After deciding that Lings Cars wasn't a very suitable website to translate into a zine format, I decided to do further research into other blogs/sites I could use for my brief.
Garfield Minus Garfield
Initial brief- Garfield Minus Garfield
The brief for the final outcome based on the written essays is to translate a niche digital blog/ website into an exclusive printed publication/zine; the aim is to produce a tangible product that investigates how the recent revival of zines is due to a growing consumer demand to escape the mass data publishing/clickbait of the internet. Garfield Minus Garfield is a webcomic launched by Dan Walsh in 2008; the site is dedicated to removing Garfield from the original comic strip in order to show the existential angst of Mr. Jon Arbuckle. ‘It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.’
I want to explore how zines and printed matter provide an exclusive/personal experience, through transforming the webcomic into an interactive experience; the comic could have components removed that readers can add in themselves e.g. captions or speech bubbles. Furthermore, I will research into the audience considerations for the brief, such as the expectations of traditional comic books, and how I can manipulate these to create a unique user experience.
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