What do you think some of the challenges might be in drawing another person's story? What might be some of the advantages? Why?
For Ms. Harrison: You told me to remind you that this post isn't late, so here is the reminder.
Well, the first thing about drawing someone's story is that the artist must make sure that what he is drawing retains resemblance to what he is told. One can't ask a soldier to recount his experience in Iraq and draw war movie scenarios instead of real combat scenarios, because they wouldn't be capturing the essence of his story. I mean, they can dramatize/ make things up, but I feel that staying faithful to the true story is important for that kind of work to be valuable. Anyways, moving on. Since everything is being drawn, the reader forms his idea about the story through the pictures being shown, making the need for them to be accurate very important. When writing a novel, the author has an ideal way that he wants his readers to picture the book in their heads, but it can (obviously) only be done through words. Maybe there's a picture here or there, but my point stays. Much of the book, including simple things like the characters' exact looks, are left to the reader's imagination. This all changes when it comes to graphic novels. If it is done correctly, that extra level of description- heavy use of visual imagery- can lend a hand to telling a story. The artist could capture, with more accuracy in the reader's eyes, the story being told to him.
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