, give an atmosphere to the story and help it along. Atleast in my mind that how it should work. Asterios polyp was one of the most creative books ive read. It’s a creative day in the life story. He steps up the graphic novel media by using elements like modernism to show different styles of drawing, which in turn represent different styles of thoughts. He also uses interesting concepts like a spot light to show people gaining attention or losing it, and each character has a different word bubble to represent their tone and speech. All these help it become a more unique experience. Also realize I am a designer, not a modernist scholar who writes blog posts on the weekends. When I see a graphic novel, I looks at it strictly in context of its design and communication.