The document analyzes the front cover of a graphic novel. It discusses the pale colors used, as well as the bold font of the title. The main image depicts the main character emerging from a tombstone, representing the binary opposites of good and evil. While the cover follows some comic conventions like including the main character, it differs from typical comics in its realistic art style and lack of additional information like a contents listing. The intended audience is mature adults due to the serious tone and sophisticated representation of characters.

1. Analysing your Comic
Colours
The colours in this front cover consist of pale brown, red, cream and hazel. All these colours
are pale and not so bright and bold, the colours used are a good coordination of colours as
each of them sink together to create a blend of colours. There are also small hints of other
colours such as pale blue and green although these colours come together to project this
front cover as though it was created with water colours.
Font
The font on the front cover of this graphic novel is basic although bold and precise. The basic
font is what leaves the space for it to be bold and simple, so the audience can clearly
understand the title to the graphic novel as well being captured with the boldness of the font
title and sub titles.
Binary Opposites
Binary opposite’s means are the essences of good and evil? In this front cover there are
some items that represent the good in the novel and there are also items that represent the
bad in the novel. The good items are pure such as the white laced dress, white umbrella and
a white bouquet of flowers which represents elegance and purity due to the nature of the
items and the white colour of each. The bad items are the blood that is laced around her
dress, the zombie like structure to her face and the tomb stone that the character is climbing
out of.
Contents
There is no content on the front cover to this graphic novel which lists what the focus will be
about as the main image and the title helps the audience to come to a realisation of the basis
to the comic and it’s interior.
Images
There is one image on the front cover which is the main image of the comic which
automatically gives the impression to the audience that there is a lot of action but also a good
plot because there is a lot of mystery in the image which entails that there will be in the actual
graphic novel.

2. Genre
The common genre is more of a horror based graphic novel; this means that there are
elements of thrills and horror scenes in this graphic novel which leads it to be considered a
horror. There are some elements that follow codes and conventions of a comic, the normal
items you might find are panels to separate frames, break panels to separate the frames,
speech bubbles of the characters and onomatopoeia. This comic is different in the sense of
the art form which is different from a typical comic as it is more realistic and detailed
sketches, there aren’t colours involved in this comic where a normal comic would usually
include lots of colours to represent emotions and atmospheres which this comic doesn’t use.
There are also the difference of the narrative which means this comic uses a more old
fashioned form of communication where as a normal comic usually wouldn’t do this, the other
aspect that is dissimilar is the characters are not out of the ordinary such as the normal comic
samples such as the superhero and the villain.
The normal front cover to a comic contains multiple elements such as the masthead which is
the section on the front cover that presents the title, author and other people that helped to
produce the comic; this shares the purpose of giving credit and recognition to the creators
and supporters of the comic. The other elements include the tagline which serves its purpose
through promoting and endorsed through other companies that applauds its efforts and
achievements. The strapline shares the purpose of producing a form of slogan for the comic
to convince the audience to purchase the comic if the audience weren’t persuaded so far. The
freebie that comes with a comic can tempt the audience to purchase the comic due to the free
gift that is provided on purchase with the comic, this can tempt the audience that are
interested in comic collector items.
The main character on the front of the comic presents the purpose that it shows who is the
main focus and icon of the comic. The price is situated around the barcode on the cover
which means that the price is a piece of information that the comic doesn’t want paraded on
the front for the audience to notice and consider over the interest of the comic. The date is not
presented in an obvious form but serves its purpose with the age so the audience understand
the age of the comic to understand how all its other elements could be presented. The
barcode on the cover shares its purpose of the purchase so that it can be paid for and then
belong to the customer. The internet address will serve its purpose of promoting the comic
and or its author to be able to market itself more than just the purchase of the comic. A clue to
its contents will help the audience to grasp an idea of what the comics contents contains so
that it could spur them to purchase the comic more than just the image and title of the comic.
This specific comic contains just a simple handful of these comics such as the masthead,
tagline, the main character, price, date, barcode and a clue to the contents of the comic which
are all basic elements to most comics. The front cover of this comic follows the codes and
conventions of comics to a certain extent but does waver from it as the entire baseline of the
comic is rather different to a normal comic and therefore doesn’t contain the same sort of
information.
Fonts and Sizes
The font fits with the genre of the comic because the font gives the idea that the comic could
be simpler than first expected whereas the image on the comic front cover prevails a different
impression. The simple font on the front cover helps to simplify the comic so that it does not
become too complex or complicated for the audience as this could promote a disinterest in
the comic.
The font also appears to have straighter edges and a more professional appearance which
leaves the impression that is for targeted at adults and more of the older generation that will
understand the ethics of this graphic novel. The font also is of a medium standard and not too
outrageous to present the impression that it is a particularly classic and aristocratic graphic
novel.

