Women in Comics

The first comic I read was Fun House. I went in blind and came out a different person honestly. It started out slow, light, slightly bizarre like the part in Willy Wonka when they go in the tunnel. Just not as weird. A comic talking about Alison and her relationship with her father in relation to the family as a whole. Only to really discover who he is soon before he died. In a way, you can tell she takes it rather well. I think what is more revealing than the truth itself is her father's hobbies and mannerisms. Especially for the time period. No one would argue with the way he was always making over the house or things of that sort. Except for Alison and her brothers but that's to be expected because of how he treated them. Erratic is more of the word, especially on how affection was handled in the household. Overall I was surprised on how her family handled Alison being gay maybe it's because of the dad himself the mom seemed fine with it but for 1980, I was definitely surprised. 

Second comic I read was This One Summer, which was amazing, I haven't read anything like that in awhile. The characters had clear voices the atmosphere for the whole thing was great. The two main characters, Rose and Windy seem to be around the age of 12-13. Growing up and learning a lot about people family and themselves in one summer. Mainly Rose, getting a crush on an older teen and then finding out later he could be the father of a girl he recently slept with or her parents crumbling because of her mother's depression that no one was able to ever relate to. The best part of the comic for me was when Rose was going to check up on Jenny when she was just publicly humiliated only to find out that Jenny was seeing another guy who also could be the father instead of Rose's crush. But luckily enough through the whole thing Rose's friend Windy is by her side. Windy's character as a whole was fun to read about. It's clear despite how she looked she was completely comfortable in her weight and it never stopped her from wanting to dance or even go swimming. The style in This One Summer is highly charming, compared to Fun House. This comic had almost all smooth strokes to it. Which to be honest was a lot easier to look at then Fun House's complex style.