Nerdburger Blog Post, Prompt 1

Nerdburger is an extremely effective communicator in this video. Not only does she get her points across, but she is enthusiastic and informative while doing that. She utilizes fun and exciting colors and narrations to keep the audience actively engaged throughout the entire video. There is never a dull moment. Even when Nerdburger is talking about the comic books and you have never really read a comic book in your life, you still feel like you know so much about comic books because of all of the information she is providing. The information is presented in such a way that makes it easy to  comprehend and makes you look forward to learning more. Nerdburger is just so excited to tell you about these comics that it makes you excited to learn about them too. It is also great that she includes the different individual comics from the books that she is talking about so if you have never read that comic, you still feel like you know what is going on. The fact that Nerdburger includes some of the history of the comics is also effective because, once again, it ties everything together and gives the audience a better overall idea of why she is making some of these comments and thus, how one should interpret some of the information that is being presented. It is also interesting that Nerdburger is so lively and animated herself. All of the vibrant colors surrounding her, and even her light blue hair, make the whole thing seem almost animated as well. The audience knows from the beginning that the video will be about comic books just by the setting of the video. Also, the fact that so many aspects of current pop culture are included keeps it light and helps appeal to many different audiences. The various pop culture references also help her really convey exactly what she is trying to say. The reference to Fifty Shades of Grey about "She-Hulk" helps the audience fully grasp what the comic is like, in a way that just commenting on it really could not. The pop culture references also add a level of humor that should be expected when dealing with such a fun thing such as comic books. There is also a level of seriousness  though that Nerdburger does display. For example, when she is talking about the "Batgirl and Robin" comic, she gets into the deeper issues such as how Batgirl continued on despite what people are saying about her size. Nerdburger then seems to connect it to her own life, allowing the audience to do the same. She points out the real meanings of the comics, therefore helping the audience really feel inspired and connected to what she is talking about. How informative Nerdburger is and how much she really thinks about what she is reading is just good writing. The liveliness and some of her comments, however, display how good of a blogger she is.

My expectations from this class include:
1) To gain a better understanding of the different methods of the various bloggers in order to become a more effective communicator.
2) To truly understand and appreciate what underground/indie/ etc. is and what role that plays in society.
3) To learn new things that I have never really thought of before, as well as gaining new perspectives on how to look at various things.