Asterios Polyp attracted me originally because of the interesting character designs. I'm a huge fan of character designs myself, so I really appreciated the thought put into each character. Mazzucchelli has an interesting sense of design, he has a good eye for straights vs curves and iconic shapes that represent characters. In their normal state, you can see the contrast between Daisy and Asterios in the way their characters are designed. Asterios is very angular, with his nose up high and beady eyes. Daisy is soft and round, with feminine hands, and large almost anime-like eyes.And this contrast is pushed more whenever Daisy and Asterios are pushed farther apart. Daisy begins to become pink and rendered while Asterios becomes a mess of architect-type-blueprint geometry.
The way the author presented contrast within the speech bubbles is something that in comics I had never really experienced. In a way, they were part of the character design process themselves. Asterios, the intelligent reasonable one speaks in square speech bubbles. Daisy/Hana speaks in speech bubbles that are round.
The art really connected me to the story, but the narrative also did. Asterios really is all about contrast, and we see it again with Daisy and Asterios when we learn their personalities. Asterios is logical, overbearing, strong, the center of attention; Hana, shy, meek, always misses the spotlight.
The way the author presented contrast within the speech bubbles is something that in comics I had never really experienced. In a way, they were part of the character design process themselves. Asterios, the intelligent reasonable one speaks in square speech bubbles. Daisy/Hana speaks in speech bubbles that are round.
The art really connected me to the story, but the narrative also did. Asterios really is all about contrast, and we see it again with Daisy and Asterios when we learn their personalities. Asterios is logical, overbearing, strong, the center of attention; Hana, shy, meek, always misses the spotlight.
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