Wednesday, April 27, 2011

House of Leaves

During the course of reading this graphic novel, I can honestly say that I have never been so confused. This confusion comes from the highly portrayed multi media aspect within the text. As soon as you began reading your are greeted with two sets of fonts: one is depicted by Johnny in Courier New and the other is depicted by Zampano in Times New Roman. Both sets of fonts tell a different story relating to the same text/film called the "Navidson Record". Along with the different sets of fonts there are footnotes to follow and give certain close pertaining to the previous text. Aside from reading the actual text, the reader must also follow along with the end notes as sort of a encyclopedia of information. With this being said, my comprehension of what is actually taking place is very limited. However, from a multi media point of view, this book utilizes a great variety of playing with words, fonts, colors and different indentations to carryout a sequence of events.

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