This was my submission for my final project in Critical studies. It looks at the continuing stigmatisation that comic books/graphic novels have even in 21st century western culture.

 

When I first started to investigate it, I thought it would be a class based issue and to certain extents it was, but it turned out to be wider tan that and not just limited to traditional boundaries.

 

I was also fairly certain that some people would be put off by this being 'obviously not serious' and laid a trap in the first few pages for that reaction by breaking the forth wall and having the characters directly address the reader.

 

There are three characters:

 

Myself, covered in poo and a bit dim at times.

 

The Brain, which asks the pointed questions and supplies facts. (Anatomy again.)

 

A woman who is smart and knowledgeable.