Week 12 - Women in Comics

This week, I’ve read about the Safari Honeymoon, which I thought was one of the weirdest comics I’ve read.  The story is basically about a couple that went out on a honeymoon in the safari where they encounter parasitic animals. The wife leaves her husband for a while and meets this strange person with a parasite for a tongue. The two had lunch together, but the husband comes back and it is revealed that there was a parasite that came into the husband from the butthole. In the end, the strange person saves the husband from the parasite.

From an artistic viewpoint, I think the green color of the comic is very nice as it helps give this feeling of something disgusting since the color green is sometimes associated with the feeling of disgust. The character designs also place heavy emphasis on the body over the head and face, which I think it, was meant to focus out attention to body movement over the expressions of the person. The background has a very detailed jungle like feel which adds to the safari-ness of the comic. Also the line drawing choices give this natural organic feeling to it which sometimes also enhances the parasite’s disgusting feel.