Author Archives: profsample (Mark Sample)

@zucchinipasta Secret of NIMH definitely counts. #ENGH451 Continue reading →

@sep451 @totalennui …Maybe he sets up the id/ego/superego tripartite precisely in order to critique it. 2/2 #engh451 Continue reading →

.@sep451 @totalennui And given how Morrison de-anthropomorphizes the animals over the course of the text… 1/2 #engh451 Continue reading →

.@sep451 @totalennui One implication of Freudian analysis: it anthropomorphizes the animals, which has a long tradition in comics. #ENGH451 Continue reading →

@totalennui I’m not totally dismissing your analysis – but it’s important to consider counterexamples/ways the theory doesn’t work. #engh451 Continue reading →

@matt_christov Your mention of instinct is interesting. It connects to the idea of the “subjective” point-of-view in We3. #ENGH451 Continue reading →

@matt_christov @totalennui The trouble with Freudian analysis is, you stare at anything long enough, you can make it fit the model. #ENGH451 Continue reading →

#ENGH451 I hope the tracing exercise was enlightening – I wouldn’t teach a graphic novel without it! Visual design has a grammar all its own Continue reading →

.@JuliaDouglas2 I wonder if “empowerment” is the wrong lens to view Molly through. Maybe the idea of “agency” is better. #ENGH451 Continue reading →

And the Gibson short story was made into a “film” with none other than a pre-Matrix Keanu Reeves. Maybe you’ve seen it? #ENGH451 Continue reading →