3. Image
The main image on the front cover gives a small summative review on the outline of the
graphic novel; it is a realistic image which is common in western graphic novels. The image
focuses around one of the main characters in the novel which supports the target audience
for understanding the style of the graphic novel and its interior. The mise-en-scene which
means the items in the whole picture includes multiple items; the first item is the colouring
which is a mixture of pale colours which blend together to create a soft colour scheme which
is coordinated in a professional light. The other items in the mise-en-scene is the main
character which is featured in the graphic novel, the basic facial expression of that main
character is plain although her outfit is peculiar which leads the focus there. The most
important items in this front cover are the posture of the main character which is more of a
primal posture which appears unsuitable for the character but suitable for the title of the
graphic novel.
The message it delivers to its audience is that together it would seem as though some items
do not fit together but sometimes those pieces can produce a great piece of art, as the image
shows a range of items that are not a common mixture although in this comic it seems to fit
together. When the reader reacts in an astounded form to the comic their instincts when
purchasing should be how the comic will open their minds to possibilities untaught of. The
comic promises the reader that there is a surprise during the comic that was unexpected and
will change the tone of the comic and the audience.
Main Character/ Icon
The image expected on the front cover of a graphic novel should be of the main character
which is also the same situation for this front cover on this comic. The main image of the main
character is shown in a light where the background colours are dull and faded, where the
expressions of the main character is simple yet effective due to the deformations which are
similar to a zombie on her face. The main character featured in this image is predominantly in
the same outfit in each series of this graphic novel, there are no extra characters with the
main character although the changes made in each front cover is the position and extra
element or prop that is featured in the background of the image. The prop in each image does
remain as some sort of bad item as mentioned before although the positions are not just
primal, the positions can also be of a higher class to mix up the situation and to bring fresh
ideas to the audience’s eyes.
Representation
The forms of characters used in this comic are of a high class although their situation appears
dangerous and suicidal. In this comic the fashion statement for each character can give the
audience an idea of who each character is and who the main characters are. The audience
would react in different forms depending on the audiences taste and preferred form of graphic
novel. I believe that this particular comic is not criticized for stereotyping as the characters
involved, including the main characters, do not portray a particular stereotype, so I would

4. argue that this graphic novel does challenge the typical stereotyping in graphic novels. This
particular novel does this through using uncommon characters that are not common in a
comic but are common in general books which tend not to include stereotyping as much as
comics. The clothing of the characters represents an era more than forms of sexism, racism
and occupations, the era signifies the women’s role and the men’s role of that time although
that will just represent historical facts.
Audience
The age range for this comic will be of the age of a mature adult, male or female gender as
this comic is not specific for either as it is aimed at the unisex group and it is more for the
working class and higher due to the price and ranking of the comic. The audience would read
the comic to gain a thorough understanding and cure the interest of the initial draw into the
comic when first sited. It will provide the use of widening the creative mind for the audience
and the gratifications of the understanding of the comic. The significance of the price is that it
presents the direction of the target audience as that is the group that this comic is reaching
out to. One of the main reasons for targeting to a mature adult audience is so that after the
completion of reading the comic then that person would be eligible to recommending it to a
friend or collage that would ordinarily fall into the same target audience description of the
customer that had just read it.