Response: Shooting War Comic

Undoubtedly, this is by far one of the most interesting comics I have ever came across in my life. It reminds me of a movie, rather than a comic. When comics like Spiderman and Superman were made into movies, it was a different type of feel then what the comic book was promoting, well for me at least. This is how Shooting Wars is designed. It already feels like a movie. Sometimes throughout the web comic, I came across pictures with no writing or dialect, but rather detailed pictures that made you feel like you were there. This, I believe, was the most important rhetorical strategy to support the argument Lappe and Goldman create which is how the role of media impacts our world today.

I really think that this comic is based on what media, blogs (video blogs in this case), news portals etc. really play a role in what news is and how it impacts us. First of all, the comic has the main character, Jimmy Burns, who video blogs and just happens to be in the right place at the right time. His video blogs cause so much controversy and receives a lot of attention from news channels. However, the comic goes on to show that the newscasters etc, don't really care, they just want that news . It is important role of our society now.

Like I stated earlier, the most important and effective strategy was the illustrative visualizations you could only get from this type of comic (or in other instances, a visual like movies etc). It is important because I am more tuned into the story therefore, I will understand the arguement better. Another interesting strategy I paid close attention to was the use of sarcasm, in futher depth, the use of satire. This adds a huge amount of interest or connectivity to the comic for an ordinary person or reader.

All in all, I think that the rhetorical strategies used in Shooting Wars were especially effective when dealing with an ordinary reader. They create a type of interest that you might not find in other arguments. If these rhetorical strategies were not used, then how would anyone even be interested enough to even care about the argument? Not too many of us would.