Friday, September 10, 2010

Prisoner on the Hell Planet (the comis within the comic)

        The comic "Hell Planet" really took me by surprise. The first thing that I noticed was that the characters were human whereas in the comic the characters are animals. The story that   behind the novel revolves around Artie's mothers suicide. The comic seems to be illustrating a hidden emotion that Artie does not show throughout the novel comic. In the "Hell Planet" I felt like Artie was telling the readers that he feels as though it was his fault that his mother committed suicide. Also in one of the panels when he says  "my fathers friends offered me hostility mixed with their condolences." I couldn't really understand if this was something that had actually happened or if it was just something that came with the sadness and resentment. But the guilt can be  easily seen close to the end when he remembers the time when his mother came into the room and asked him if he still loved her and he like totally blew her off.

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  1. I agree with this completely!
    I felt very similar emotions while reading through book. I was at first confused when it switched from mice to humans but after reading the novel it made a clear connection. The suicide portion of this comic is very graphic and shocking. This part of the book definitely made the most impact.

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