In the comic I have chosen which is different from the previous blog post comic I wrote about. The new one is called ‘Internet Frame’ and was posted on June 2, 2009 by an unknown author. It’s about a girl dressed in a leaf dress and a ‘human type alien’ driving in a car talking about how the alien seen the girls video “The Safety Dance” on a YouTube website. The girl says that the alien was there….in real life. The alien tells the girl that reality is so 1.0 and says she’s hot. The girl asks how many hits did she get and the alien says 12, and only 10 were from him. When looking at this comic you may think it is just an ordinary car with a little animation having an alien and human girl in it, but they author is really using his imagination and incorporate YouTube into it.
The main point of the comic I have chosen for writing project number two is to make it funny and incorporate the website, YouTube. The basic understanding is YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view, comment, and share video clips. YouTube can be uploaded by individuals, and some of the media corporations including CBS, the BBC, UMG and other organizations offer some of their material for the site, as part of the YouTube partnership program. (YouTube, Wikipedia) There are also several other websites for doing the same thing just a little bit modified such as Facebook, MySpace, photobucket, and Twitter. These websites were developed to form social networking that allows others to make connections with friends or relatives through the computer or internet. With the YouTube program you can even be an unsubscribed user to look at videos but to download you need to be a subscriber. The subscribing process is quick and painless.
YouTube was begun by three former employees from PayPal; Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. The former PayPal employee’s story to start YouTube is said that it was started after a dinner party. Chad and Steve were having difficulties sharing videos to Jawed who wasn’t at the party, so with that said that is how YouTube came about. (YouTube, Wikipedia) The company is now based out of San Bruno, California. YouTube has become very popular since its debut in the early months of 2005. People are now posting more than just funny videos but also political and educational.
If you didn’t understand the cultural context of the comic, it wouldn’t make sense. It is because YouTube and the use of computers in general this it is such a huge part of the daily life that makes comics so amusing and appropriate. The author was able to successfully make fun of the animation and the popular new comings of YouTube. The way the comic is put together makes it funny, but if it was an ordinary picture it wouldn’t have been as funny and maybe people wouldn’t understand it in the right way.

Work Cited


BBC Strikes Google-YouTube deal. BBC News, Spring 2007. Web. 29 Oct. 2009. .

"YouTube." Wikipedia. Web. 29 Oct. 2009. .

YouTube serves up 100 million videos a day. USA Today, 16 July 2006. Web. 29 Oct. 2009. .

Cursory Analysis

When searching for a comic to write about for our second writing project I wanted to find one that I could relate to and make it seem fun. I also wanted to find one that would teach a good lesson. After searching through dozens of comics that could make me laugh I came across this one out of a search for famous funny comic strips. I think this comic shows that people like to over exaggerate about many things.
I haven’t read many “classic peanuts” comic strips before, but this one puts a smile on my face every time I read it. To put this multipanel comic simply, Lucy van Pelt hits her brother on the head with a rubber ball. Linus van Pelt, her brother, starts going crazy and thinks he is bleeding to death, but only to his surprise his sister says it was to cut it out it was just a rubber ball. Linus seems surprised and sits down next to Charlie Brown and apologizes for making such a scene, but he really thought his “life’s blood” was draining away.
When looking at the comic as a complete story the whole thing seems to piece perfectly together and each of the panels are defined with a vast amount of detail. First, I notice in each panel the exquisite bold colors the author, Charles M. Schulz uses. Also, the thought text bubbles and the very fine details in facial expressions on the kids help to make the overall image of his comic. The facial expressions in comics are the easiest way to decide what the characters are really trying to say. The audience can tell in each of the middle panels that Linus was in shock and terrified after he was hit in the head. In each of the frames consisting of Linus, making a fool of himself, there are bold, colored, and different style fonts to express what is going on. I can tell that the most important panels are in the middle because they have the most detail and excitement in the comic.
The comic’s panel’s arrangement and sizes are all special and unique. The panels displaying only one character are smaller with not as much detail, but the panels illustrating more than one character are all larger with more detail and bits and pieces of other things displayed in the room. I think in the complete strip, Linus’ middle panel where he is shrieking out of control is by far the most important.
The hues in the comic strip play an important role in how the author wanted this comic to be perceived. In each of the frames they are filled with different colors of backgrounds. The two that have identical backgrounds are when Linus and Charlie Brown are sitting on the floor watching television. The only thing different about these two panels is the facial expression of Linus. Maybe, since the panels mostly all different colored the author was trying to portray different types of feelings.