Asterios Polyp

I had read Asterios Polyp at this weekend. This is a unique graphic narrative because of its specific narrative. In this work, author use three skills to enhance contrast and complete the narrative.

Firstly, the author showed same details or places with different situation to connect several parts of story and to give audience a contrast. For example, we saw the living room of Asterios’s house several times. And we will receive significant and clear information from author when every time we saw it. We are able to know Asterios’s situation depend on how clear the living room is and the color author use to draw the picture. When the first time we see the room, there are lots of cloth and trash on sofa and flood. Audience are able to realized Asterios’s terrible mood. We can also see the living room other two times, like the period before Asterios met Hana and the period he living with Hana. When those time, his living room is clean and have some romantic things such as flower.

Secondly, the author tends to use the change of color and line art to indicate the personality of people and the development of plot. For example, while Asterios met Hana, author use blue color, clean line and geometry form to draw Asterios because he is an architecture professor. And author use pink color, sketch line and shadow to draw Hana because of her personality. Furthermore, after they met and begin to flow in love, their color and line start to be combine.