WP2:Statement of Purpose

My comic is clearly one of inspiration and hope in dark times. I think that it is trying to state that one person doesn’t make the idea, the idea lives on in the people who believe, and that idea will live on through person to person. That idea is one of hope and freedom. The idea that one person can kill an idea is very foolish. As we have seen throughout history that the people who have inspired many different ideas might have died but, we can clearly see that this idea lives on in many different people. Sometimes this can be a bad thing, or a good thing.

My comic is coming from a historical context. One instance that truly sticks out to me is that of idea of hate, inspired during World War 2. We might have killed Hitler and his Social Darwinistic ideal of anti-Semitism, and a perfect race, but they still live on today. We still have people who call themselves neo-Nazi’s and still go around preaching hate and anti-Semitic ideas. Even though this isn’t the most happy of examples, it is still clear that even though the person who inspired the idea is dead, his idea still lives on in the people who believe in it.

I think that my target audience is going to be very diverse. I think that my audience is going to be one that has felt some type of unfair oppression or anyone who wants to think outside the box and rebel against injustice in their government. Because of this my comic will be viewed by basically anyone old or young. I think the cut off would probably have to be that of a teenager, my reasoning is that the subject manner would be too intense for someone younger than that. My audience will be that of any walk of life, because I think we have all experienced some type of injustice in our government or everyday lives.

I think that my comic will be read just about anywhere. Because it is a small part of a graphic novel, one of the most obvious places it will be read at will have to be a comic book store. Another place would have to be a library, because you can check out graphic novels at libraries. Last but not least my comic would have to be read on a computer, and this could be just about anywhere if you take into consideration laptops.

There are many good things that could come from my comic. I think that it could help some people change the way that they look at their lives and what they handle certain situations. I can see it inspiring people to stand up for their ideals and change their certain living condition. It could drastically change people’s lives for the better, and help them strengthen their ideals. There is also some negatives that can come from my comic and writing. I think some people can get angered by my comic and my paper.

There are many people out there that do not like to “stir the pot”. They like everything the way it is, and get angry when people try to challenge and change the way things are. I can see those people taking one look at the subject matter of my paper and rejecting my argument right off the bat. I think if I also bring up some times historically where some touching subjects come up in terms of ideas and they still living today, could anger some people. There are a lot of bad ideas out there that have not died that probably should have. I think these can sadden some people and turn them off to my paper.