WEEK ONE; The Arrival


I’d never been exposed to such a comic book as this. I didn’t even know they existed. When I first opened it I was possitive it was s hostile alien fantastical story. Boy was I wrong. After sitting in class listening to everyone discussion and reading it myself I’m left in aw. The way the author creates a familiar world and makes it seem completely foreign, how he relates to someone who feels alone and friendless, how he makes us as the reader feel the same is astounding. I love too the way he creates a visual language allowing us as the reader to never be confused once it is decoded. And I love the way he communicates visually to us as the viewer the sense of home each character is able to find through their pets. Having a pet and having had moved several times throughout live having something, even someone who can relate is such a powerful and well used element. It is a well thought out and ingeniously thought through comic.

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